With the Hounslow & District History Society we kicked off the celebrations with the joint publication of James Marshall’s wonderful book- available on our bookshop page.
Anyone with West London connections will find the centenary events fascinating. Find details of the remarkable programme coming up online here
Housekeeper Chiswick House, John G Crace, 1853 V&A 3815.65-1953
High Status Servants at Chiswick House in the 18th century, 7.30pm Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place W4
Our speaker, Val Bott, began exploring the wills of 18th century Chiswick residents as a means of identifying friends and neighbours of the Hogarth family. Amongst them were some senior servants who were sufficiently well off to make wills. These helped her to identify their roles in the Devonshires’ household, their possessions, family details and friendships, revealing some charming personal information.
This will be an in-person event at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, W4. To avoid disappointment to our audience from the kind of technical difficulties we’ve experienced at recent events we are not offering this talk online. Instead you will be able to view the presentation afterwards (a recording and the slides) if you sign up via Ticket Tailor – click on the blue button on the booking page. The presentation can be found here
Our membership secretary, David Bright, will be taking new subscriptions and renewals by card at the meeting (please note that the new sub is £15 per person or £20 for two at the same address). We will also have publications on sale by cash or card, including James Marshall’s remarkable Centenary History of the Great West Road at £25 per copy
We would be delighted to hear from any members who would like to join the committee or who be prepared to help with the technical side of running meetings. Please contact our Honorary Secretary, Katie Hinchliffe, at katiehinchliffe@gmail.com
Monday 17 February 2025
Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, London W4 2EL
Our speakers, Janet McNamara and David Shailes, are both long-standing Brentford residents. They will present a broad sweep of the history of Brentford, sharing their enthusiasm and knowledge in this illustrated talk. Janet is our Vice-Chair and one of the Hounslow Heritage Guides while David is one of our committee members who led on Local History Month in Brentford in 2022.
This will be an in-person event at the Chiswick Memorial Club and it will also be offered via Zoom. All are welcome and there is no charge to participate.
If you are attending in person you do not need to book. If you want to join on-line, please reserve your place via Ticket Tailor
Click the big blue button to go to the booking page. Your ticket will provide the Zoom joining details.
Our Membership Secretary, David Bright, will be able to renew subscriptions by credit card at the meeting (new sub: £15, £20 for two at the same address) Also, we will be selling James Marshall’s new book – The Great West Road: A Centenary History – at the meeting, price £25 by cash or card.
