River Thames & some WIldlife
Thames and its wildlife…
Top Victorian Architect in South Battersea
Top Victorian Architect in South Battersea
Oxford’s Cabinet of Curiosities: The Pitt Rivers Museum
Oxford’s Cabinet of Curiosities: The Pitt Rivers Museum
The Wandsworth Common Story: A 150th Anniversary celebration - Book review
The Wandsworth Common Story: A 150th Anniversary Celebration
The Richmond murderess
The Battersea Dogs and Cats Home
A South West London Renaissance: The Battersea Power Station
Battersea’s Victorian infrastructure
Pimlico Railway Terminus and other interesting infrastructure in 1859
King’s Road’s Lion
Here’s a review I wrote for the Wandsworth Historical Society Issue No. 112, Autumn 2021.
Discovering Battersea’s Open Spaces: a walking guide - Book review
Here’s a review I wrote for the Wandsworth Historical Society Issue No. 112, Autumn 2021.
Murder on Barnes Terrace
Battersea’s Poltergeist
Have you watched Timothy Spall’s The Enfield Haunting? It is arguably Britain’s most famous poltergeist phenomena, having also been the subject of the sequel to the Conjuring film.
But back in 1956, a more famous case of poltergeist took place not too far from Chelsea, which was heavily reported by the press and eventually made its way in a House of Commons debate…..
Mosaic House
Mortlake Tapestry
Opposite the church of St Mary the Virgin Mortlake a path named Tapestry Court leads to the river. Here you will find a plaque memorialising the 17th century Lower Dutch House, one of the former buildings of the Mortlake Tapestry….
Fulham House
In stark contrast to Putney High Street, a hive of bustling activity, Fulham High Street feels more like a back road which has been taken over by numerous bus routes. Yet, at number 87 is one of Fulham’s oldest houses with a rich history.
Battersea and the new age of leisure
This year we celebrate 150 years of the Royal Albert Hall, a reminder of the legacy of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Whilst the story of the Crystal Palace that hosted the exhibition is well documented, more obscure is Battersea’s own Albert Palace, erected in 1885 facing the southern end of Battersea Park along Prince of Wales Drive….
Wandsworth’s Huguenots
Granville Sharp & his family portrait
Pioneering Slavery Abolitionist, social commentator and indefatigable autodidact
Wandsworth’s Victorian masterpiece
Wandsworth most spectacular building , orphanage, school, spy centre, hospital…