Place Name This was the site of Gloucester House, which was originally built for Prince William Henry (November 14, 1743 –…
Place Name This was the site of Gloucester House, which was originally built for Prince William Henry (November 14, 1743 –…
Place Name Not named after the characters from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, but unusually after two neighbours, Dr Hamilton…
Place Name Like Garrick Close in Richmond it is named after David Garrick (February 19, 1717 – January 20, 1779)…
Place Name David Garrick (February 19, 1717 – January 20, 1779) was an actor, playwright, and theatre manager, who was…
Place Name A “Fryers Style our backway” was mentioned in the Court Rolls as early as 1620, presumably in reference…
Place Name In 1499 Henry VII founded six English houses for Friars Observant, a Franciscan Order that adhered to a…
Place Name This was the old boundary between Richmond and Mortlake. It was developed with houses on both sides following…
Place Name Richard Fitzwilliam (August 1, 1745 – February 4, 1816), 7th Viscount FitzWilliam of Mount Merrion, County Dublin, who inherited FitzWilliam…
Place Name Kew had built up around the ferry crossing to Brentford. Originally just a tiny hamlet of less than…