The 36th issue of our annual journal, Richmond History, featuring for the first time a full-colour cover illustration, was published in May 2015.
It includes:
- A piece by our late President, John Cloake, on the light that a painting, only recently attributed to Johan Zoffany, throws on the early history of Cardigan House
- Remembering the Men of Kew: Marion Mollet describes what is known about some of those named on the board of remembrance at St Anne’s Church
- Nathaniel Halhed and his Descendants in Petersham in the Eighteenth Century, by Vanessa Fison, author of The Matchless Vale
- The Myth of the Whipping Boy: Tony Adler challenges the belief that William Murray, the builder of Ham House, was a whipping boy to his childhood friend Charles I
- Pomp, Patronage and Personality, in which Molly Drennan shows the influence of royalty on the development of theatre on Richmond
- The Thistle and the Rose: The first instalment of a two-part series by Ron McEwen (author of our publication Scotland-upon-Thames), on the many influential Scots, including members of the royal House of Stuart, who made their home in the borough
- An appreciation of our late Chairman, Christopher May, by David Blomfield
The price of the journal is £5 (£4 to members). To find out how to buy a copy go to our Bookshop page or order online below. Our online prices include postage and packing.
Find out more about other issues of Richmond History:
- No 38 (2017)
- No 37 (2016)
- No 35 (2014)
- No 34 (2013)
- No 33 (2012)
- No 32 (2011)
- No 31 (2010)
- No 30 (2009)
- No 29 (2008)
- No 28 (2007)
An index to issues 1 to 38 of Richmond History is now available online.