Place Name Unsurprisingly, King Charles II (May 29, 1630 – February 6, 1685), King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651, and…
Place Name Henrietta Maria (November 25, 1609 – September 10, 1669) was the wife of Charles I, the reigning king…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. Evelyn Pritchard in their Guide to the Street Names of Ham and Petersham writes: “There was…
Place Name Agricultural heritage. Evelyn Pritchard in their Guide to the Street Names of Ham and Petersham writes: “There was…
Place Name George Cave (February 23, 1856 – March 29, 1928) was a lawyer and Unionist MP who became Home…
Place Name Chris Wadsworth writing on the website hamiswheretheheartis states: “Around 1980 Richmond Council sold 5 acres of Ham Lands for…
Place Name By definition a croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, and usually…
Place Name Captain John Niel Randle VC (December 22, 1917 – May 6, 1944) was a British Army officer who…
Place Name Built in the grounds of the Manor House, once the home of Sir George Gilbert Scott, the architect,…
Place Name Listed in Mason’s Directory of 1853 as William Wiggins, shopkeeper of Ham Fields. Wiggins was a substantial figure…