Date/Time
Date(s) - Monday 19 May 2025
7:45 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Duke Street Church

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We will start our proceedings earlier than usual, at 7.45pm.

After our AGM,  we will have three short taks:

• Simon Fowler, the Society’s Vice-Chair, tells the story of Merlin’s Cave: Richmond’s Georgian theme park.  A homage to King Arthur’s wizarding mentor and adviser, Merlin’s Cave was a folly commissoned by Queen Charlotte (wife of George III) . In 1735/36, visitors to Kew Gardens could inspect a replica of Merlin’s library  and meet a poet hermit.
• Mark Lucas, the Society’s Membership Secretary, who is the author and publisher of The Rise and Fall of Richmond Palace (2024), will speak about Richmond Palace.
• Jan Johnson will tell us about the Victorian engineer Henrietta Vansittart.