Place Name Originally one of several terraces that made up Mitre Road – so named after the local pub. Like…
Place Name Thomas Townshend (June 2, 1701 – May 21, 1780) married Albinia Selwyn, daughter of John Selwyn, who owned…
Place Name The houses were built on the site of the Tower Garage and House, which had themselves been built…
Place Name Hard to believe today but Richmond was once at the cutting edge of social reform thanks to the…
Place Name This private road was created when the extensive grounds of Downe House, for a time the home of…
Place Name Sir William Temple (April 25, 1628 – January 27. 1699) was a statesman and author who lived in a…
Place Name The Sydney family was closely entwined with the Selwyn family who owned a great deal of land around…
Place Name No surprises but this refers to the nearby Kew Gardens station. It was originally part of Lichfield Road…
Place Name As James Green, Judith Filson, and Margaret Watson in The Streets of Richmond and Kew this is a…
Place Name From at least 1886 this was originally Station Road but within a few years it was given a makeover,…