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Turnham Green is a London Underground station in Chiswick in west London. The station is located on Turnham Green Terrace, but the actual green is much closer to Chiswick Park station. The station is served by the District and Piccadilly lines although Piccadilly line trains normally only stop at the station at the beginning and end of the day, running through non-stop at other times. To the east, District line trains stop at Stamford Brook and Piccadilly line trains stop at Hammersmith, To the west, District line trains run to either Chiswick Park or Gunnersbury and Piccadilly line trains stop at Acton Town.
The station is located on Turnham Green Terrace (B491) on the eastern edge of Chiswick Common. It is about 200 m north of Chiswick High Road (A315) and is in both Travelcard Zone 2 and Zone 3. As well as Central Chiswick, the station serves the Bedford Park area.
There are four ticket barriers and a gate that control access to all platforms.
History
Turnham Green station was opened on 1 January 1869 by the London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) on a new branch line to Richmond built from the West London Joint Railway starting north of Addison Road station (now Kensington (Olympia)). The line ran through Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith via a now unused curve and initially the next station towards central London was Grove Road station in Hammersmith (also now closed).
Between 1 June 1870 and 31 October 1870 the Great Western Railway (GWR) briefly ran services from Paddington to Richmond via Hammersmith & City Railway (now the Hammersmith & City line) tracks to Grove Road then on the L&SWR tracks through Turnham Green.
On 1 June 1877, the District Railway (DR, now the District line) opened a short extension from its terminus at Hammersmith to connect to the L&SWR tracks east of Ravenscourt Park station (which had opened in 1873). The DR then began running trains over the L&SWR tracks to Richmond. On 1 October 1877, the Metropolitan Railway (MR, now the Metropolitan line) restarted the GWR's former service to Richmond via Grove Road station.
On 5 May 1878 The Midland Railway began running a circuitous service known as the Super Outer Circle from St Pancras to Earl's Court via Cricklewood and South Acton. It operated over a now disused connection between the North London Railway and the L&SWR Richmond branch. The service was not a success and was ended on 30 September 1880.
The DR's service between Richmond, Hammersmith and central London was more direct than either the L&SWR's or the MR's routes via Grove Road station or the L&SWR's other route from Richmond via Clapham Junction. The success of the DR's operations lead it, on 1 July 1879, to open a branch from Turnham Green to Ealing Broadway.
From 1 January 1894, the GWR began sharing the MR's Richmond service and served Turnham Green once again, meaning that passengers from Turnham Green could travel on the services of four operators.
Following the electrification of the DR's own tracks north of Acton Town in 1903, the DR funded the electrification of the tracks through Turnham Green. The tracks between Acton Town and central London were electrified on 1 July 1905 and those on the Richmond branch on 1 August 1905. Whilst DR services were operated with electric trains, the L&SWR, GWR and MR services continued to be steam hauled.
MR services were withdrawn on 31 December 1906 and GWR services were withdrawn on 31 December 1910 leaving operations at Turnham Green to the DR (by then known as the District Railway) and L&SWR. The L&SWR constructed an additional pair of non-electrified tracks between Turnham Green and its junction with the District at Hammersmith and opened these on 3 December 1911 although their use was short-lived as the District's trains out-competed the L&SWR's to the extent that the L&SWR withdrew its service between Richmond and Addison Road on 3 June 1916, leaving the District as the sole operator.
In 1913 the Central London Railway (now the Central line) obtained parliamentary approval for an extension to Richmond. This would have had a deep-level station at Turnham Green. The stations each side would have been at Heathfield Terrace and Emlyn Road. The plan was delayed by the First World War and an alternative route was adopted in 1920, which was not progressed.
In the early 1930s, the London Electric Railway, precursor of the London Underground and owner of the District and Piccadilly lines, began the reconstruction of the tracks between Hammersmith and Acton Town to enable the Piccadilly line to be extended from Hammersmith to Uxbridge and Hounslow West (then the terminus of what is now the Heathrow branch). Express non-stop tracks were provided for the Piccadilly line between the stopping lines of the District line. Services on the Piccadilly line began running through Turnham Green on 4 July 1932.
In the mid 1960s, Turnham Green was one of the stations used for the testing of experimental automatic ticket barriers later adopted throughout the network.
Piccadilly line
To provide a better interchange with the Richmond branch of the District line, Piccadilly line trains began stopping at Turnham Green station in the early morning (from the first train until 06:50 Monday to Saturday, 07:45 on Sunday) and late evening (from 22:30 until the last train) only[2] from 23 June 1963. During the rest of the day they run non-stop through the station as before. Local residents have been campaigning for more Piccadilly line trains to stop at Turnham Green[3] with trains only stopping in the event of delays to the District line whereby large numbers of passengers are left waiting on the platform or occasionally while scheduled maintenance work is carried out.
However, in December 2013 it was announced that Turnham Green will be made a permanent stop on the Piccadilly line once the line has been upgraded, with work scheduled to commence in 2019 and introduction of the first new train in 2022.[4] A consultation published in January 2014, concluded that the business case would currently have an overall negative impact on business across London from introducing increased stopping at Turnham Green, but did outline the future plans to do so when upgrades had taken place, with passengers benefiting from improvements to the District line and the Night Tube (on Friday and Saturday nights, beginning with the Jubilee, Victoria, Central, Northern lines, and most of the Piccadilly line, then expanding across other lines in subsequent years)[5][6][7] from Autumn 2015 in the interim, giving the following conclusion:[8]
However, we recognise the continued frustration among those who wish for the Piccadilly line to stop for more of the day at Turnham Green station. The signalling constraints and the size of the train fleet mean that we are unlikely to be able to implement changes in the short term. TfL therefore plans to stop Piccadilly line trains at Turnham Green station all day once the line is modernised and we have a new and larger fleet of trains and a new signalling system. This upgrade is set to commence in 2019 with introduction of the first new train in 2022.
In the interim, passengers using Turnham Green station will benefit from the upgrade of the District line. The introduction of a fleet of new larger and walk-through, air-conditioned trains will start this year and be complete by 2016. This will be followed by a new signalling system enabling a faster, more frequent and more reliable service from 2018.
Additionally, the Piccadilly line will stop throughout the night at Turnham Green when the Night Tube network starts in 2015.
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.
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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A happy ending in Chiswick after a not so happy theft. The background is at: www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=phot...
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
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,
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!
www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=foun...
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...
The Map features Chiswick Field Lane ..the former name of Devonshire Road...the subject of a discussion on the ChiswickW4.com Forum.
It's an extract from a drawing in Warwick Drapers book. ISBN 85157 169 7
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.
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.
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