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New page: '''Twickenham''' is a district of west London on the north bank of the River Thames. Part of the former county of Middlesex, it is a place of some antiquity and its name is fir...
'''Twickenham''' is a district of west [[London]] on the north bank of the [[River Thames]]. Part of the former county of [[Middlesex]], it is a place of some antiquity and its name is first known to have been recorded - as ''Tuican hom'' - in AD 704. However, settlement in the area goes back considerably further, and prehistoric finds have been made in the town.
Twickenham achieved note in the eighteenth century as it was a favoured residential area, close to London but possessing attractive riverside scenery. Among the many 18th and 19th century notables who lived at Twickenham are Sir [[Godfrey Kneller]], [[Horace Walpole]], [[Alexander Pope]], [[Henry Fielding]], and [[Charles Dickens]]
[[Category:UK Towns and Cities]]
Twickenham achieved note in the eighteenth century as it was a favoured residential area, close to London but possessing attractive riverside scenery. Among the many 18th and 19th century notables who lived at Twickenham are Sir [[Godfrey Kneller]], [[Horace Walpole]], [[Alexander Pope]], [[Henry Fielding]], and [[Charles Dickens]]
[[Category:UK Towns and Cities]]