Celebrating the refurbishment of Boston Manor House, Brentford, 16 October 2023

Boston Manor House in 1799 (Chiswick Local Studies Collection)

A Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society talk in person and on-line

John Collins, Hounslow’s Historic Houses Manager, has overseen the multi-million pound, award-winning restoration of Boston Manor House. His illustrated talk will show how a greater understanding of the building and recent research about its occupants have informed the new presentation for visitors

This will be a free in-person event at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Bourne Place, W4, and it will also be offered via Zoom. If you want to join on-line, please reserve your place via TicketTailor. Your ticket will provide the Zoom joining details.

Sir John Maynard’s 1690 funeral, online talk, 7pm, 12 October

There are still some tickets available for James Wisdom’s online talk about the remarkable mourning and funeral of Sir John Maynard in October 1690. Part of the autumn London Luminaries programme – the talk is free though donations are welcomed.

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Maynard was effectively the Lord Chancellor and his much younger widow was determined to give him a high status send-off. For 6 days his coffin lay in state in the 1650s Gunnersbury mansion. There mourners paid their respects in darkened, black fabric-draped rooms, lit by masses of candles in silver stands. Then he was taken in a lavish procession of horse-drawn carriages with pennants, and a crowd of mourners on foot, lit by flaming torches, to Ealing Parish Church for burial. An amazing spectacle!

London Luminaries – forthcoming online talks

Don’t forget to book for the next part of the talks programme – free but donations of about £5 welcome and proceeds are divided between participating historic properties.
The October and November programme includes talks relating to several sites on our patch:

Love in the household: A glimpse into life at Boston Manor House
Angela Platt
7-8pm 11 October, 2023

The Mourning & Funeral of Sir John Maynard of Gunnersbury, 1690
James Wisdom
7-8pm,12 October, 2023

Morality and Mortality: Death Portrayed in Hogarth’s ‘Modern Moral Series’ and Mourning in Georgian Britain
Katie Hinchliffe
7-8pm, 18 October, 2023

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