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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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      • 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
      • Membership Form
    • Previous Programmes
      • 2010
      • 2011
      • 2012
    • West London Local History Conference 2011
    • West London Local History Conference 2012
    • West London Local History Conference 2013
  • Contact

Journal 7 (1998)


The Morice Letters
by Mary King

Thomas Griffiths Wainewright
by Peter Hammond

Mr Young of Young’s Corner
by Shirley Seaton

An American President in Brentford
by Janet MacNamara

William Sargeant, Chiswick boatbuilder, electrical engineer and architect
by Gill Clegg

The Royal Victoria Asylum in Chiswick
by Carolyn Hammond

The Corona Stage Academy
by William Roe

Tracing Colonel Shipway’s Pedigree
by James Wisdom, Val Bott and Sharron Clarke

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