Richmond Road
The highway to Richmond Ferry
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A rural scene

In the 17th century there was very little housing in this part of Twickenham. The track crossed the unfenced Great East Field, with its "butts" (mounds of earth with targets for archery practise), riverside pastures and a rabbit warren. It then passed along the boundary of Twickenham Park.

The occasional highwayman held up the richer looking travellers.

Richmond Road today

Over the centuries, Richmond Road has seen many changes. Houses have been built on much of the open land and the road has been widened and surfaced.

Once the rural scene of slow moving carts and coaches it is now a busy urban thoroughfare.