Exploring the collection of Thomas Layton, a Victorian antiquarian from Brentford. Rare books and archives at @LBHLibraries and archaeology at @MuseumofLondon.
Brentford, Middlesex
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The orgins of the vast #17thcentury library, once kept at @BostonMnrHouse, begins with James Clitherow, a prominent East India Company merchant and an enthusiastic bibliophile. Learn more of this substantial book and manuscript collection in Journal 33 - brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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OTD in 1859 the Great Western Railway’s new dock at Brentford and the new railway line, linking it with the main line at Southall, was opened. It was designed by Brunel with construction overseen by Edward Francis Murray. (Brentford Docks, early 1900s) brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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Walk Marks 100 Years Since Boston Manor Park Purchase
Join Hounslow Heritage Guides this Sunday brentfordtw8.com/default.asp…
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Join us on Saturday 20 July 10am-4pm to celebrate Brentford's past!
As part of the #FestivalOfArchaeology we've got a day packed with free talks (booking required), ancient crafts activities, finds from our excavations, and much more!
Find out more HERE: buff.ly/3xHVGiN
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Join us in Brentford on July 20th for the 2024 #FestivalofArchaeology
Book your place on one of our FREE talks now and uncover the archaeology & history of St Lawrence's Church: buff.ly/3RNOGaY
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Discover the forgotten past of St Lawrence's Church, Brentford!
Join us on Saturday 20th July for free talks about the church, ancient crafts & finds from our nearby excavations #FestivalofArchaeology
Booking is required, book your free place HERE: buff.ly/3XVCmJw
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In new Journal 33, @Jonathan77777 shares his historical detective work which has revealed the history of the Oxford & Cambridge Hotel; a plaque was placed near the site in 2023 to mark the fact that the meeting which founded @BrentfordFC took place there. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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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.…
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The first Kew Bridge opened in June 1759. It was a wooden structure, built by John Barnard for Robert Tunstall to replace the Kew ferries, also owned by Tunstall. 3,000 people crossed it on the first day. Watercolour by Paul Sandby, 1759, Museum of London. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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Learn more in "367 Brentford High Street: Mrs Trimmer’s School Room" by Val Bott & James Wisdom, in Journal 27 - brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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Following the success of the Church School, Sarah Trimmer opened a School for Industry in 1787. 367 Brentford High Street is what remains of the building of 1806, and is probably the only surviving purpose-built Georgian School of Industry in the country. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
who “had heard of the success of the Schools under my inspection and being very anxious for their establishment at Windsor, desired to have information from me on the subject.” From "Some Account of the Life and Writings of Mrs Trimmer" (1816). thomaslayton.org.uk/2020/03/…
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It's #worldbeeday 🐝
'The Feminine Monarchie' was written by The Rev. Charles Butler; the first English writer to publish on bee-keeping in 1609.
Found in our library collection, the book includes 'The Bees' Song', a tune written to represent the bees hum when swarming.
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The third, and most recent, Kew Bridge was opened #otd in 1903 by King Edward VII who, with Queen Alexandra and various dignitaries, travelled by open carriage from Buckingham Palace to Chiswick. Kew Bridge is also known at the King Edward VII Bridge. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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From 1701 the Parliamentary elections for the County of Middlesex were held in The Butts, Brentford. The most tumultuous of these elections were those contested by John Wilkes, the famous political agitator, in 1768 and 1769. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.… #MiddlesexDay
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Sir Montagu Sharpe (1857-1942), antiquarian, magistrate and Chairman of the Middlesex County Council. Sharpe was a respected authority on the early history of Middlesex and was the driving force behind the Brentford Monument. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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The Brentford Monument was unveiled by the Duke of Northumberland of @SyonParkHouse, at Ferry Point #otd in 1909. It commemorates four important historical events in the town’s history. It now stands outside the County Court. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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We had the luxury of two ferries - a foot ferry, later superseded by Kew Bridge, and the horse ferry which took vehicles from Ferry Lane, #Brentford to #Kew!
Account books from the 1730s for the Brentford Ferry. The ferry was the only way to cross the Thames here, before the construction of Kew Bridge. As well as goods, it was also used by the Royal Family when they were in residence at Kew. #ArchiveTravel #Archive30
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Join us for our next in-person & online talk "The Historians of Brentford & Chiswick", Mon 15 April 7.30pm. James Wisdom will look at some of the authors who have researched & written about the history of our area, from the 17th century to the modern day. brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
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Join us tomorrow evening, 7.30pm, for our online & in-person talk "Who lived at Boston Manor House in the 17th & 18th centuries?" Looking at the occupants including Lady Mary Reade who completed it in 1623 & the Clitherows who owned it from the 1670s brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.…
