Strawberry Hill
Subtitle: a history of the neighbourhood
By: by Anthony Beckles Willson.
Contributors: Strawberry Hill Residents Association.
Edition: Third edition (2010)
Publisher: Strawberry Hill Residents Association
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Twickenham
Language: eng
Format: Landscape
Number of pages: 88
First sentence: The name STRAWBERRY HILL is generally held to have been adopted in 1747 by Horace Walpole (1717-1797) when he was looking for a name for the property he had just bought between Twickenham and Teddington. This included a piece of land which had been called "Strawberry Hill Shot" since the 17th century . Walpole adopted this name although the house had been known as "Chopped Straw Hall" for some years.
Description: A short history of the area of West London called Strawberry Hill.  It is primarily, though not exclusively, for the people who live in the area who wish to know more about their neighbourhood, their roads or even their houses. The history has a topographical bias which is deliberate: much has already been written about Alexander Pope, Horace Walpole, Laetitia Hawkins, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Frances Waldegrave and their friends.  This book is mainly about the place they lived in and where we live today.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 4; title: The Background
pagenum: 7; title: The Development of the Area
pagenum: 14; title: The Roads and their Names
pagenum: 16; title: Population Growth
pagenum: 18; title: Getting About, the River and the Roads
pagenum: 19; title: The Railway
pagenum: 21; title: Services/Utilities
pagenum: 23; title: References
pagenum: 25; title: Buildings and People – a Perambulation, with Maps
pagenum: 27; title: Cross Deep to Strawberry Vale
pagenum: 27; title: Strawberry Vale and Waldegrave Park
pagenum: 41; title: Waldegrave Road and Strawberry Hill
pagenum: 47; title: Tower Road and Wellesley Road
pagenum: 55; title: Hampton Road to The Green
pagenum: 58; title: Popes Avenue and Popes Grove
pagenum: 65; title: Heath Road
pagenum: 71; title: References
pagenum: 77; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 81