The Local & Global Impact of the Hawley Family of Brentford, 16 September 2024

Memorial to Henry & Alice Hawley, once in St Lawrence’s Church (Yale CBA)

The Local and Global Impact of the Hawley family of Brentford
Monday 16 September 7.30pm

In this illustrated talk Sarah Barber of Lancaster University will be sharing her recent research into three generations of the Hawleys of Brentford and their colonial rule in the East and West Indies.

This will be an in-person event at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, W4, and it will also be offered via Zoom. The Zoom will open at 7.15; the meeting starts at 7.30.

There is no charge to join this event but if you want to join on-line, please reserve your place via Ticket Tailor at: https://buytickets.at/brentfordchiswicklocalhistorysociety/1393554. Your ticket will provide the Zoom joining details.

The Hawleys were prominent local citizens who at one period owned Brentford Market.

Brentford Market Place, early 19th century

After the talk, Prof Sarah Barber supplied links to some of the sources she had used.
Richard Ligon’s pamphlet, The True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados, first published in 1657 by Humphrey Moseley in London, is available as a Gutenberg Project etext – this has a version of the original illustrations, including the map.

There is a generally available database produced by the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, called the JCB digital map collection (there are other available databases through this portal which are well worth a look). From the main page type the word ‘Barbados’ into the search box to reveal a number of different types of sources, including a copy of the map that appears in Ligon and copies of Frere’s History of Barbados of 1768 which describes Henry Hawley as of ‘arbitrary and violent disposition’.

The pamphlet published in Barbados in 1741 as Some Memoirs of the First Settlement of the Island of Barbados is reproduced by Archive.org.
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Autumn Programme 2024 – details now available

Details of our talks programme have now been sent to members and can be viewed here. Full details of individual talks will be posted on this site each month so that non-members can also join in.

Also this September is the London Open House Festival: see the LB Hounslow pages for details and how to book. Here’s a summary of some local properties which will be involved:

Drop in visits (no need to book): the Victorian Society headquarters at 1 Priory Gardens (15 Sept); Hogarth’s House activities (15 Sept); Brentford Canal Toll House (21 & 22 Sept)
Guided tours (must be booked online in advance): Hogarth’s House tours (15 Sept); Boston Manor House (14 and 21 Sept); Large Mansion, Gunnersbury Park (15 Sept); Chiswick Town Hall (20 Sept); St Mary’s Convent, Brentford Butts (21 Sept)
Walks (must be booked online in advance): Stamford Brook walks (17 & 18 Sept); Brentford then and now (22 Sept)

Boston Manor House – heritage talk series

If you are interested in local history, you may enjoy the forthcoming talks programme at Boston Manor House. The House opens for viewing at 6pm before the talk in the State room at 6.30pm. The link for booking tickets follows the details of each talk below:

Boston Manor & London’s early 17th century Country Houses
by Caroline Knight

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 6-8pm

Caroline Knight FSA is an independent architectural historian and lecturer. Her MA at the Courtauld Institute on late 16th and 17th century suburban houses near London became her book London’s Country Houses (2009), which included Boston Manor House. She also undertook a two-year research project on Kensington Palace, another example of this kind of Jacobean house built close to London for occasional use. By the 17th century a compact brick house became typical, replacing the earlier rambling courtyard houses. The talk will look at some comparable houses to put Boston Manor House in context.

Book tickets at £11.55 (including fee) through eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/2rwm9atv

Fashion in the 19th Century &d wider society
by Amber Butchart
Thu, 16 May 2024 6-8pm

Amber Butchart, curator and writer, will focus on the 19th century and the royal dinner party at Boston Manor House. Author of The Fashion Chronicles: Style Stories of History’s Best Dressed, Amber will talk us through some of history’s most illuminating dressers to show the importance of communication through clothing. She will feature the clothing choices of Beau Brummell, Byron, Amelia Bloomer, Garibaldi, Karl Marx, Empress Eugenie, William Morris, Countess of Castiglione and Oscar Wilde among others.

Book tickets at £11.55 (including fee) through eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/363ebk9w

Veteran & notable trees of Boston Manor Park
by Vanessa Hampton
Thursday, 6 June 2024 6-8pm GMT+1

Discover what makes a veteran tree, why they are important to our heritage and wildlife, what issues can have an impact upon them and how they are being managed for preservation at Boston Manor Park. Vanessa has been Natural Park Manager for the Park since October 2021 and worked with Hounslow’s Parks team, the landscape architects and the building and landscape contractors to deliver the Lottery-funded Reconnecting Boston Manor Park restoration project. She continues to manage the Park, oversees the conservation and horticultural volunteering programme and, with the Education Officer, delivers a wide range of events and activities for the community.

Book tickets at £11.55 (including fee) through eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/3zx6uh8m

Other events: you will find details of these at https://bostonmanorhouse.org/, including community walks, craft sessions on weaving and Jacobean needlework, plus activities relating to the remarkable Brentford Spoon Project exhibition.

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