Showing posts with label Richmond upon Thames. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richmond upon Thames. Show all posts
30 October 2013

Alexander Pope in Chiswick

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'ALEXANDER POPE 1688–1744 Poet lived in this row, Mawson's Buildings 1716–1719'   The building the plaque ...
22 October 2013

Alexander Pope in St Marys Church, Twickenham

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The nave of St Marys Church, Twickenham, looking towards the chancel. Just visible is Pope's plaque on the floor slightly to the rig...

Catherine Clive in Twickenham

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Catherine (or Kitty) Clive (1711–1785) enjoyed a very successful acting career. In 1769 she retired to Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, wher...
4 September 2013

The Oceanides, aka The Naked Ladies, Twickenham

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An amazing sight greets any unsuspecting member of the public walking through the riverside area of York House Gardens, Twickenham. Thes...
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Richard Burton in Mortlake, Richmond upon Thames

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The remarkable 'tent' tomb of Sir Richard Burton (1821–90), the explorer and writer, and his wife Isabel Arundell, in St Mary Ma...
21 June 2013

Anthony Beckles Willson: Mr Pope & Others at Cross Deep, Twickenham in the 18th Century (1996)

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I've already mentioned Anthony Beckles Willson in the Pope's Grotto post linked below, and indeed some of my information on the ...
11 June 2013

Alexander Pope's Grotto in Twickenham

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Alexander Pope (1688–1844), whose father died in October 1717, moved from Chiswick to Twickenham with his mother Edith (née Turner), hi...
10 June 2013

Eel Pie Island, Twickenham

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I remember many years ago bumping into my former English school teacher Stan Middo, a man more formally known to others as the writer St...