Twickenham
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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