Emsp; Mortlake Brewery Development. The Barnes and Mortlake History Society was founded in 1955. The Society promotes interest in the local history of Barnes, Mortlake and East Sheen in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Original research is encouraged and there are several new publications each year.

Museum and Theatre Opening Days. An article by local historian Ken Howe. Disability and Innovation in Building Design. This exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London includes two photographs from the Langdon Down Museum. Other images in the exhibition include original architectural drawings of the main building and boathouse by Rowland Plumbe.

Previous visits and coach trips. Richmond Poor Law Union records. The National Archives, Kew.

Wednesday, 21 July 2010. Simon Callow Takes On Shakespeare. No need to list the work Simon Callow. So, over coffee in the Stalls Bar, we confine ourselves to Richmond alone. Simon has provided a selection of that genius in a volume of Shakespeari.

Ignatius Sancho was born aboard a slave ship in about 1729 and brought to England when he was two. Under the patronage of members of the Montagu Family, he was able to receive an education not enjoyed by his fellow slaves and later became a respected man of letters and a composer of some worth. Elmina Castle, Cape Coast Castle, Ghana. OF THE ANGUISH OF OUR ANCESTORS.

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An Online History for residents, their families and friends. You can just make out the line of The Vineyard road going horizontally across the hill. Only three houses are visible close to The Vineyard. What is clear is that Richmond Hill as a whole was fields.