#Onthisday 24th May 1819 Queen Victoria was born. She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death in 1901. Here is an 1855 Penny from our collection which shows a youthful portrait, with her hair in a bun with two ribbons. #QueenVictoria

#StAnnesChurch on #KewGreen was a much smaller chapel when it was built in 1714. David Blomfield explains how rich and poor alike raised the money to build it, in “Queen Anne’s Little Church”, richmondhistory.org.uk/wordpress/wp-c… #RichmondHistory #KewHistory

Before #EmmaRaducanu and #VirginiaWade, Britain's most successful women’s tennis star was Richmond resident #BettyNuthall. Betty, who won the 1930 women’s singles at the US National Championships, features in the new issue of our Richmond History journal. £7 from our online shop.

The 2020 issue of our journal, Richmond History, has won in the category for best journal at LAMAS 2020 Publications Awards. Congrats to all our contributors including Steven A. Woodbridge simon targett and our brilliant designer Mary Pollard tinyurl.com/n7zapt3m

How did Richmond and Kew’s streets get their names? Find out in this 146-page book, with a full-colour street map and 10 pages of colour images. Copies available, £10, at our online bookshop, richmondhistory.org.uk/wordpress/publ… The Kew Bookshop, @TheOpenBookRichmond+ The National Archives' shop

Here's something for those who love local history. A Passion for the Past: Superb new issue of Richmond Local History Society journal historyatkingston.wordpress.com/2022/11/06/a-p…

Delighted with Kingston University history blog's accolade for Richmond History journal's 2023 issue, edited by Robert Smith, designed by Mary Pollard, with simon targett article on #Walpole. You can buy copies from local bookshops in Richmond and Kew and from richmondhistory.org.uk

Join Richmond History to learn more about the history of Petersham's Sudbrook Park on Monday 14 November and Richmond's water supply in the 1800s on Monday 12 December. Find out more ⬇️ richmond.gov.uk/news/november_…

LAMAS Publication Award winners 2022 🏆 best newsletter went to Twickenham Local History Society, best Journal went to Richmond History Society, and best book went to Hornsey Historical Society for The Hornsey Enclose Act 1813 by David Frith hornseyhistorical.org.uk/the-hornsey-en…

60 years ago this month, the Rolling Stones became Sunday night residents at Richmond's Station Hotel (the Crawdaddy Club). What the Cavern was to the Beatles, the Crawdaddy was to the Rolling Stones. Hear more on Mon 13 Feb, Duke St Church, Richmond at 8pm (doors open 7:30).

If you missed Andrew Humphreys' fascinating talk on 13 February about Raving upon Thames: Richmond’s music scene in the 1960s, or if would like to hear it again, you can now view it on our YouTube channel youtube.com/channel/UC10YL… #crawdaddytclub #richmonduponthames #rollingstones

Interesting piece of local history here, written by Simon Fowler. Twickenham's 'Conshie' - Cecil Templeman and his objections to military service historyatkingston.wordpress.com/2023/02/25/twi…

The history of #HamHouse (completed in 1610 and now a #NationalTrust visitor attraction) is well documented. But did you know that Ham had another manor house in the 1400s? Gordon Elsden will tell us more tonight, 8pm Duke St Church, Richmond: £5 on the door, or free to members).

How has the Thames changed over the last 200 years? Come to our 24 April event with Richmond History - journalist Jill Sanders will reveal Samuel Leigh’s 1829 Panorama of the Thames, in all its splendour, and show how the river has changed since then: bit.ly/3lDNGJR

One of England's first Council housing projects, in 1895-1900 at Manor Grove, Richmond, was admired by contemporary social reformers. In a talk to our Society on Monday 22 May, Martin Stilwell will show how the concept developed across SW London+ Surrey. tinyurl.com/39jp343b

In this talk, a joint event with Richmond History , Stephen Bartlett looks at how one of Kew’s previously hidden and rural estates was transformed after 1875 into the residential area we know today. Entrance is free to members, non-members £5.

If you love local history, you will love the new edition of this journal. Superb new issue of Richmond History journal includes article on Bertrand Russell's childhood historyatkingston.wordpress.com/2023/12/09/sup…

don't miss the 43rd West London Local History Conference - details below. It will be terrific! Its our first one in person since 2019 . . . #Acton #Barnes #Brentford #Chiswick #Fulham #Hammersmith #Hounslow #Isleworth #Mortlake #Richmond #Twickenham #Wandsworth

It was a lovely service led by Rev Kate Daymond. Thanks very much to Deputy Mayor Fiona Sacks Mayor of Richmond for the interest in and support for the work of the Richmond History. My fellow historians here are Robert Smith and church historian Jean Allsopp

It was a great pleasure to speak with Mayor Suzette Nicholson Mayor of Richmond at the Richmond May Fair and talk about the work of the Richmond History Robert Smith