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      • "Ruined Cities of the Imagination" – Tom Greeves
      • An American President In Brentford
      • Bridget Goshawk
      • Colonel Clitherow’s Box
      • Did Jack The Ripper Die In Chiswick?
      • Eric Kenward
      • Gillian Clegg – a personal note
      • John Donaldson and his Family
      • Lieut-Col Shipway’s Pedigree
      • Mr Young of Young’s Corner
      • Patsy Hendren, Chiswick’s famous cricketer
      • Sarah Lindley’s Letters to Henry Crease, 1849-59
      • The Tuke Family and their Chiswick Asylums
      • Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
      • Tracing Colonel Shipway’s Pedigree
      • Trimmers Down Under
      • Trimmers Down Under Again
      • Two Amateur Astronomers?
      • Who Was Who on Strand on the Green
        • Jacinth Parsons
      • William Hogarth
        • William Hogarth’s “Hudibras” engravings
      • William John Tomlinson, Chiswick builder
      • William Sargeant: Chiswick Boatbuilder, Electrical Engineer And Architect
    • Archaeology
      • Archaeology in West London (1981-2)
      • Some Recent West London Archaeology (1979-80)
      • West London Archaeology (1980-81)
    • Buildings
      • Brentford's Jullion Clock
      • Brentford's Tower Blocks
      • Brentford’s Jewel: Boston Manor House
      • Chiswick Town Hall
      • Chiswick’s Municipal Stables
      • Churches
        • A Century of the Chiswick Mission
          • A Century of Chiswick Mission
        • St Lawrence’s, Brentford
        • St Nicholas Church Tower
      • Grove House, Chiswick
      • Pillar to Post
      • Post Boxes in W4
      • The 'Paxton' Conservatory at Chiswick
      • The Firestone Factory
      • The Stables in Gunnersbury Park
    • Buying and Selling
    • Crime
      • Did Jack the Ripper die in Chiswick?
    • Education
      • Rutland House Ladies’ Academy
      • The Royal Victoria Asylum, Chiswick Mall
    • Housing
      • All Mod Cons
      • Homes for the Workers: Chiswick New Town
    • Industries and Crafts
      • Brentford Mill
      • Brentford’s Gas Company
      • Brentford’s Smoke Record Book
      • Linoleum: A Chiswick Invention
      • Riverside Crafts & Industries
      • The Brentford Clay Pipe Kiln
      • The Great West Road Then & Now
      • The Thames Soap Works (Messrs T B Rowe) of Ferry Lane, Brentford
      • Wilson & Kyle
    • Leisure and Sport
      • The First Chiswick Golf Club
      • Entertainments at Chiswick Town Hall 1876-1899
      • How Chiswick Celebrated the 1897 Jubilee
      • Patsy Hendren: Chiswick’s Famous Cricketer
      • The Corona Stage Academy
      • The White Swan, Chiswick
    • Local Government
      • Chiswick Town Hall
      • Underground Chiswick
    • Parks and Estates
      • Brentford’s Jewel: Boston Manor House
      • Grove House, Chiswick
      • The Gardens of Chiswick House
      • The Gunnersbury Park Estate
      • Your Honour’s Servant at Command: The Morice Letters (Grove House)
    • Places
      • Brentford’s Riverside Walk
      • Street Names of Chiswick
      • The History of Hounslow Town
      • The Scott Family and Ravenscourt Park
    • Politics
      • Brentford Elections 1899-1905
      • The Tram Strike of 1909
    • Transport
      • Brentford Barge Owners
      • The Past of Brentford’s Waterways
    • War
      • Commemorating the Chiswick V2
      • The Battle of Brentford 1642
      • The Trafalgar Plaques
    • Weather
    • Working the land
      • Some Chiswick Nursery Gardens
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  • Our Publications
    • Books & other publications
    • Brentford & Chiswick Local History Journal
      • Journal 1 (1980)
        • Brentford’s Riverside Walk
        • Gunnersbury Park Museum’s Golden Jubilee Exhibition
        • Some Recent West London Archaeology
        • The History of Hounslow Manor
        • The History of Hounslow Town
        • The History of the Royal Manor of Hanworth
        • The Past of Brentford's Waterways
        • The Scott Family and Ravenscourt Park
        • The Tuke Family and their Chiswick Asylums
        • Trimmers Down Under
        • Underground Chiswick
      • Journal 2 (1981)
        • A Local History Librarian's Year
        • All Mod Cons
        • Brentford Barge Owners
        • Eric Kenward
        • Gunnersbury Park Museum 1980-81
        • St Lawrence’s, Brentford
        • Street Names of Chiswick
        • The ‘Paxton’ Conservatory at Chiswick
        • The Brentford Clay Pipe Kiln
        • The Brentford Gas Company
        • The Firestone Factory
        • The Gardens of Chiswick House
        • The Stables in Gunnersbury Park
        • The White Swan, Chiswick
        • West London Archaeology
        • Who was Who on Strand of the Green
      • Journal 3 (1982)
        • A Century of the Chiswick Mission
        • Archaeology in West London
        • Brentford's Jullion Clock
        • Brentford’s Tower Blocks
        • Bridget Goshawk
        • Chiswick Town Hall
        • Grove House
        • Gunnersbury Park Museum
        • Pillar to Post
        • St Nicholas Church Tower
        • The Gunnersbury Park Estate
        • Trimmers down under again
        • Wilson & Kyle
      • Journal 4 (1985)
        • Chiswick’s Municipal Stables
        • Entertainments at Chiswick Town Hall
        • George Haley's Brentford Election Campaigns 1899-1905
        • John Donaldson and his Family
        • Riverside crafts and Industries
        • Some Chiswick Nursery Gardens
        • The Tram Strike of 1909
        • Victoria County History of Middlesex
        • W J Tomlinson Chiswick Builder
      • Journal 5 (1996)
        • Did Jack the Ripper Die in Chiswick?
        • Lieut-Col. Shipway's pedigree
        • Linoleum: a Chiswick Invention
        • Patsy Hendren: Chiswick’s Famous Cricketer
        • The Battle of Brentford 1642
        • The Thames Soapworks of Brentford
      • Journal 6 (1997)
        • A View of Chiswick Mall, about 1870
        • Brentford in Old Photographs
        • Brentford’s Jewel: Boston Manor House
        • Camille Pissarro: Paintings of Stamford Brook, 1897
        • Homes for the Workers: Chiswick New Town
        • The Estates Around Chiswick House
        • The History of Brentford Bridge
      • Journal 7 (1998)
        • An American President in Brentford
        • Mr Young of Young’s Corner
        • Royal Victoria Asylum in Chiswick
        • The Corona Stage Academy
        • The Morice Letters
        • Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
        • Tracing Colonel Shipway's Pedigree
        • William Sargeant, Chiswick Boatbuilder, electrical engineer and architect
      • Journal 8 (1999)
        • A Royal Wedding Day in Brentford
        • Chiswick High Road 150 Years Ago
        • Chiswick Library: The Move To Duke’s Avenue
        • Chiswick’s Early Cinemas
        • Chiswick’s Cigarette Card Collector
        • Johan Zoffany Lived Here
        • Law And Order In New Brentford
        • Mr Ranby And His House
        • The Chiswick Workhouse
      • Journal 9 (2000)
        • Beach’s Of Brentford: The World Famous Jam
        • Bedford Park – the first garden suburb: a pictorial survey
        • Chiswick New Town: The Early Years
        • Early Education For The Poor Of New Brentford
        • Moreton Hall: Chiswick’s Lost Mansion
        • The Russells Of Corney House
        • The Wreck at Brentford
        • Thomas Layton, FSA: The Obsessive Collector
        • Wainewright the Poisoner, a review
      • Journal 10 (2001)
        • A Chiswick Childhood – Elizabeth Wilcockson
        • Commemorating Hogarth
        • Historical Mural
        • Local History On The Internet
        • Lost Clitherow Portrait Found?
        • Princess Amelia’s Bath-House
        • St Nicholas Parish Church, Chiswick: Some notable tombs in the churchyard
        • The Birth of a Parish: The Creation of St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park
        • The Chiswick Empire
        • The Chiswick Workhouse
        • The Condition Of The Poor In Rural Brentford
        • Van Gogh In Chiswick
        • Voices of Ealing and Hounslow
        • Work And Colour: Sanderson And Chiswick 1879-1928
      • Journal 11 (2002)
      • Journal 12 (2003)
      • Journal 13 (2004)
      • Journal 14 (2005)
        • Lions on Chiswick House gates
        • Missing monuments – St Lawrence’s, Brentford
        • William Sharpe’s grave located
      • Journal 15 (2006)
      • Journal 16 (2007)
      • Journal 17 (2008)
      • Journal 18 (2009)
      • Journal 19 (2010)
      • Journal 20 (2011)
  • Search & Discover
    • Hounslow’s Local History Collections
      • A Local History Librarian’s Year, 1980-81
    • Libraries and Archives
    • Links
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      • Chiswick links
      • Local history links
      • Our neighbours
    • Local History Sources
      • A View of Chiswick Mall, about 1870
      • New Maps of Chiswick
      • Rate Books Indexed
      • Rocque’s Map 1741-5
      • Victoria County History of Middlesex, Volume VII
    • Museums
      • Gunnersbury Park Museum 1980-81
      • Gunnersbury Park Museum 1981-2
      • Gunnersbury Park Museum's Golden Jubilee Exhibition 1979
    • Reviews of local history books
      • Brentford in Old Photographs
      • Brentford Library and the First Librarian
      • Chiswick & Brentford In Old Photographs
      • Chiswick In Old Photographs
      • Chiswick Past
      • Hartswood Lawn Tennis Club 1914-2004: a scrapbook of the first ninety years
      • Hogarth & His House
      • Positively Brentford, A Pictorial History of Brentford FC 1896-1996
      • Stamford Brook: An Affectionate Portrait
      • The Boatmen’s Institute, Brentford
      • The Chiswick Book – past and present
      • The History of Hounslow Manor and the Bulstrode Family
      • The History Of The Great West Road: its social and economic influence on the surrounding area
      • The History of the Royal Manor of Hanworth
      • Whitehall Gardens Centenary Celebrations 1897-1997
  • The Society
    • Committee
      • British Association for Local History Award for Society Chairman
    • Constitution
    • Current Programme
    • Membership
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    • Previous Programmes
      • 2010
      • 2011
      • 2012
    • West London Local History Conference 2011
    • West London Local History Conference 2012
    • West London Local History Conference 2013
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Housing

All Mod Cons
Homes for the Workers: Chiswick New Town
William John Tomlinson, Chiswick Builder
Chiswick New Town: The Early Years

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