{"id":1362,"date":"2015-02-15T20:34:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T20:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=1362"},"modified":"2024-05-20T10:12:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T09:12:57","slug":"history-of-richmond","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/useful-links\/\">Links<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On this page there are links to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>an article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/richmonds-almshouses\/\"><strong>Richmond&#8217;s almshouses<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>an article on the explorer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/richard-francis-burton\/\"><strong>Richard Burton<\/strong><\/a>, who went to school in Richmond and is buried in Mortlake<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/east-twickenham-belgian-refugees-project\/\">East Twickenham Belgian Refugees Project<\/a> <\/strong> &#8211; commemorating the \u201cBelgian Village on the Thames&#8221; during the First World War<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/john-cloake-forty-years-richmond\">John Cloake: Forty Years of Richmond History<\/a> <\/strong>&#8211; an address given to the Richmond Local History Society by its then-President and Founder Chairman\u00a0 on 8 December 2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/welcome\/municipal-cottages-manor-grove\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/municipal-cottages-manor-grove.jpg\" alt=\"municipal-cottages-manor-grove\" width=\"487\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/municipal-cottages-manor-grove.jpg 614w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/municipal-cottages-manor-grove-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/municipal-cottages-manor-grove-512x425.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/municipaldreams.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/25\/londons-first-council-housing-richmond\/\">Manor Grove, Richmond and London&#8217;s first Council housing<\/a><\/strong> A posting on the Municipal Dreams blog tells the story of the &#8220;Richmond Experiment&#8221; as it was known. London&#8217;s first Council housing was built in Manor Grove, Richmond in the 1890s<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Richmond at War\" href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/richmond-at-war\/%20\"><em><strong>Richmond at War 1939-45<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, our project to collect <a style=\"font-size: 0;\" href=\"http:\/\/healthsavy.com\/product\/levitra\/\">http:\/\/healthsavy.com\/product\/levitra\/<\/a>reminiscences in Richmond town of World War II. This includes a surviving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/richmond-at-war\/7376-2\/\"><strong>air-raid shelter in Manor Road allotments<\/strong>, <\/a>Richmond<a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/richmond-at-war\/winston-churchill-in-richmond\/\">,<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/richmond-at-war\/winston-churchill-in-richmond\/\"> a surprise visit by Winston Churchill during the Blitz<\/a><\/strong> to the<strong> Anti-Aircraft Battery near Sheen Gate in Richmond Park <\/strong>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/publications\/kew-war-1939-1945\/the-battle-of-kew\/\"><strong>the \u201dBattle of Kew\u201d<\/strong>: <\/a>altercations in Kew in 1945 between local men and Italian prisoners of war<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Richmond Old Burial Ground\" href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/richmond-old-burial-ground\/%20\"><strong>Richmond Old Burial Ground<\/strong><\/a>, where more than 1000 graves, recording the deaths of over 2000 people, have been photographed and the inscriptions noted by a group of volunteers<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Orr\u2019s timeline on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/vineyard-passage-burial-ground\/\"><strong>Vineyard Passage Burial Ground<\/strong> in Richmond<\/a><\/li>\n<li>articles by our Society\u2019s founder, the late John Cloake, and by present-day Richmond Park historian Dr Robert Wood, dispelling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/richmond-park\/\"><strong>myths about Richmond Park<\/strong><\/a>. Did Henry VIII stand on what is now called <strong>King Henry\u2019s Mound<\/strong>, to watch for a sign from St Paul\u2019s\u00a0 (which is visible from the mound) that Anne Boleyn had been executed at the Tower of London? <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/two-incorrect-myths-concerning-richmond-park\/\">Find out more.<\/a><\/strong><\/em> And why is the strip of land immediately outside the park\u2019s wall called the \u201c<strong>deer leap<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>freebord<\/strong>\u201c?<strong><em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/the-deer-leap-of-richmond-park\/\">Find out more.<\/a><\/em><\/strong> And Ralph Thompson at The National Archives writes about the restrictions on public access to Richmond Park in the 18th century and the attempts to overturn them. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/richmond-park-and-the-georgian-access-controversy\/\"><em><strong>Read Ralph\u2019s blog<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Richmond Poor Law Union application and report books\" href=\"http:\/\/new.surreycc.gov.uk\/heritage-culture-and-recreation\/archives-and-history\/surrey-history-centre\/surrey-history-centre-help-for-researchers\/archives-and-history-research-guides\/poor-law-records\/richmond-poor-law-union-application-and-report-books\">Richmond Poor Law Union application and report books<\/a><\/strong> Over 103,000 names of people applying for poor relief in Richmond Poor Law Union between 1870 and 1912 are now searchable, free of charge, on Surrey History Centre\u2019s website<\/li>\n<li>an article on<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Ebenezer-Robbins_F-Nigel-Hepper-2.pdf\"> Ebenezer Robbins, Kew\u2019s centenarian ironmonger and Secretary of Duke Street Church<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>an article, based on Charlotte Papendiek\u2019s memoirs, about members of <strong>the Royal Family, living in Kew, being<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/inoculating-the-royals\/\">vaccinated against smallpox<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-tadv-p=\"keep\">two articles from our <em>Richmond History<\/em> journal on Richmond\u2019s former <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/the-royal-star-and-garter-home\/\">Royal Star<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>\n<div id=\"attachment_6528\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/450px-Star_and_Garter_Home_March_2010_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6528\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/450px-Star_and_Garter_Home_March_2010_2-188x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/450px-Star_and_Garter_Home_March_2010_2-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/450px-Star_and_Garter_Home_March_2010_2-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/450px-Star_and_Garter_Home_March_2010_2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The former Royal Star and Garter Home in Richmond<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/the-royal-star-and-garter-home\/\">and Garter Home<\/a><\/strong>. <strong>Stephen Spencer<\/strong> writes about the disputes concerning the building of the new home in the 1920s. <strong>Simon Fowler<\/strong> reflects on the remarkable philanthropy of British and overseas people, especially women, who gave money to establish it.<\/li>\n<li data-tadv-p=\"keep\">two articles on<strong> St Anne\u2019s Church, Kew<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/queen-annes-little-church-2\/\"> <strong>\u201cQueen Anne\u2019s Little Church\u201d<\/strong><\/a> by David Blomfield and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/The-Pew-Cushions-1.pdf\"><strong>\u201cThe pew cushions in St Anne\u2019s Church, Kew<\/strong><\/a>\u201d by George Cassidy<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/the-servant-problem\/\">The servant problem<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; u<span id=\"page31R_mcid248\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ntil the First World War virtually every household in Richmond\u00a0 employed <\/span><\/span><span id=\"page31R_mcid249\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">servants to do the cooking, cleaning and a variety of other tasks. Even relatively modest <\/span><\/span><span id=\"page31R_mcid250\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">households would have had a &#8220;skivvy&#8221; to help the mistress<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/selwyn-family-development-richmond\/\">The Selwyn Family and the development of Richmond<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; the text of a talk given by Nick Selwyn to the Richmond Local History Society in 2009<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/transport-2\/\">two articles on transport in Richmond<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221209153855\/http:\/\/www.thevineyardrichmond.info\/\">The Vineyard, Richmond: an online history<\/a><\/strong> by Stephen Orr<\/li>\n<li>\n<div id=\"attachment_6119\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/home\/eqx-argent-ppc-indd-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6119\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6119 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Elsie-Chamberlain.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Elsie-Chamberlain.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Elsie-Chamberlain-150x150.jpg 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-6119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Elsie Chamberlain,<\/strong> the Vineyard Congregational Church\u2019s first female minister<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/richmonds-congregational-church-vineyard\/\">the history of Richmond\u2019s Congregational Church in The Vineyard<\/a> <\/strong>(now the Vineyard Life Church)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/walnut-tree-meadow-allotments-in-ham\/\"><strong>a history of Walnut Tree Meadow Allotments in Ham<\/strong><\/a> by Dr Linna Bentley<\/li>\n<li>an article by Simon Fowler on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/history-of-richmond\/war-memorials\/\">local war memorials<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(See also: Links) On this page there are links to: an article on Richmond&#8217;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 &#8211; commemorating the \u201cBelgian Village on the Thames&#8221; during the First World War John Cloake: Forty Years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1362","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1362"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10696,"href":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1362\/revisions\/10696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richmondhistory.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}