Brentford & Chiswick History

New Journal Out Now! Articles on the Oxford & Cambridge Hotel, where Brentford FC was founded; the Clitherow's books & manuscripts at Boston Manor House; T M Rooke’s original inn sign for The Tabard, Bedford Park; a hanging at Turnham Green, 1706 & more - brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/portfolio/1129…

Did you know that from 1884 to 1939 the Chiswick Park Lawn Tennis Club held the annual Middlesex Open Tennis Championships, which was regarded as second only to #Wimbledon in importance. Read more in "The Chiswick Park Club" by Nora Cox in Journal 32 - brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/portfolio/1073…

The Great West Road: A Centenary History by James Marshall, marks 100 years since the new road was opened. For two miles a corridor of inter-war factory buildings emerged, a stylish celebration of art deco architecture, this book reveals its story. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/portfolio/the-…

#Otd in 1906, the Rev William Stracey Clitherow, owner of @BostonMnrHouse, laid the foundation stone for St Faith’s, a new church for Brentford. Image from Building News 1908. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/a-century-of-s…

#Otd in 1897 was Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. 'Fête de Jubilé de la Reine à Bedford Park' by Camille Pissarro. Although other fêtes were reported in the local press, sadly there is no mention of the fête on Stamford Brook cricket field painted here. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/publications/t…