TWICKENHAM
, an See also:urban See also:district in the See also:Brentford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Middlesex, See also:England, 12 M
.
W.S.W. of St See also:Paul's See also:Cathedral, See also:London, on the See also:river See also:Thames
.
Pop
.
(1891), 16,027; (1901), 20,991
.
Its situation is pleasant, and it has grown into an extensive residential district
.
The See also:body of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary was rebuilt in See also:brick after its collapse
in 1713, but the Perpendicular See also:tower remains
.
Among men of See also:eminence buried here are See also:Alexander See also:Pope and See also:Sir See also:Godfrey See also:Kneller
.
The Thames in this neighbourhood forms a See also:long deep reach in favour with fishermen, and See also:Eel See also:Pie See also:Island is a resort of boating parties
.
There are many See also:fine houses in the vicinity, more than one possessing See also:historical associations
.
See also:Strawberry See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, the See also:residence of See also:Horace See also:Walpole, was built to his See also:taste in a medley of See also:Gothic styles
.
See also:Marble Hill was erected by See also:George II. for the countess of See also:Suffolk, and Pope, See also:Swift and See also:Gay took See also:part in its equipment
.
See also:- ORLEANS
- ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
- ORLEANS, DUKES OF
- ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
- ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
- ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
- ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
- ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
- ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
- ORLEANS, PHILIP I
- ORLEANS, PHILIP II
Orleans See also:House was the residence in 'Soo of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis Philippe, then See also:duke of Orleans, and this See also:family again acquired it in 1852, when it was occupied by the duke of See also:Aumale
.
Several eminent See also:French refugees resided at this See also:period in the neighbourhood
.
In 1700 the See also:young duke of See also:Gloucester, son of See also:Queen See also:Anne, died here
.
See also:York House was given to See also:Lord See also:Clarendon by See also:Charles II., was probably the occasional residence of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II. when duke of York, and in 1864 was occupied by the See also:comte de See also:Paris, See also:nephew of the duke of Aumale
.
Twickenham House was the residence of Sir See also:John See also:Hawkins, author of the See also:History of See also:Music, and Twickenham See also:Park House, no longer See also:standing, that of Lord See also:Chancellor See also:- BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
Bacon
.
Pope's See also:Villa was replaced by another See also:building after his See also:death, but the See also:tunnel which connected his See also:garden and house beneath a road, and was ornamented by him as a grotto, remains
.
Other eminent residents were See also:Turner, who occupied Sandycombe See also:Lodge, and painted many of his famous See also:works here, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Fielding the novelist, and See also:Tennyson
.
Kneller See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, the house built by Kneller (1711), was converted into a training See also:college for masters of workhouse See also:schools in 1847, and in 1856 became the Royal Military School of Music
.
Twickenham at the Domesday survey was included in Isle-See also:worth
.
Anciently it was called Twittenham or Twicanham, and the first See also:form, or a variation of it, is used by both Pope and Walpole
.
The See also:manor was given in 941 by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Edmund to the monks of See also:Christ Church, See also:Canterbury, from whom it had been previously taken, but it was again alienated, for it was restored to the same monks by See also:Edred in 948
.
In the reign of Henry VIII. it came into the See also:possession of the See also:Crown, and by Charles I. was assigned to Henrietta Maria as part of her See also:jointure
.
It was sold during the See also:Protectorate, but after the Restoration the queen See also:mother resumed possession of it
.
In 167o it was settled for See also:life on See also:Catherine of See also:Braganza, queen of Charles II
.
It remains in possession of the Crown, but since the death of Catherine has been let on leases
.
The old manor house, now demolished, was Catherine's residence; and had been, according to tradition, the See also:place of the retirement of Catherine of See also:Aragon after her See also:divorce from Henry VIII
.
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