Richmond Local History Society

Exploring the history of Richmond, Kew, Petersham and Ham

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      • The Ferry from Ham to Twickenham
      • Kew at War 1939-1945
      • Old Palace Lane
      • Poverty and Philanthropy in Victorian Richmond
      • Richmond’s Links with North America
      • Richmond Palace: its History and its Plan
      • Royal Gardeners at Kew – The Aitons
      • The Streets of Richmond and Kew
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      • No 42 (2021/22)
      • No 41 (2020)
      • No 40 (2019)
      • No 39 (2018)
      • No 38 (2017)
      • No 37 (2016)
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      • No 34 (2013)
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      • No 32 (2011)
      • No 31 (2010)
      • No 30 (2009)
      • No 29 (2008)
      • No 28 (2007)
  • Resources
    • John Cloake: Forty Years of Richmond History
    • East Twickenham Belgian Refugees Project
    • Ebenezer Robbins, Kew’s centenarian ironmonger and Secretary of Duke Street Church
    • Ham: Walnut Tree Meadow Allotments
    • Inoculating the royals
    • Kew: St Anne’s Church
      • “Queen Anne’s Little Church”
      • Kew: The pew cushions in St Anne’s Church
    • Manor Road, Richmond: London’s first Council housing
    • Richard Francis Burton
    • Richmond’s almshouses
    • Richmond at War 1914-1918
      • Wings in Richmond
    • Kew at War 1939-1945
      • The Battle of Kew
    • Richmond at War 1939-1945
      • The Blitz spirit
      • Flight from the East End
      • Gibraltar on Thames
      • The postmen who never came back from the War
      • Bombs on Crown Terrace
      • Surviving the Blitz in the garden
      • V-E Day in Richmond, 8 May 1945
      • Winston Churchill in Richmond
      • Unique air raid shelter at Manor Road allotments
    • Richmond Park
      • Two incorrect myths concerning Richmond Park
      • The “Deer Leap” of Richmond Park
    • Richmond Old Burial Ground
    • Vineyard Passage Burial Ground
    • Richmond Poor Law Union records
    • Richmond’s Congregational Church in The Vineyard
      • Thomas Wilson 1764-1843
      • Pleasant Sunday afternoons in late Victorian Richmond – a glimpse at 1893-94
      • The preacher with red hair
      • A story of war and peace at The Vineyard Congregational Church, Richmond
      • The role of women in leadership at the Vineyard Church, Richmond
      • Revd Henry Beresford Martin 1808-1844: a remarkable young Victorian Minister
      • The Victorian burial plot of the Vineyard Chapel – from graveyard to garden
    • The Royal Star and Garter Home
    • The Selwyn Family and the development of Richmond
    • “Thresher” Duck on Richmond
    • Transport: Richmond’s early horse-drawn trams and motor buses
    • The Vineyard, Richmond: An Online History
    • War memorials
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    • Previous visits and coach trips
    • Know Your Place
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Richmond Local History Society

Videos

Recordings of some of our 2021 talks are on our YouTube channel.

You can also read reports of most of our talks since December 2016.

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RICHMOND LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY explores the history of Richmond, Kew, Petersham and Ham. We organise talks, publish books and an annual journal, and organise visits to places of historic interest. Join us for free admission to our talks, an informative newsletter three times a year and discounts on most of our publications.

Forthcoming Events

  • • Monday 13 December 2021
    Talk by George Goodwin: Christmas traditions, with reference to Richmond and Kew
  • • Monday 17 January 2022
    Talk by Jonathan Crofts: Meadows, Mansions and Munitions - stories and lives of Cambridge Park
  • • Monday 14 February 2022
    Talk: Andrew George on The Earl, his lover, their temple: the story of Black Jack Needham
  • • Monday 14 March 2022
    Talk by Laura Irwin on the history of the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
  • • Monday 11 April 2022
    Talk by Shirley Newton and Shirley Clark: Sculptures of Kew and beyond
  • • Monday 16 May 2022
    Annual General Meeting, followed by a talk by Simon Fowler on Tribune Tales: some history stories from our local online newspaper
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The Richmond Local History Society is a registered charity, no. 292907

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