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The Plague struck again in 1665; 24 deaths were recorded.
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Gunpowder manufacture on an industrial scale started in the area in the 18th century, on a site between Twickenham and Whitton on the banks of the River Crane. There were frequent explosions and loss of life. On 11 March 1758 one of two explosions was felt in Reading, Berkshire, and in April 1774 another explosion terrified people at church in Isleworth.
In 1772 three mills blew up, shattering glass and buildings in the neighbourhood. Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford wrote complaining to his friend and relative Henry Seymour Conway, then Lieutenant General of the Ordnance, that all the decorative painted glass had been blown out of his windows at Strawberry Hill.
The powder mills remained in operation until 1927 when they were closed. Much of the site is now occupied by Crane Park, in which the old Shot Tower, mill sluices and blast embankments can still be seen. Much of the area along the river next to the Shot Tower is now a nature reserve.
During the 18th century and 19th century a number of fine houses were built and Twickenham became a popular place of residence for people of 'Fashion and Distinction' (see Residents section below).
In 1894 Twickenham Urban District Council was formed. In 1902 the council bought Radnor House as the home of the leglislature. The council bought and occupied York House in 1924. (Radnor House was destroyed by a Luftwaffe bomb during the Blitz of 1940).
Electricity was introduced to Twickenham in 1902 and the first trams arrived the following year.
In 1926 Twickenham was constituted as a municipal borough. Eleven years later the urban district Councils of Teddington, Hampton & Hampton Wick merged with Twickenham. In 1965 the former area of the boroughs of Twickenham, Richmond and Barnes were combined to form the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames; the council offices and chamber are still located in Twickenham at York House and in the adjacent civic centre.
The Member of Parliament for Twickenham has been Liberal Democrat Dr Vincent Cable since his first election in 1997. Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency) includes St Margaret's, Whitton, Heathfield, Teddington, Hampton, Fulwell, Hampton Hill and Hampton Wick.
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[edit] Famous Local Residents
- Steve Allen, LBC radio presenter
- Anne of Great Britain
- Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England
- Trevor Baylis, inventor of the clockwork radio
- Richard Doddridge Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone
- Charles Calvert (MP)
- Linford Christie, athlete
- Samuel Cunard, shipping magnate
- Peter Davison, actor
- Charles Dickens - rented a flat at Ailsa Park Villas, St Margarets in 1838
- Greg Dyke, ex-BBC director general
- The Fades, indie rock band
- Sir Henry Fielding, magistrate, novelist and dramatist, author of Tom Jones
- Maria Anne Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of the Prince Regent, later King George IV
- Claire Forlani, actress
- Justine Frischmann, lead singer of rock band Elastica
- David Garrick, actor
- Dorris Henderson, folk singer & song writer
- John Hooker
- Jane Horrocks, actress
- Thomas Hudson, painter
- Edward Ironside (businessman and author of The History and Antiquities of Twickenham)
- James Johnston (Secretary of State)
- Sir Godfrey Kneller, painter
- King Manoel II of Portugal, exiled King of Portugal
- Walter de la Mare OM, poet
- Paul Miller, radio DJ on BBC local radio
- Georgia Moffett, actress
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
- Dermot Morgan, Father Ted actor
- Mystery Jets, up-and-coming indie rock band
- Howard Pearce, governor of the Falkland Islands
- Louis Philippe, sometime king of the French. His descendants lived in the area for the latter part of the 19th century.
- Nigel Planer, actor
- Alexander Pope, poet and writer
- Andrzej Panufnik, composer
- Peter Sallis, actor, star of Last of the Summer Wine and voice of Gromit's master, Wallace, in the Aardman Animations films
- Sir Robert Shirley
- Sir John Suckling, poet
- Isaac Swainson, botanist, owner of botanical garden at Heath Lane Lodge.
- Sir Ratan Tata (1871-1918), Indian industrialist and philanthropist, last private owner of York House
- Alfred Lord Tennyson, British Poet Laureate
- Pete Townshend of The Who, rock musician
- J.M.W. Turner, painter and poet
- Thomas Twining
- Horace Walpole, writer of gothic fiction, Prime Minister's son and resident of Strawberry Hill
- Lady Wentworth
- Paul Whitehead (Secretary and Steward of the notorious Hell-Fire Club)
- Members of The Yardbirds, rock musicians
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[edit] References
- , First written mention of 'Tuican hom'[1]
- , Twickenham in the Domesday Book [2]
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