Be one of the first to hear local historian Jonathan Crofts reveal Cambridge Park through a series of talks based on his new book “Meadows, Mansions and Munitions”, due out on March 8^th.

Cambridge House and Park’s streets and gardens have a history to rival that of neighbouring Marble Hill House and Park. 

Using many illustrations and sharing stories of some of its colourful characters, Jonathan will:

• Cover how the original seventeenth century Twickenham Meadows became the Cambridge Park estate and progressed into today’s affluent riverside suburb
• Examine whether the 19th and 20th-century Little and Foulkes families were really ‘Dodgy Developers’ or ‘Local Visionaries’
• Describe how the area became a veritable ‘Belgium-on-Thames’ in the First World War
• Recount how the Thames-side munitions factory became a world-ranking ice rink and then met a contentious demise in the late 1980s.

Join us on Thursday, March 4^th from 6-7pm to take part in the first reveal.

Ever wondered what it was like to be a guest at an aristocratic Georgian dinner party?

You would have been dining at the height of table etiquette in European history, typically tucking into a sumptuous 75 dish meal.

Dinners lasted for hours. Napkins, or the lack of them, gave away the host’s foreign policy alliance. Fans spoke their own secret language. Just how, though, did you get to become the pineapple of politeness?

Minna Andersen, a Blue Badge Guide with a passion for local history, will transport us to the heart of this opulent entertaining scene and give us the chance to hear stories of the gorging Georgians that took place on our doorstep, both at Marble Hill House and Orleans House next door.

Join us for an amazing culinary journey as we house hop between these two lavish historic properties in search of the most epic dinner parties in 18th century Twickenham.