17 October 2011, 7.30pm, at the Chiswick Memorial Club
Jon Cotton, formerly of the Museum of London, presents an illustrated talk about Thomas Layton (1819-1911) and some other antiquarian collectors of his time.
This talk marks the centenary of the bequest of Layton’s collection of antiquities, books, maps. Most of the artefacts are in the Museum of London where many are displayed in the London Before London Gallery.
19 September 2011, 7.30pm at the Chiswick Memorial Club
An illustrated talk by Vanda Foster, Curator of Gunnersbury Park Museum. She will be exploring aspects of her current exhibition, highlighting some famous products made in Brentford and Chiswick.
The exhibition is open daily at the Museum, admission free, 11am to 5pm, April to October, 11am to 4pm, October to March.
Sutton Court and Chiswick House, gardens open 10am-5pm, 12 June
London Open Garden Squares weekend
Between 1680 and 1700 Lord Fauconberg was creating a formal garden and park at Sutton Court. Lord Burlington bought the estate in the 1720s to add to the grounds of Chiswick House. James Wisdom, B&CLHS chairman, will show that traces of this lost landscape can still be seen in a talk at Sutton Court (11-11.30am). He will lead a guided walk from Sutton Court at 2pm through Fauconberg and Burlington’s lands to the Chiswick House walled gardens, ending about 4pm with a short slide show.
