| GLIMPSES OF BRENTFORD, CHISWICK AND ISLEWORTH |
| Encounter an Elizabethan timber framed former public house, homes for the poor built in the reign of Charles II, as well a ghost or two, during this snapshot of highlights from three riverside settlements, where painters Van Gogh, Turner & Hogarth once lived. |
| VILLAGE TREASURES |
A meander through some of the highlights of two towns and seven villages that today form the London Borough of Hounslow; Bedfont, has a picturesque 11th century church, while architect James Wyatt lived in the Royal Manor of Hanworth and later universal provider William Whiteley owned extensive farmland there. By contrast Gunnersbury House, a former home of the Rothschild banking family, now houses Hounslow Borough’s museum. |
| EXPLORING BRENTFORD AND BOSTON MANOR HOUSE |
Hear tales of the 1642 Battle of Brentford, a vegetable market, the town hall that never was, and marvel at the history of Boston Manor, a fine Jacobean manor house, once of London’s lesser known gems. |
ALL TALKS ARE ABOUT 45 MINUTES LONG BUT CAN BE ADJUSTED TO SUIT INDIVIDUAL GROUPS |
Donations to the Hounslow Heritage Guides
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| To book a date and time suitable for your group please contact: |
| Christine Diwell on tel 020 8744 0663 |
