Fulwell, Middlesex
| Fulwell | |
| Middlesex | |
|---|---|
 Hampton Road, Fulwell | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ149719 |
| Location: | 51°26’4"N, 0°20’51"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 10,131 (2011) |
| Post town: | Twickenham / Teddington / Hampton |
| Postcode: | TW2, TW11, TW12 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Richmond |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Twickenham |
Fulwell is a village of western Middlesex which has become a neighbourhood between Twickenham and Teddington and contiguous with each.
There are two pubs in Fulwell proper, on the corners of Staines and Sixth Cross Roads and Hampton and South Roads, and there is a large garden centre at the corner of Sixth Cross and Wellington Roads.
The parish church is St Michael's.
The name is first known in documents of the fifteenth century. It may be from a reliably 'full well' or a 'foul well'.[1]
The village has a railway station, Fulwell Station.
History
Fulwell has migrated south, and/or reduced in size, as maps from the late nineteenth century showed it spanning onto the north bank of the Crane, which lies in Whitton. It formed the southern extent of Hounslow Heath and the near-surface raised Taplow gravel that defined it. A reference to assarts at Fulwell dating from around 1200 are amongst the earliest records of the name.[2] The area was progressively enclosed for agriculture and was increasingly urbanised, beginning in the Victorian period of metropolitan expansion of outer London.
Fulwell Lodge and Fulwell Park
Fulwell Lodge was a grand house, dating from the early 17th century, located north of the Staines Road, at the western end of what was then Twickenham parish, with Yorke/Fulwell Farm to its north.[3] In 1871 Charles James Freake, a London property developer, bought Fulwell Lodge, its grounds and estate worker's cottages. His estate extended south from the A316 Chertsey Road and River Crane, and included the areas now known as Twickenham Green and Strawberry Hill, encompassing what are now Strawberry Hill Golf Course and Fulwell Golf Course. It extended to Apex Corner where the A312 Uxbridge Road now meets the A316, and was bounded to the South-East by the Shepperton Branch Line. Freake named the area Fulwell Park.[4]
After Freake's death in 1884, ownership of the estate passed to his wife, Eliza Pudsey. After her death in 1900, the land was held by Freake Estates, who leased some of it to establish Fulwell Golf Course in 1904. In 1910, the exiled King Manuel II of Portugal bought Fulwell Lodge as his English home, owning it until his death in 1932.
The lodge and its acres of grounds were then bought by a construction company, Wates, and demolished. The area was redeveloped as housing, with some low-rise, landscaped-grounds flats. Its history is acknowledged through street names: Manoel Road, Lisbon Avenue, Augusta Road and Portugal Gardens.
Outside links
- Twickenham Museum Hampton & Teddington Past by John Sheaf and Ken Howe
- Hidden London: Fulwell, Richmond upon Thames
References
- ↑ Willey, Russ (26 October 2007). Chambers London Gazeteer (First ed.). Chambers. p. 187. ISBN 978-0550103260. https://www.amazon.co.uk/reader/0550103260. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ↑ A History of the County of Middlesex - Volume 3 pp 94-96: Heston and Isleworth: Hounslow Heath (Victoria County History)
- ↑ A History of the County of Middlesex - Volume 3 pp 139-147: Twickenham: Introduction (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Watson, Martin. "Fulwell Park". http://www.martinhwatson.co.uk/fulwell_park.html.