The Society can trace its origins to a talk on the history of Richmond given by John Cloake to The Richmond Society on 25 February 1975.  It resulted in the setting up of the History and Archaeology Section of The Richmond Society, launched in April 1975 under John Cloake’s chairmanship. The archaeologists subsequently broke away […]

(See also: Links) On this page there are links to: an article on Richmond’s almshouses an article on the explorer Richard Burton, who went to school in Richmond and is buried in Mortlake East Twickenham Belgian Refugees Project – commemorating the “Belgian Village on the Thames” during the First World War John Cloake: Forty Years […]

Who we are Our history Christopher May, our late Chairman John Cloake, our Founder and late President John Cloake: Forty Years of Richmond History The Richmond Local History Society is a registered charity, no. 292907 About us The Richmond Local History Society explores the history of Richmond, Kew, Petersham and Ham and the people who […]