Author Archives: Val

Commemorated at St Nicholas, Chiswick, 20 March 2023

A Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society online talk Monday 20 March 2023, 7.30 pm In this illustrated presentation Ann Rix and Professor Francis Ames-Lewis, from the church’s archives team, will talk about their exhibition which features some of the noteworthy but possibly lesser-known people buried at Chiswick’s ancient parish church. The talk will include […]

Boston Manor: In the Fields and on the Table, 22 February 2023

This online talk by John Collins was planned for November 2022 as part of the London Luminaries talks programme but had to be postponed at short notice. It will now take place on 22 February 2023. John Collins is L B Hounslow’s Senior Manager for Historic Houses and has been overseeing the stunning restoration of […]

Lord Burlington, Duchess Georgiana and the Chiswick gardens, 20 February 2023

Monday, 20 February at 7.30pm This illustrated talk will be given by Dr David Jacques OBE, historian of gardens and designed landscapes and author of Chiswick House gardens: 300 years of creation and re-creation, published in 2022. He is THE expert on Chiswick House Grounds; his expertise comes from his detailed research and also from […]

Twitter
Visit Us
Follow Me