Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge £4.00).
For further information please click https://botlhs.co.uk/membership or contact
The Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society,
33 Atbara Road
Teddington, TW11 9PA.

2 Oct 2023 The Pioneering Life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Jo Willett (Biographer)

6 Nov 2023 The Indian Camps at Hampton Court
Ian Franklin (Retired Hampton Court Warden)

4 Dec 2023 Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I : The Mother & Daughter Who Changed History
Dr Tracy Borman (Historic Royal Palaces)

8 Jan 2024 Social Evening
A Seasonal Surprise

5 Feb 2024 Ham and Petersham – Our Medieval
Landscape within The Kingston Hundred
Gordon Elsden (Author)

4 Mar 2024 Raving upon Thames
Andrew Humphries (Author)

8 Apr 2024 Kirtles, Corsets and Curtains
Sarah Slater (Hampton Court)

13 May 2024 A.G.M. followed by A Postcard Tour of Central Twickenham
Alan Winter (BOTLHS)

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge £2.50).
For further information please click https://botlhs.co.uk/membership or contact
The Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society,
33 Atbara Road
Teddington, TW11 9PA.

16 Sep 2022 60th Anniversary Celebration Party
(Friday) Cole Court Centre, London Road TW1 1HD

3 Oct 2022 Crown & Sceptre: a new history of the
British Monarchy
Dr Tracy Borman (Curator HRP)

7 Nov 2022 Sex, Secrets, Scandal and Salacious Gossip of the Royal Court 1660 – 1830
Sarah Slater (Hampton Court)

5 Dec 2022 The Alan Urwin Memorial Lecture
Meadows, Mansions and Munitions – Stories and
Lives of Cambridge Park
Jonathan Crofts (Local Author & Resident)

9 Jan 2023 January Social
(Theme – TBA)

6 Feb 2023 Simmaries – The History of St Mary’s University
Twickenham
Joanna Bogle (Research Fellow)

6 Mar 2023 Bombs Away!
Douglas Craik

3 Apr 2023 “What did you do after the war, Granddad?”
Martin Stillwell

15 May 2023 A.G.M. followed by a short talk
Victorian Children in Kingston
Dr Helen Goepel

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge £2.50).
For further information please click https://botlhs.co.uk/membership or contact
The Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society,
33 Atbara Road
Teddington, TW11 9PA.

Please note: the programme of talks below is provisional and is subject to removal of restrictions for the coronavirus pandemic.

4 Oct 2021 Welcome Back Social

Follows a short talk
The Camp on Hounslow Heath
Ed Harris (BOTLHS)

1 Nov 2021 Bushy House
Tony Drake
(NPL Retired)

6 Dec 2021 The Growth of Fulwell
Dr Chris French
(BOTLHS)

10 Jan 2022 January Social
PLEASE NOTE: the January Social on 10 January 2022 has been CANCELLED because of the current Covid situation.

7 Feb 2022 Wandering Around East Twickenham in Postcards
Alan Winter
(BOTLHS)

7 Mar 2022 Housing the Workers – the Birth of Council Housing
In London 1890 – 1925
Martin Stilwell

Mar 2022 West London Local History Conference
Theme and date tbc

4 Apr 2022 John Charles Buckmaster – Father of Teddington Library
Ken Howe
(BOTLHS)

9 May 2022 A.G.M.
A Short Talk on Boats between Hampton Court Bridge and Platts Eyot, Hampton in Old Images
John Sheaf
(BOTLHS)

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge £2.50).
For further information please click https://botlhs.co.uk/membership or contact
The Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society,
33 Atbara Road
Teddington, TW11 9PA.

7 October 2019
Bushy House
Tony Drake (Retired NPL)

4 November 2019
Virginia Woolf in Richmond
Peter Fullagar (Author)

2 December 2019
The Alan Urwin Memorial Lecture
Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him
Dr Tracy Borman (Author & Broadcaster)

6 January 2020
Social Evening
Theme: A Seasonal Surprise
Paul Barnfield (BOTLHS)

3 February 2020
The History of Tough Bros.
John Tough

2 March 2020
Belgian Refugees in East Twickenham
Dr Helen Baker (BOTLHS)

6 April 2020 —CANCELLED—
BOTLHS have cancelled this talk due to the coronavirus
“The Hidden Area of Teddington” –
The Growth of Fulwell 1870 – 1939
Dr Christopher French (BOTLHS)

11 May 2020
A.G.M. followed by a short talk
Wandering Around East Twickenham in Postcards
Alan Winter (BOTLHS)

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge £2.50).
For further information please click https://botlhs.co.uk/membership or contact
The Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society,
33 Atbara Road
Teddington, TW11 9PA.

1st October 2018
Frederick W Payne and the Changing Face of Funerals
Brian Parsons

5th November 2018
War Memorials of World War 1
Richard Flenley (Land Use Consultants)

3rd December 2018
THE ALAN URWIN MEMORIAL LECTURE
The Life of Jane Seymour
Alison Weir (Author & Broadcaster)

7th January 2019
Social
Theme : Another Surprise from Dr French
Dr Chris French (BOTLHS)

4th February 2019
1917 – Total War – The Impact on Hampton Wick
Alison Merrington (The Hampton Wick Association)

4th March 2019
Marble Hill House
Dr Megan Leyland (English Heritage)

1st April 2019
The Twickenham Suffragette
Dr Jonathan Oates

13th May 2019
A.G.M. followed by a short talk
The Star & Garter Hotel, Richmond
Howard Webb (BOTLHS)

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge £2.50).
For further information please click https://botlhs.co.uk/membership or contact
The Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society,
33 Atbara Road
Teddington, TW11 9PA.

2nd October 2017
The Power of Beauty in Restoration England : The Windsor Beauties
Laurence Shafe

6th November 2017
Down the Drain
Ray Elmitt (BOTLHS)

4th December 2017
THE ALAN URWIN MEMORIAL LECTURE
The Private Lives of the Tudors
Dr Tracy Borman (Historic Royal Palaces)

9th January 2018
Social
Theme : Dr French Strikes Again!

5th February 2018
Dr John Langdon Down and Normansfield Hospital
Ian Jones-Healey (Archivist at Normansfield)

5th March 2018
The Life of R C Sherriff
Roland Wales

9th April 2018
Merton Priory
John Hawks (Merton Priory Trust)

14th May 2018
A.G.M. followed by a short film
The Last Trolleybuses from Fulwell Depot
shown by Brian Cross

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge £2.50).
For further information please click https://botlhs.co.uk/membership or contact
The Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society,
33 Atbara Road
Teddington, TW11 9PA.

3rd October 2016
One Thames or Two
Jonathan Cotton (Museum of London Retired)

7th November 2016
Kingston Aviation Centenary Project
David Hassard

5th December 2016
THE ALAN URWIN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Christmas in the Trenches Nick Dobson

9th January 2017
Social
Theme : Another Dr French Surprise

6th February 2017
Panorama of the Thames (Film)
Jill Sanders and John Inglis

6th March 2017
The Royal Parks in the First World War
David Ivison (Royal Parks Guild)

3rd April 2017
The Dunkirk Evacuation 1940
John Tough

8th May 2017
A.G.M. followed by a short talk
An Interesting Postbag
Paul Leonard

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge £2.50). For further information please each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests see https://botlhs.co.uk/membership or contact
The Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society,
33 Atbara Road
Teddington, TW11 9PA.

5th October 2015

Biographer Ruth Hayward explores the world of “Phippy” (Jonathan Wathen Phipps/Waller), eye surgeon to George III.

7th December 2015 

The Alan Urwin Memorial Lecture

Social Evening
Theme: (tba)

1st February 2016

Kathryn Elliot, curator of All Hallows, Twickenham, tells the story of how this former City of London church arrived in suburbia.

7th March 2016 

Ray Elmitt reveals more of the building and buildings of Hampton Wick (1750 – 2013) in the third of his series of investigations: Brick by Brick

TBA March 2016

West London Local History Conference

4th April 2016

BOTLHS’ Paul Barnfield introduces Twickenham’s Marvellous Musical Maestros – Weston & Lee, the most prolific songwriters you’ve probably never heard of.

9th May 2016

Annual General Meeting followed by some short talks

Guests and non-members £2.50. Membership and other information please visit:

https://botlhs.co.uk/membership

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge £2.50). For further information please click https://botlhs.co.uk/membership or contact The Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 33 Atbara Road
Teddington, TW11 9PA.

6th October 2014
Witches : A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction
Dr Tracy Borman (English Heritage)

3rd November 2014
The Teddington War Memorial
Ken Howe (BOTLHS)

1st December 2014 
The Alan Urwin Memorial Lecture
The impact of Twickenham Bridge and Chertsey Road in St Margarets in the 1930’s
Paul Velluet (Richmond Local History Society)

5th January 2015
Social Evening
Theme: (tba)

2nd February 2015
The Richmond Poisoner
Dr Peter Maggs (Writer and Historian)

2nd March 2015 
Le Village Belge sur la Tamise : Belgian Refugees in Twickenham in The First World War
Dr Helen Baker (BOTLHS)

March 2015
West London Local History Conference
Theme: Women

13th April 2015
A Bloody Tale of Devon & Twickenham – Sir John Fitz’s Dreadful Demise
Dr Tom Greeves (Environmental Historian)

11th May 2015
Annual General Meeting followed
Some Twickenham Antiquarians and Historians
1753 to the present day
Dr David Allan FSA (BOTLHS)

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 33 Atbara Road
Teddington, TW11 9PA.

7th October 2013
James Henry Pullen and the Earlswood Archive Julian Pooley (Surrey History Centre)

4th November 2013 
Floggings, Nits and Bombs: School Life in 19th and 20th Century Teddington
Dr Chris French (BOTLHS)

2nd December 2013 
The Alan Urwin Memorial Lecture
Normansfield and the Local Community 1891
Ray Elmitt (BOTLHS)

6th January 2014
Social Evening
Theme: (tba)

3rd February 2014 
Suffragettes in Surrey
Irene Cockcroft (Historian & Broadcaster)

3rd March 2014 
The Hampton Wick Train Crash 1888
David Turner (Borough Librarian)

7th April 2014
Twickenham Pubs Part II
Ken Lea (BOTLHS)

12th May 2014
Annual General Meeting followed
Caleb Whitefoord – The Man Who Made Peace with America
Dr David Allan FSA (BOTLHS)

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 14A Enmore Gardens, East Sheen, SW14 8RF.

1st October 2012
A Tour Around the Borough in Old Postcards by Howard Webb.

5th November 2012
The life of Mary Boleyn told by writer and broadcaster Alison Weir.

3rd December 2012
Tracey Borman of English heritage looks at Matilda, Queen of the Conqueror.

7th January 2013
Social Evening on the theme of The Illustrated Talk.

4th February 2013
Tony McSweeny explores Hidden Twickenham.

4th March 2013
Christine Diwell uncovers Isleworth in 20 Objects.

8th April 2013

Community archaeologist Natalie Cohen takes us on a tour of Southwark Cathedral.

13th May 2013
Annual General Meeting followed by Long May They Reign: Jubilee
Souvenirs – George III to Elizabeth II by Dr David Allan.

Meetings consist of a programme of illustrated talks by guest speakers, which are held on the first Monday of each month from October to May at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham at 8pm.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

3rd October 2011
A River’s Tale as told by antiquary and collector of Thames Memorabilia, Bob Wells.

7th October 2011
The Tale of the Longford River and the Restoration of the Water Gardens is laid out by Land Use Consultant Richard Flenley.

6th December 2011
The Story of Nonsuch is the subject of this year’s Alan Urwin Memorial Lecture with guest speaker Simon Thurley, Chief Executive English Heritage.

9th January 2012
The theme of the Social Evening is Our First Fifty Years.

6th February 2012
Glimpses of The Naked Ladies of York House Gardens are offered by Gaye Galvin, Service Development Officer, Parks & Open Spaces London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

5th March 2012
Charles Dickens and the Richmond and Twickenham Connection as told by Lucinda Hawksley, author, broadcaster and Great-Great-Great Granddaughter of Dickens.

24th March 2012

32ndWest London History Conference: Home Sweet Home: 30 Years ofWest London’s Housing. Montague Hall,Montague Road, Hounslow. Tickets £8 available only in advance from sponsoring societies or by post from J McNamara,31B Brook RoadSouth, Brentford TW8 ONN. Cheques payable to West London History Conference. Please enclose SAE.

2nd April 2012
Botlhs 50th Anniversary Lecture with Bamber Gascoigne explaining his online local history project, Places in History.

14th May 2012
AGM followed by some Finds from the Foreshore with Yvonne Masson.

Meetings consist of a programme of illustrated talks by guest speakers, which are held on the first Monday of each month from October to May at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham at 8pm.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

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Meetings consist of a programme of illustrated talks by guest speakers, which are held on the first Monday of each month from October to May at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham at 8pm.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

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Meetings consist of a programme of illustrated talks by guest speakers, which are held on the first Monday of each month from October to May at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham at 8pm.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

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Meetings consist of a programme of illustrated talks by guest speakers, which are held on the first Monday of each month from October to May at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham at 8pm.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

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Meetings consist of a programme of illustrated talks by guest speakers, which are held on the first Monday of each month from October to May at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham at 8pm.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

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Meetings consist of a programme of illustrated talks by guest speakers, which are held on the first Monday of each month from October to May at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham at 8pm.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

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Meetings consist of a programme of illustrated talks by guest speakers, which are held on the first Monday of each month from October to May at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham at 8pm.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

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Meetings consist of a programme of illustrated talks by guest speakers, which are held on the first Monday of each month from October to May at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham at 8pm.

Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to May, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact The Acting Secretary, Borough of Twickenham Local History Society, 75 Radnor Road, Twickenham, Middx., TW1 4NB.

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