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Mar292017

KINGSTON HILL PLACE: HISTORIC MANSION OF HANDSOME ELEVATION.

…a grand mansion built in 1828…

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March 29, 2017Kingston, SurbitonBy David Kennedy
Dec12016

STREET OF CHANGE. A HISTORY OF EDEN STREET, KINGSTON UPON THAMES

…today’s Eden Street was once called “Heathen Street”…

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December 1, 2016Kingston, SurbitonBy David Kennedy
Oct192016

NOTES ON THE HOUSE OF DETENTION, 1852-1890

…the House of Detention in Kingston upon Thames, 1852-1890…

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October 19, 2016Kingston, SurbitonBy David Kennedy
Aug262016

WAS KINGSTON UPON THAMES ANTI-RAILWAY IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY?  A NOTE ON THE POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF THE TRADITION.

…whether the tradition arose because Biden, in 1852, used unreliable hearsay as his source?

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August 26, 2016Kingston, SurbitonBy David Kennedy
Aug222016

A LOCAL PRISON FOR THE POOR. A STUDY OF KINGSTON HOUSE OF CORRECTION.

This is the first detailed study of a prison in Heathen Street [modern-day Eden Street] Kingston upon Thames…

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August 22, 2016Kingston, SurbitonBy David Kennedy
Jun212016

REVIEW OF BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES.

Reviews on four books covering Kingston, its suburbs and societies…

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June 21, 2016Kingston, SurbitonBy David Kennedy
Jun212016

ADVENT OF SURBURBIA. THOMAS POOLEY, THE RAILWAY & SURBITON, 1791-1856.

Surbiton used to be the butt of jokes, as a symbol of dowdy suburbia. That was silly…

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June 21, 2016SurbitonBy David Kennedy
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