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Stone Entrance Piers in Front of Chiswick House. Grade I listed. Vermiculated rusticated piers with Greek key and swag ornament.
The two sphinxes, have been painstakingly recreated using a ‘Lost Wax’ casting process that involves creating a negative mould of the sphinx from an existing original cast lead sphinx inside the house. Read More
Built by the third Earl of Burlington in 1729 to showcase his art collection. It was based on Palladio's Villa Capra la Rotunda
which was built in 1560s in Vicenza. This in turn was based on the Pantheon in Rome.
The portico is copied from the Temple of Jupiter Stator in Rome
Strand-on-the-Green is located immediately to the east of Kew Bridge, along the north bank of the river Thames. The name is shared by the first part of the road east of Kew Bridge, its continuation on the riverside path, and the area itself.
The area is renowned as a particularly picturesque part of London. A footpath runs along the bank of the river, overlooked by numerous imposing 18th-century houses and local pubs, and, being a low part of the Tideway which has been narrowed with embankments on both banks, is flooded at spring tides; property flooding is rare but has occurred to basements and other storeys before the construction of the Thames Barrier.
The District line and London Overground both cross the river on the railway bridge erected in 1869 between the City Barge and Bull's Head pubs.
Historic local pubs
Moving downstream (from west to east), the three pubs along the river at Strand-on-the-Green are:
The Bell & Crown; licensed by 1751, closest to Kew Bridge.
The City Barge; licensed by 1786. This pub was known as the Maypole Inn until 1807, when it was renamed after the Lord Mayor of London's barge moored nearby. The pub was largely destroyed by a bomb during World War II, and the old bar is all that remains of the original inn. Featured in the 1965 Beatles film Help!
The Bull's Head; licensed by 1722, farthest east from Kew Bridge.
History to c.1750
Over 100 human skulls were reportedly found in the river Thames opposite Strand-on-the-Green during the 19th century, and although they have since disappeared, dating of other similar river skulls suggests they may have dated from c.600 BC. Pottery dating from Roman times has also been found in Strand-on-the-Green.
Strand-on-the-Green is first recorded as "Stronde" in 1353 ('strand' probably means 'shore'). It was called 'Strand Green' in 1593 and 'Strand under Green' in 1760. Almshouses, first built in 1658, still remain, though they were replaced by new buildings in 1721-24.
It was one of the four villages (Chiswick, Little Sutton, Turnham Green and Strand-on-the-Green) that merged to form the present-day Chiswick.
History since c.1750
The opening of Kew Bridge in 1759 (which replaced a ferry on the same spot) and the royal palace at Kew increased the importance and popularity of the area, prompting the building of large houses and the development of small industries along the waterfront. These industries included malt-houses, repair yards, barge-builders and wharves. By 1860, Strand-on-the-Green also housed one of the largest laundries in London, the Pier House Laundry, whose brick facade is still visible to the left of Cafe Rouge. The laundry eventually closed in 1973.
The area began a slow decline in the 19th century when the Grand Junction Canal diverted freight traffic to Brentford, and the royal family moved from Kew to Windsor. Strand-on-the-Green has now become a residential area once again, and was described in 1932 as "London's last remaining village".
During World War II, 41 houses in Thames Road and Magnolia Road were destroyed and a further 60 were severely damaged when a parachute mine landed on 21 September 1941. Scenes from the Beatles' 1965 film Help! were shot in the City Barge pub and around Strand-on-the-Green.
Oliver's Island
Oliver's Island is a small eyot in the river Thames opposite Strand-on-the-Green. It acquired its name after rumours that Oliver Cromwell used the island as a hideout and held military councils at the Bull's Head pub during the English Civil War, but there is no hard evidence to support these rumours. The City of London's Navigation Committee erected buildings on the island after 1777, and barges were also stationed here for the collection of tolls.
Notable residents
One of the houses overlooking the river (No.65) is marked with a blue plaque noting that the 18th century portrait painter Johann Zoffany lived there at the end of his life. The actor Donald Pleasence lived in Strand-on-the-Green. The film director John Guillermin lived at No.60 (The Dutch House). The newspaper publisher Sir Hugh Cudlipp, and the botanist and explorer of Australia Allan Cunningham have both lived at No.21. The painter and gallerist Joshua Compston lived at No.75. The musician Midge Ure lived at No.70 (Zachary House) in the 1980s. Current residents include the actor Rhys Ifans, and the television entertainers Ant and Dec both live in the area. Many other notable people have lived in Strand-on-the-Green.
Strand-on-the-Green is located immediately to the east of Kew Bridge, along the north bank of the river Thames. The name is shared by the first part of the road east of Kew Bridge, its continuation on the riverside path, and the area itself.
The area is renowned as a particularly picturesque part of London. A footpath runs along the bank of the river, overlooked by numerous imposing 18th-century houses and local pubs, and, being a low part of the Tideway which has been narrowed with embankments on both banks, is flooded at spring tides; property flooding is rare but has occurred to basements and other storeys before the construction of the Thames Barrier.
The District line and London Overground both cross the river on the railway bridge erected in 1869 between the City Barge and Bull's Head pubs.
Historic local pubs
Moving downstream (from west to east), the three pubs along the river at Strand-on-the-Green are:
The Bell & Crown; licensed by 1751, closest to Kew Bridge.
The City Barge; licensed by 1786. This pub was known as the Maypole Inn until 1807, when it was renamed after the Lord Mayor of London's barge moored nearby. The pub was largely destroyed by a bomb during World War II, and the old bar is all that remains of the original inn. Featured in the 1965 Beatles film Help!
The Bull's Head; licensed by 1722, farthest east from Kew Bridge.
History to c.1750
Over 100 human skulls were reportedly found in the river Thames opposite Strand-on-the-Green during the 19th century, and although they have since disappeared, dating of other similar river skulls suggests they may have dated from c.600 BC. Pottery dating from Roman times has also been found in Strand-on-the-Green.
Strand-on-the-Green is first recorded as "Stronde" in 1353 ('strand' probably means 'shore'). It was called 'Strand Green' in 1593 and 'Strand under Green' in 1760. Almshouses, first built in 1658, still remain, though they were replaced by new buildings in 1721-24.
It was one of the four villages (Chiswick, Little Sutton, Turnham Green and Strand-on-the-Green) that merged to form the present-day Chiswick.
History since c.1750
The opening of Kew Bridge in 1759 (which replaced a ferry on the same spot) and the royal palace at Kew increased the importance and popularity of the area, prompting the building of large houses and the development of small industries along the waterfront. These industries included malt-houses, repair yards, barge-builders and wharves. By 1860, Strand-on-the-Green also housed one of the largest laundries in London, the Pier House Laundry, whose brick facade is still visible to the left of Cafe Rouge. The laundry eventually closed in 1973.
The area began a slow decline in the 19th century when the Grand Junction Canal diverted freight traffic to Brentford, and the royal family moved from Kew to Windsor. Strand-on-the-Green has now become a residential area once again, and was described in 1932 as "London's last remaining village".
During World War II, 41 houses in Thames Road and Magnolia Road were destroyed and a further 60 were severely damaged when a parachute mine landed on 21 September 1941. Scenes from the Beatles' 1965 film Help! were shot in the City Barge pub and around Strand-on-the-Green.
Oliver's Island
Oliver's Island is a small eyot in the river Thames opposite Strand-on-the-Green. It acquired its name after rumours that Oliver Cromwell used the island as a hideout and held military councils at the Bull's Head pub during the English Civil War, but there is no hard evidence to support these rumours. The City of London's Navigation Committee erected buildings on the island after 1777, and barges were also stationed here for the collection of tolls.
Notable residents
One of the houses overlooking the river (No.65) is marked with a blue plaque noting that the 18th century portrait painter Johann Zoffany lived there at the end of his life. The actor Donald Pleasence lived in Strand-on-the-Green. The film director John Guillermin lived at No.60 (The Dutch House). The newspaper publisher Sir Hugh Cudlipp, and the botanist and explorer of Australia Allan Cunningham have both lived at No.21. The painter and gallerist Joshua Compston lived at No.75. The musician Midge Ure lived at No.70 (Zachary House) in the 1980s. Current residents include the actor Rhys Ifans, and the television entertainers Ant and Dec both live in the area. Many other notable people have lived in Strand-on-the-Green.
1980s 1990s Southall? Ealing ? Brent? Acton? Chiswick?
Help us solve the Betty (Elizabeth) Walsh mystery which has caused much anxiety and puzzlement for her family in Ireland.
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Southall? Ealing ? Brent ? Acton? Chiswick?
* 1951: Betty came from Ireland to the UK at the age for 16.
* She became a State Registered Nurse and a Midwife.
* At some stage she lived in Grove Park Terrace, Chiswick, W4 West London...which rather interestingly is presently called "Lyndhurst"!!
* 1978, aged 43, she bought a house in Lyndhurst Avenue, Southall, Middleex UB1 3DU
and she owned the house for 33 years. In later years the house was very derelect, uninhabitable even and yet she still called there regularly to collect her mail. Furthermore one small room in the spartan house had a bed and she may have stayed their occasionally. In
* November 2011 her decomposed body was found covered in "uncollected mail"at this address. The Coroner did not suspect foul play..and expensives searches were undertaken
to trace her friends, her places of work, her work colleagues and alternative addresses where she may have lived at the time.
* So where did she live?
* Did he have friends?
* A pension was paid to her by the London Borough of BRENT (in north -west London)
a borough to the north east of Ealing, and Southall (and north of Chiswick).
* It is understood that Betty Walsh worked at a Senior Citizens Care Home in Freeland Road, Ealing. London W5 up till 1988 ... the Home closing down in the early 1990s.
* Her family say that they have accompanied the Police on a door to door enquiry in Lyndhurst Avenue to no avail.
* Approaches to various Government Agencies have produced little information.
THANKS to Richard Jennings for finessing the above pictures.
Can you help in any way?
The COMMUNITY FORUM on ChiswickW4.com has a live discussion/ thread on this topic and you are invited to visit and participate there. www.chiswickw4.com
The Ealing councillors who - despite widespread protests and objections - voted for this 'Colonial Drive' development to blight Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve in Chiswick should hang their heads in shame.
This is the view in September 2014 from deep inside this precious west London green space and shows just part of the intensive developments along Bollo Lane now nearing completion, right up to the border of the nature reserve. Quite aside from the huge visual impact, the noise and light pollution on the reserve will be significant.
Stuart Robinson, chairman of planning at CBRE, working on behalf of site owner and developer Blackstone, told Ealing Council on May 16 2012: "There will be no significant impact on the nature reserve."
And what, you might wonder, is CBRE? From their website: "Our team provides a bespoke town planning service, maximising opportunities and creating value for our clients by securing planning permissions for deliverable commercial, residential, retail, leisure and mixed use developments. We work closely with our clients to meet their needs and aspirations, brokering relationships and blending our knowledge of planning policy with commercial acumen."
Aileen Jones, Ealing Council's Head of Planning Services, told the decision meeting: "On the scale and height, work was done at the pre-application and consultation stage to reduce the building’s size. The height has been reduced by one floor since the initial proposals."
Even a cursory reading of the relevant planning meeting minutes tells you all you need to know about a very small number of local councillors being able to vote a disaster like this through - by 7 votes to 6 - flying in the face of both the facts and basic common sense.
The three Liberal Democrat local councillors who actually represented the (Southfield) ward in which this sensitive location is sited objected to the vast over-development adjacent to the nature reserve and attended the meeting - one being allowed to speak to voice their opposition. But not being members of the committee, they were not allowed a vote.
You can access the relevant council minutes plus background reports etc at: www.ealing.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/35/planning_committee
My photographic tour was accompanied by the sound of someone on a balcony loudly cackling down their mobile phone plus a party of some sort in one part of a building - the sounds carrying across the reserve. Just imagine what it will be like when fully occupied.
Background and more info at:
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1) 1970s ? 2) 1988? 3) 1960s?
Southall? Ealing ? Brent ? Acton? Chiswick?
* 1951: Betty came from Ireland to the UK at the age for 16.
* She became a State Registered Nurse and a Midwife.
* At some stage she lived in Grove Park Terrace, Chiswick, W4 West London...which rather interestingly is presently called "Lyndhurst"!!
* 1978, aged 43, she bought a house in Lyndhurst Avenue, Southall, Middleex UB1 3DU
and she owned the house for 33 years. In later years the house was very derelect, uninhabitable even and yet she still called there regularly to collect her mail. Furthermore one small room in the spartan house had a bed and she may have stayed their occasionally. In
* November 2011 her decomposed body was found covered in "uncollected mail"at this address. The Coroner did not suspect foul play..and expensives searches were undertaken
to trace her friends, her places of work, her work colleagues and alternative addresses where she may have lived at the time.
* So where did she live?
* Did he have friends?
* A pension was paid to her by the London Borough of BRENT (in north -west London)
a borough to the north east of Ealing, and Southall (and north of Chiswick).
* It is understood that Betty Walsh worked at a Senior Citizens Care Home in Freeland Road, Ealing. London W5 up till 1988 ... the Home closing down in the early 1990s.
* Her family say that they have accompanied the Police on a door to door enquiry in Lyndhurst Avenue to no avail.
* Approaches to various Government Agencies have produced little information.
THANKS to Richard Jennings for finessing the above pictures.
Can you help in any way?
The COMMUNITY FORUM on ChiswickW4.com has a live discussion/ thread on this topic and you are invited to visit and participate there. www.chiswickw4.com
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A happy ending in Chiswick after a not so happy theft. The background is at: www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=phot...
Photo copyright Jon Perry. (June 2014) “Dream Window” at Chiswick House and Gardens was once occupied by The Beatles. It features in their promo video, reported to be the first of its kind, for Paperback Writer filmed there on May 20 1966 and broadcast on Top of the Pops on June 2 that year: youtu.be/NMnQAYKag_E It also features in the video promo for Rain, the B-side of that single. More info on the Chiswick 2014 charity calendar at: www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=wyli...
Southall? Ealing ? Brent ? Acton? Chiswick?
* 1951: Betty came from Ireland to the UK at the age for 16.
* She became a State Registered Nurse and a Midwife.
* At some stage she lived in Grove Park Terrace, Chiswick, W4 West London...which rather interestingly is presently called "Lyndhurst"!!
* 1978, aged 43, she bought a house in Lyndhurst Avenue, Southall, Middleex UB1 3DU
and she owned the house for 33 years. In later years the house was very derelect, uninhabitable even and yet she still called there regularly to collect her mail. Furthermore one small room in the spartan house had a bed and she may have stayed their occasionally. In
* November 2011 her decomposed body was found covered in "uncollected mail"at this address. The Coroner did not suspect foul play..and expensives searches were undertaken
to trace her friends, her places of work, her work colleagues and alternative addresses where she may have lived at the time.
* So where did she live?
* Did he have friends?
* A pension was paid to her by the London Borough of BRENT (in north -west London)
a borough to the north east of Ealing, and Southall (and north of Chiswick).
* It is understood that Betty Walsh worked at a Senior Citizens Care Home in Freeland Road, Ealing. London W5 up till 1988 ... the Home closing down in the early 1990s.
* Her family say that they have accompanied the Police on a door to door enquiry in Lyndhurst Avenue to no avail.
* Approaches to various Government Agencies have produced little information.
THANKS to Richard Jennings for finessing the above picture and text.
Can you help in any way?
The COMMUNITY FORUM on ChiswickW4.com has a live discussion/ thread on this topic and you are invited to visit and participate there. www.chiswickw4.com
STOP PRESS: ALBUM OWNER FOUND!!
Dear Jim,
Firstly, thanks for all your efforts. I am so happy that we have achieved a positive result.
The album belongs to my next door neighbour who put the album down when he was looking for his keys and he saw the report in this week's W4 newsletter, so also a huge thanks to the editor for his help. It is of his wedding to his first wife.
Please also thank all the other people involved in the search
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SO MYSTERY SOLVED!
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The photographer listed in the Album is Mr. Hardwick of Weston-super-Mare.
The Wedding Album was found abandoned on a garden wall in a Chiswick (West London) Street and it could be following a theft.
The owner of the Album is being sought .
This sample picture is therefore being circulated widely..in the hope that the owner can be found and reunited with their sentimental property.
The Church has been rapidly identified by .Angela Peel on the ChiswickW4.com Forum,
STOP PRESS: ALBUM OWNER FOUND!!
Dear Jim,
Firstly, thanks for all your efforts. I am so happy that we have achieved a positive result.
The album belongs to my next door neighbour who put the album down when he was looking for his keys and he saw the report in this week's W4 newsletter, so also a huge thanks to the editor for his help. It is of his wedding to his first wife.
Please also thank all the other people involved in the search
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SO MYSTERY SOLVED!
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Their wedding album found abandoned in Chiswick, West London.
Using the ChiswickW4.com Forum, Flickr and Twitter we are endeavoring to re-unite the Album to the owners.
A recent Weston-Super-Mare Grammar School for Girls' Reunion is our current focus in addition to the past congregations of Corpus Christi Church.. the venue of the wedding.
A happy ending in Chiswick after a not so happy theft. The background is at at: www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=phot...
Jon Perry and I delivering the Chiswick 2014 charity calendar for the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace. Full background at: www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=wyli...
Photo by Jon Perry and the magic of self-timing.
STOP PRESS: ALBUM OWNER FOUND!!
Dear Jim,
Firstly, thanks for all your efforts. I am so happy that we have achieved a positive result.
The album belongs to my next door neighbour who put the album down when he was looking for his keys and he saw the report in this week's W4 newsletter, so also a huge thanks to the editor for his help. It is of his wedding to his first wife.
Please also thank all the other people involved in the search
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SO MYSTERY SOLVED!
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Wedding held in Weston-Super-Mare at Corpus Christi Church maybe in 60s 70s 80s
with the photographs taken by a Mr Hardwick.
Wedding Album found in Chiswick street by "Robin" and owners sought.
STOP PRESS: ALBUM OWNER FOUND!!
Dear Jim,
Firstly, thanks for all your efforts. I am so happy that we have achieved a positive result.
The album belongs to my next door neighbour who put the album down when he was looking for his keys and he saw the report in this week's W4 newsletter, so also a huge thanks to the editor for his help. It is of his wedding to his first wife.
Please also thank all the other people involved in the search
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SO MYSTERY SOLVED!
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Staff at Corpus Christi have confirmed that this is a picture of their Church.
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If you copy and paste the above URL in your address bar .. you will find an article about a family in Ireland seeking help to solve the mystery of their relation BETTY (Elizabeth) WALSH
Community spirited Top Hat owner Mike Moran.
Festive cheer at Top Hat Cleaners in Devonshire Road, Chiswick on Saturday December 14 2013: www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=trading&page=a...
An extract of the 1896 Ordnance Survey map ..the Godfrey Edition..being posted on the ChiswickW4.com Forum.
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If you copy and paste the above URL in your address bar .. you will find an article about a family in Ireland seeking help to solve the mystery of their relation BETTY (Elizabeth) WALSH
*Betty came from Ireland to the UK in 1951 at the age for 16.
*She became a State Registered Nurse and a Midwife.
*At some stage she had lived in Grove Park Terrace, Chiswick, W4 West London.
*In 1978, aged 43, he bought a house in Lyndhurst Avenue, Southall, Middleex UB1 3DU
and she owned the house for 33 years. In later years the house was very derelect, uninhabitable even and yet she still called there regularly to collect her mail..
* So where did she live?
* Did he have friends?
* A pension was paid to her by the London Borough of BRENT (in north -west London)
a borough to the north east of Ealing, and Southall (and north of Chiswick).
* Her family say that they have accompanied the Police on a door to door enquiry in Lyndhurst Avenue to no avail.
The COMMUNITY FORUM on ChiswickW4.com has a live discussion/ thread on this topic and you are invited to visit and participate there. www.chiswickw4.com
MANY THANKS to MR Jennings for helping with this picture...and for adding text.
Adamos (also known as Adam) and Ionas (also known as John) Adamou on the day their Chiswick High Road shop closed after over half a century of trading.
I had interviewed both brothers in the shop before taking photos. It was a sad day for them and for the many regulars calling in one final time with just a few hours to go before the end of an era. Adamou was a community hub for more than 50 years but had fallen victim to competition from local supermarkets. I had a lot of admiration for two men who had provided a priceless service and I wanted to ensure others read about it. There were many poignant photos to capture that day and yet I didn't notice the almost ghostly image of some of their last customers looking back out through the window until later.
More at: www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=trading&page=a...