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'''Chiswick''' ({{Audio|En-uk-Chiswick.ogg|pronunciation}}; [[Help:Pronunciation|IPA]] {{IPA|/ˈtʃɪzɪk/}}) is an area of [[West London]], located 5.9 miles (9.5 km) west of [[Charing Cross]], which covers the eastern part of the [[London Borough of Hounslow]].<ref name=map>Hounslow London Borough Council - [http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/hounslow_borough_map.pdf Map of Hounslow]. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref>


'''Chiswick''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-uk-Chiswick.ogg|ˈ|tʃ|ɪ|z|ɪ|k}} {{Respell|CHIZ|ik}})<ref>{{cite web|title=How Do You Pronounce Theydon Bois?|url=http://londonist.com/2011/10/pronunciation|website=Londonist|date=17 October 2011 |access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref> is a district in the [[London Borough of Hounslow]], [[West London]], England. It contains [[Hogarth's House]], the former residence of the 18th-century English artist [[William Hogarth]]; [[Chiswick House]], a [[neo-Palladian]] villa regarded as one of the finest in England; and [[Fuller's Brewery]], London's largest and oldest brewery. In a [[meander]] of the [[River Thames]] used for competitive and recreational rowing, with several rowing clubs on the river bank, the finishing post for [[the Boat Race]] is just downstream of [[Chiswick Bridge]].
The area is not entirely residential [[Chiswick High Road]] being a mix of retail, restaurants, food outlets and expanding office and hotel space. The wide streets encourage cafes and restaurants to provide pavement seating, adding to Chiswick's increasing popularity as a [[leisure]] destination. Chiswick is home to the Griffin Brewery, where [[Fuller, Smith & Turner]] brew their prize-winning ales. In 2007 Chiswick was Voted the 8th most expensive place to live in the U.K, Chiswick is well known for its affluence and famous artist William Hogarth.


[[Old Chiswick]] was an [[St Nicholas Church, Chiswick|ancient parish]] in the county of [[Middlesex]], with an agrarian and fishing economy beside the river; from the [[Early Modern]] period, the wealthy built imposing riverside houses on [[Chiswick Mall]]. Having good communications with London, Chiswick became a popular country retreat and part of the suburban growth of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was made the [[Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick]] in 1932 and part of [[Greater London]] in 1965, when it merged into the [[London Borough of Hounslow]]. Modern Chiswick is an affluent area which includes the early garden suburb [[Bedford Park, London|Bedford Park]], [[Grove Park, Chiswick|Grove Park]], the Glebe Estate, [[Strand-on-the-Green]] and [[London Underground|tube]] stations [[Chiswick Park tube station|Chiswick Park]], [[Turnham Green tube station|Turnham Green]], and [[Stamford Brook tube station|Stamford Brook]], as well as the [[Gunnersbury Triangle]] local nature reserve. Some parts of Bedford Park and [[Acton Green, London|Acton Green]] are<!-- curiously--> in the Chiswick W4 postcode area but the [[London Borough of Ealing]]. The main shopping and dining centre is [[Chiswick High Road]].
==Etymology==
The name "Chiswick" is of [[Old English language|Old English]] origin meaning "Cheese Farm" and originates from the riverside meadows and farms that are thought to have supported an annual cheese fair on Dukes Meadows up until the 18th century. Chiswick was first recorded c 1000 as ''Ceswican.''<ref name=room>Room, Adrian: “Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles”, Bloomsbury, 1988</ref>


[[Chiswick Roundabout]] is the start of the [[A406 road|North Circular Road]] (A406). At [[Hogarth Roundabout]], the [[A4 road (Great Britain)|Great West Road]] from central London becomes the [[M4 motorway (Great Britain)|M4 motorway]], while the [[A316 road|Great Chertsey Road]] (A316) runs south-west, becoming the [[M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3 motorway]].
==History==
Chiswick grew up as a fishing village around St. Nicholas church on Church Street, but the name Chiswick later became used for a wider area, formed originally by merging the four villages of Chiswick, [[Strand-on-the-Green]], Little Sutton and [[Turnham Green]]. By 1815, Chiswick parish included all the area bounded by the loop of the Thames, the High Road west of Turnham Green, the north side of Chiswick Common and Bath Road to Goldhawk Road.<ref>See map in Chiswick Past, page 63</ref><ref name=clegg>Clegg, Gilllian: “Chiswick Past”, Historical Publications Ltd, 1995</ref> In 1896, "[[Bedford Park, London|Bedford Park]], Chiswick" was advertised,<ref>map in Chiswick Past, page 123</ref> which at that time was partly in [[Municipal Borough of Acton|Acton Urban District]].<ref name=growth>''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22559 Chiswick: Growth]'', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden, (1982). Retrieved 1 February 2008.</ref>


People who have lived in Chiswick include the poets [[Alexander Pope]] and [[W. B. Yeats]], the Italian poet and revolutionary [[Ugo Foscolo]], the painters [[Vincent van Gogh]] and [[Camille Pissarro]], the novelist [[E. M. Forster]], the rock musicians [[Pete Townshend]], [[John Entwistle]], and [[Phil Collins]], the stage director [[Peter Brook]], and the actress [[Imogen Poots]].
For centuries fishermen and watermen have used the waterfront of old Chiswick to deliver goods to riverside businesses and the surrounding area. By the early nineteenth century the fishing industry in and around Chiswick was declining as the growth of industry and the invention of the flush toilet were causing pollution in the river. Fish began to die out and the river became unsuitable as a spawning ground. Locks upstream also made the river impassable by migratory fish such as salmon and shad.


== History ==
Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C. and its predecessor companies have been brewing beer on its Chiswick site for over 350 years.<ref name=fuller>Fuller Smith & Turner - [http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=34 History]. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref> The original brewery was in the gardens of Bedford House in Chiswick Mall, and these premises later expanded to the present site nearby. The company brews [[Cask ale|real ales]], owns public houses, and provides local employment.


[[File:The Old Burlington XVth century Church Lane Chiswick.JPG|thumb|left|[[Old Chiswick]]: the fifteenth-century Old Burlington, one of two former pubs on Church Street, Chiswick. The tower of the former Lamb Brewery is behind it on the left.]]
From the 18th century onwards the High Road became built up with inns and large houses. Today the High Road is a busy shopping street with many cafes, restaurants and several 19th century public houses.


Chiswick was first recorded {{circa}} 1000 as the [[Old English language|Old English]] ''Ceswican'' meaning "Cheese Farm"; the riverside area of Duke's Meadows is thought to have supported an annual cheese fair up until the 18th century.<ref name=room>{{cite book| last=Room |first=Adrian |chapter=Chiswick |title=Dictionary of Place-Names in the British Isles | url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofplac0000room | url-access=registration |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=1988|isbn=9780747501701 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas. CP 40/629; Year 1418 |publisher=National Archives |url=http://aalt.law.uh.edu/H5/CP40no629/aCP40no629fronts/IMG_0444.htm |pages=third entry – Chesewyk is the home of John Meryman, carpenter, a defendant}}</ref> The area was settled in Roman times; an urn found at Turnham Green contained Roman coins, and Roman brickwork was found under the [[Little Sutton, Chiswick|Sutton manor house]].{{sfn|Baker|1982|loc=Growth}}
In 1822, the [[Royal Horticultural Society]] leased {{convert|33|acre|ha|1}} of land in the area between the now Sutton Court Road and Duke’s Avenue.<ref name=elliot>Elliot, Brent: “The Garden, June 2004”</ref> This site was used for its fruit tree collection and its first school of horticulture, and housed its first flower shows. The area was reduced to {{convert|10|acre|ha|1}} in the 1870s, and the lease was terminated when the Society’s garden at Wisley, Surrey, was set up in 1904. Some of the original pear trees still grow in the gardens of houses built on the site.


[[Old Chiswick]] grew up as a village around [[St Nicholas Church, Chiswick|St Nicholas Church]] from {{circa|1181}} on Church Street, its inhabitants practising farming, fishing and other riverside trades including a ferry, important as there were no bridges between London Bridge and Kingston throughout the Middle Ages.{{sfn|Clegg|1995|p=17}} The area included three other small settlements, the fishing village of [[Strand-on-the-Green]], the hamlet of [[Little Sutton, Chiswick|Little Sutton]] in the centre, and [[Turnham Green]] on the west road out of London.{{sfn|Clegg|1995|p=17}}
[[Image:Christ-Church-Turnham-Green-2906r.jpg|thumb|Christ Church, [[Turnham Green]]. The glass-clad building in the background is on the site of the Chiswick Empire theatre]]Chiswick had two well-known theatres in the 20th century.<ref name=Clegg>Clegg, Gilllian: “Chiswick Past”, Historical Publications Ltd, 1995</ref> The Chiswick Empire (1912 to 1959) was at 414 Chiswick High Road. It had 2,140 seats<ref>Looby, Patrick: Britain in Old Photographs, Chiswick & Brentford. Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1997. ISBN 0-7509-1154-4</ref>, and staged [[music hall]] entertainment, [[Play (theatre)|plays]], review, [[opera]], [[ballet]] and an annual Christmas [[pantomime]]. The Q Theatre (1924 to 1959) was a small theatre opposite Kew Bridge station. It staged the first works of [[Terence Rattigan]] and [[William Douglas-Home]] and many of its plays went on to the West End.


A decisive skirmish took place on Turnham Green early in the [[English Civil War]]. In November 1642, royalist forces under [[Prince Rupert]], marching from Oxford to retake London, were halted by a larger parliamentarian force under the [[Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex|Earl of Essex]]. The royalists retreated and never again threatened the capital.{{sfn|Clegg|1995|pp=29–30}}
Dukes Meadows stands on land formerly owned by the [[Duke of Devonshire]]. In the 1920s, it was purchased by the local council, who developed it as a recreational centre. A promenade and bandstand were built, and the meadows are still used for sport with a rugby club, football pitches, hockey club, several rowing clubs and a golf club. In recent years a local conservation charity, the Dukes Meadows Trust<ref name=dukes>Dukes Meadows Trust - [http://www.dukesmeadowstrust.org/aboutus.html About Us]. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref> has undertaken extensive restoration work, which saw a long term project of a children's water play area opened in August 2006.


From 1758 until 1929 the [[Duke of Devonshire|Dukes of Devonshire]] owned [[Chiswick House]], and their legacy can be found in street names all over Chiswick.{{efn|There are streets named after their title (Duke Road, Dukes Avenue, Devonshire Road, Devonshire Gardens); their surname (Cavendish Road); their courtesy titles (Hartington Road, Burlington Lane); their estates (Chatsworth Road, Bolton Road); and the village on their main estate (Edensor Road).{{sfn|Clegg|1995|p=38}}}}{{sfn|Clegg|1995|p=38}}
Chiswick is the birthplace of the modern domestic violence refuge movement, with the first shelter established by [[Erin Pizzey]] in 1971.


In 1864, [[John Isaac Thornycroft]], founder of the [[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] shipbuilding company, established a yard at Church Wharf at the west end of [[Chiswick Mall]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Arthure |first=Humphrey | title=Thornycroft Shipbuilding and Motor Works in Chiswick | date=n.d. | pages=24 | isbn=<!--none-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Arthure |first=Humphrey | title=Life and Work in Old Chiswick | date=March 1982 | isbn=<!--none-->}}</ref> The shipyard built the first naval [[destroyer]], {{HMS|Daring|1893|6}} of the [[Daring-class destroyer (1893)|Daring class]], in 1893.<ref>{{cite book | last=Lyon |first=David | title=The First Destroyers | year=1996 | pages=40–41 |publisher=Caxton Editions | isbn=1-84067-364-8}}</ref> To cater for the increasing size of warships, Thornycroft moved its shipyard to [[Southampton]] in 1909.{{sfn|Clegg|1995|pp=87–88}}
During [[World War II]], Chiswick suffered a number of bombing raids. W.P. Roe’s book <ref>Roe, William P., “Glimpses of Chiswick’s Development” 1999, ISBN 0 95165122 2 6</ref> pages 80 to 90 notes areas of damage due to 50 bombing raids in late 1940 to early 1941, and another 5 in 1944. Both incendiary and high explosive bombs were used, and there was also damage from falling anti-aircraft shells that had not exploded as intended. From June 1944, [[V-1 flying bomb]]s started to fall; Mr. Roe lists 14 of these. The first [[V-2 Rocket]] to hit London fell on Chiswick in September 1944, killing three people and causing extensive damage to surrounding trees and buildings. There is a memorial where the rocket fell on Staveley Road. There is also a War Memorial at the east end of [[Turnham Green]].


[[File:Chiswick High Road postcard.jpg|thumb|Postcard photo of [[Chiswick High Road]] and [[King Street, Hammersmith]], {{circa|1900}}]]
==Governance==
===Civic history===
''Chiswick St Nicholas'' was an ancient, and later civil, parish in the [[Ossulstone]] hundred of [[Middlesex]].<ref name=vision_parish_chiswick>{{cite vob|name=Chiswick parish|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10021364&c_id=10001043 |map=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10021364&c_id=10001043|accessdate=1 February 2008}}</ref> In 1878 the parish gained a triangle of land in the east which had formed a detached part of [[Ealing]].<ref name=growth/> From 1894 to 1927 the parish formed the [[Chiswick Urban District]].<ref name=vision_chiswick>{{cite vob|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10025862|name=Chiswick UD|map=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp;jsessionid=627B45DD1F799BEC5A05D735CDBF269F?first=true&u_id=10025862&c_id=10001043|accessdate=1 February 2008}}</ref> In 1927 it was abolished and its former area was merged with that of [[Brentford Urban District]] to form [[Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick|Brentford and Chiswick Urban District]].<ref name=vision_brentford_chiswick>{{cite vob|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10198355|name=Brentford and Chiswick UD/MB|map=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10198355&c_id=10001043|accessdate=1 February 2008}}</ref> The amalgamated district became a municipal borough in 1932. The borough of Brentford and Chiswick was abolished in 1965 and its former area was transferred to [[Greater London]] to form part of the [[London Borough of Hounslow]].


In 1822, the [[Royal Horticultural Society]] leased {{convert|33|acre|ha|1}} of land in the area south of the High Road between what are now Sutton Court Road and Duke's Avenue.<ref name=elliot>{{cite book | last=Elliot |first=Brent | title=The Royal Horticultural Society: A History 1804–2004 |publisher=Royal Horticultural Society | year=2004}}</ref> This site was used for its fruit tree collection and its first school of horticulture, and housed its first flower shows. The area was reduced to {{convert|10|acre|ha|1}} in the 1870s, and the lease was terminated when the [[RHS Garden, Wisley|Society's garden at Wisley]], Surrey, was set up in 1904. Some of the original pear trees still grow in the gardens of houses built on the site.
===Political representation===
The [[Brentford and Chiswick (UK Parliament constituency)|constituency of Brentford and Chiswick]] was created in 1918, and existed until 1974, when it was replaced by the present [[Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)| constituency of Brentford and Isleworth]]. [[Ann Keen]], a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], has been the [[Member of Parliament|MP]] since 1997.


The population of Chiswick grew almost tenfold during the 19th century, reaching 29,809 in 1901,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10021364&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Chiswick St Nicholas CP/AP through time &#124; Population Statistics &#124; Total Population |publisher=Visionofbritain.org.uk |access-date=26 November 2010}}</ref> and the area is a mixture of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian housing. Suburban building began in [[Gunnersbury]] in the 1860s and in [[Bedford Park, London|Bedford Park]], the first [[garden suburb]], on the borders of Chiswick and Acton, in 1875.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clegg |first1=Gillian |title=People |url=https://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/search-discover/chiswick-history-homepage/people/ |publisher=Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society |access-date=10 June 2021 |archive-date=10 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610075657/https://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/search-discover/chiswick-history-homepage/people/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Geography==
Places adjoining Chiswick are:


During the [[Second World War]], Chiswick was bombed repeatedly,<ref>{{cite book |last=Roe |first=William P. |title=Glimpses of Chiswick's Development |publisher=W. P. Roe |pages=80–90 |year=1999 |isbn= 978-0951651223}}</ref> with both incendiary and high explosive bombs. Falling anti-aircraft shells and shrapnel also caused damage. The first [[V-2 rocket]] to hit London fell on [[Staveley Road]], Chiswick, at 6.43pm on 8 September 1944, killing three people, injuring 22 others and causing extensive damage to surrounding trees and buildings. Six houses were demolished by the rocket and many more suffered damage.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3634212.stm | work=BBC News | first=Paul | last=Rincon | title=V-2: Hitler's Last Weapon of Terror | date=7 September 2004}}</ref> There is a memorial where the rocket fell on Staveley Road,<ref>{{cite web |title=Commemorating the Chiswick V2 |url=https://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/local-history/war/commemorating-the-chiswick-v2/ |publisher=Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society |access-date=25 September 2024}}</ref> and a War Memorial at the east end of Turnham Green.<ref>{{cite web |title=Memorial Chiswick - WW1 and WW2 |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12061 |publisher=Imperial War Museum |access-date=25 September 2024}}</ref>
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* [[Acton, London|Acton]]
* [[Shepherd's Bush]]
* [[Hammersmith]]
* [[Barnes, London|Barnes]]
* [[Mortlake]]
* [[Kew]]
* [[Brentford]]


[[Refuge (United Kingdom charity)|Refuge]] was founded in 1971 in Chiswick, as the modern world's first safe house for women and children escaping domestic violence.<ref name="charity-commission.gov.uk">{{Cite web |url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends24/0000277424_AC_20130331_E_C.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 February 2014 |archive-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223123744/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends24/0000277424_AC_20130331_E_C.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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By the start of the 21st century, Chiswick had become an affluent suburb.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thorgills.com/news/chiswick-from-ramshackle-fishing-village-to-a-leafy-and-affluent-suburb/thorg-000431 |title=Chiswick – From Ramshackle Fishing village to a Leafy and Affluent Suburb |publisher=Thorgills |access-date=25 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426080000/http://www.thorgills.com/news/chiswick-from-ramshackle-fishing-village-to-a-leafy-and-affluent-suburb/thorg-000431 |archive-date=26 April 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Chiswick is included in the [[W postcode area]] of the [[London postal district]]. Additionally, the southern part of the Southfield ward of the [[London Borough of Ealing]]<ref name=ealing>Ealing London Borough Council - [http://www.ealing.gov.uk/ealing3/export/sites/ealingweb/services/council/facts_and_figures/ward_maps/docs/southfieldsimple.pdf Southfield ward map]. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref> including most of [[Bedford Park, London|Bedford Park]], is within the [[W postcode area|W4 postcode district]], which is associated with Chiswick.<ref name=project>Museum of London - [http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/W4.html The Postcodes Project: W4 Chiswick]. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref>


==Demography==
== Governance ==
The population of the parish of Chiswick from 1801 to 1951 is as follows.<ref name=vision_pop>{{cite vob|name=Chiswick parish|area=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_AREA_A&u_id=10021364&c_id=10001043&add=Y|population=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10021364&c_id=10001043&add=N|density=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_rate_page.jsp?u_id=10021364&c_id=10001043&data_theme=T_POP&id=0|accessdate=1 February 2008}}</ref>


[[File:Chiswick Town Hall north and west facing 515c.jpg|thumb|left|[[Chiswick Town Hall]], designed by A. Ramsden, 1901<ref>{{cite book |last=Draper |first=Warwick |title=Chiswick |publisher=Anne Bingley and Hounslow Leisure Services |year=1990 |pages=173, 176}}</ref>]]
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
|| 1801 || 1811 || 1821 || 1831 || 1841 || 1851 || 1861 || 1871 || 1881 || 1891 || 1901 || 1911 || 1921 || 1931 || 1941 || 1951
|-
! Population || 3,235 || 3,892 || 4,236 || 4,994 || 5,811 || 6,303 || 6,505 || 8,508 || 15,975 || 21,963 || 29,809 || 38,697 || 40,938 || 42,246 || n/a || 41,207
|}


Chiswick St Nicholas was an ancient, and later civil, parish in the [[Ossulstone]] hundred of [[Middlesex]].<ref name="vision_parish_chiswick">{{cite vob |name=Chiswick parish |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10021364&c_id=10001043 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224055939/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10021364&c_id=10001043 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 December 2012 |map=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10021364&c_id=10001043 |access-date=1 February 2008 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121224055939/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10021364&c_id=10001043 |date=24 December 2012 }}</ref> Until 1834 its [[vestry]] governed most parish affairs. After the [[Poor Law Amendment Act 1834|Poor Law Amendment Act (1834)]], local administration in Chiswick began to be devolved to authorities beyond the vestry. Then, Chiswick poor relief was administered by the Brentford [[Poor law union|Poor Law Union]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Brentford/ |title=The Workhouse, the story of an institution. Brentford, Middlesex |last=Higginbotham |first=Peter |access-date=17 December 2016}}</ref> Briefly, from 1849 to 1855, responsibility for Chiswick drains and sewers passed to the [[Metropolitan Commission of Sewers]] under its 'Fulham and Hammersmith Sewer District.'<ref name=Logan>{{Cite thesis|url=http://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/6442/#undefined |title=Improving Chiswick, 1858–1883 |last=Logan |first=Tracey |date=2016|website=SAS-Space |publisher=University of London School of Advanced Study |access-date=17 December 2016 |type=masters |ref=75}}</ref> From 1858, under the Chiswick Improvement Act of that year,<ref name=Logan /> responsibility for drains and sewers, paving and lighting was vested in an elected board of eighteen [[Improvement commissioners|Improvement Commissioners]].<ref name=Logan/> This operated as Chiswick's secular local authority for a quarter of a century until its replacement with a [[Local boards formed in England and Wales 1848–94|Local Board]] in 1883.<ref name=Logan /> In 1878 the parish gained a triangle of land in the east which had formed a detached part of [[Ealing]].<ref name=growth/> From 1894 to 1927 the parish formed the [[Chiswick Urban District]].<ref name=vision_chiswick>{{cite vob |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10025862 |name=Chiswick UD |map=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp;jsessionid=627B45DD1F799BEC5A05D735CDBF269F?first=true&u_id=10025862&c_id=10001043 |access-date=1 February 2008}}</ref><ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Chiswick|volume=6|page=247}}</ref> In 1927 it was abolished and its former area was merged with that of [[Brentford Urban District]] to form [[Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick|Brentford and Chiswick Urban District]].<ref name=vision_brentford_chiswick>{{cite vob |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10198355 |name=Brentford and Chiswick UD/MB |map=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/bound_map_page.jsp?first=true&u_id=10198355&c_id=10001043 |access-date=1 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418104243/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10198355 |archive-date=18 April 2012 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418104243/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10198355 |date=18 April 2012 }}</ref> The amalgamated district became a municipal borough in 1932. The borough of Brentford and Chiswick was abolished in 1965, and its former area was transferred to [[Greater London]] to form part of the [[London Borough of Hounslow]].<ref name="lbhcreation">{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1963/33/contents |title=London Government Act 1963 |publisher=Legislation.co.uk |access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref> With these changes, [[Chiswick Town Hall]] is no longer the local government centre but remains an approved venue for marriage and civil partnership ceremonies.<ref name ="townhall">{{cite web |url=https://www.hounslow.gov.uk/info/20094/marriages_and_civil_partnerships/1334/approved_premises_-_licensed_venues_for_ceremonies |title=Approved premises and licensing venues for ceremonies |publisher=London Borough of Hounslow |access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref>
The parish occupied {{convert|1120|acre|sqkm}} in 1801, {{convert|1245|acre|sqkm}} in 1881 and {{convert|1276|acre|sqkm}} in 1951.<ref name=vision_pop/>
Chiswick forms part of the [[Brentford and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Brentford and Isleworth]] Parliament constituency, having been part of the [[Brentford and Chiswick (UK Parliament constituency)|Brentford and Chiswick]] constituency between 1918 and 1974.<ref name="1974constchanges">{{Cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/1674/contents/made/data.htm |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1970 |website=www.legislation.gov.uk |access-date=4 November 2019}}</ref> The [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) is [[Ruth Cadbury]] (Labour), elected at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|May 2015 general election]] replacing [[Mary Macleod]] (Conservative). For elections to the [[London Assembly]] Chiswick is in the [[South West (London Assembly constituency)|South West constituency]], represented since 2000 by [[Tony Arbour]], of the Conservative Party. For elections to [[Hounslow London Borough Council]], Chiswick is represented by three [[electoral wards]]: Turnham Green, Chiswick Homefields and Chiswick Riverside. Each ward elects three councillors, who serve four-year terms. For 2010–14, all nine councillors were [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]].<ref>{{cite web |access-date=7 May 2010 |publisher=[[London Borough of Hounslow]] |title=Chiswick Homefields election result 2010 |url=http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/democracy_and_elections/elections2010/council_elections2010/chiswickhomefields_election_result_2010.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510014012/http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/democracy_and_elections/elections2010/council_elections2010/chiswickhomefields_election_result_2010.htm |archive-date=10 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=7 May 2010 |publisher=[[London Borough of Hounslow]] |title=Chiswick Riverside election result 2010 |url=http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/democracy_and_elections/elections2010/council_elections2010/chiswick_riverside_election_result_2010.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510005601/http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/democracy_and_elections/elections2010/council_elections2010/chiswick_riverside_election_result_2010.htm |archive-date=10 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=7 May 2010 |publisher=[[London Borough of Hounslow]] |title=Turnham Green election result 2010 |url=http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/democracy_and_elections/elections2010/council_elections2010/turnham_green_election_result_2010.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510005627/http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/index/council_and_democracy/democracy_and_elections/elections2010/council_elections2010/turnham_green_election_result_2010.htm |archive-date=10 May 2010 }}</ref> It was one of 35 major centres identified in the statutory planning document of Greater London, the [[London Plan]] of 2008.<ref name=london_plan_f08>{{cite web|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf |author=[[Mayor of London]] |publisher=[[Greater London Authority]] |title=London Plan (Consolidated with Alterations since 2004) |date=February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602000714/http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2010 }}</ref>


===2001 Census===
== Geography ==
The population of the [[London Borough of Hounslow]] electoral wards which correspond to Chiswick is given below.<ref name=hounslow_pop>Hounslow London Borough Council - [http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/usual_resident_population-wardlevel-2001-census.pdf Usual Resident Population - Ward Level - 2001 Census]. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref>


{{Geographic Location |title = '''Areas of Chiswick''' |Northwest = [[Acton Green, London|Acton Green]] |North = [[Bedford Park, London|Bedford Park]] |West = [[Gunnersbury]] |Centre = [[Turnham Green]] |East =[[Chiswick High Road]] |Southwest = [[Strand-on-the-Green]]|South = [[Grove Park, Chiswick|Grove Park]] |Southeast = [[Old Chiswick]]}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Electoral ward
! All people
! Males
! Females
|-
| Chiswick Homefields
| 10,290
| 4,942
| 5,348
|-
| Chiswick Riverside
| 10,935
| 5,422
| 5,513
|-
|Turnham Green
| 10,184
| 4,839
| 5,345
|-
| Total
| 31,409
| 15,203
| 16,206
|}


[[File:Corney House in Chiswick from the River by Jacob Knyff 1675-80.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5<!--width for low image-->|Painting ''Corney House in Chiswick from the River'' by [[Jacob Knyff]], 1675–80. [[St Nicholas Church, Chiswick|St Nicholas Church]] is in the centre.]]
The percentage of people in the 3 White ethnic groups was 85%, with the remaining 15% being spread across the twelve other groups.<ref name=hounslow_ethnic>Hounslow London Borough Council - [http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/ethnic_group-wardlevel-2001census.pdf Ethnic Group - All People - Ward Level - 2001 Census]. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref> 62.9% of those surveyed stated they were Christians, 27.7% had no religion or did not state their religion, and the remainder were spread across other religions.<ref name=hounslow_religion>Hounslow London Borough Council - [http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/religion-wardlevel-2001census.pdf Religion - All People - Ward Level - 2001 Census]. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref> 2.4% were classified as "Economically active, unemployed".<ref name=hounslow_econ>Hounslow London Borough Council - [http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/economic_activity_all_wardlevel-2001census.pdf Economic Activity - All People Aged 16 - 74 - Ward Level - 2001 Census]. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref>
<!--[[File:Chiswick Eyot.jpg|thumb|Chiswick Eyot; [[St Nicholas Church, Chiswick|St Nicholas Church]], red brick buildings along [[Chiswick Mall]] and [[Fuller's Brewery]] visible in the background]]-->


Chiswick occupies a meander of the [[River Thames]], {{convert|6|mi|km|1}} west of [[Charing Cross]]. The district is built up towards the north with more open space in the south, including the grounds of [[Chiswick House]] and [[Duke's Meadows]]. Chiswick has one main shopping area, the [[Chiswick High Road]], forming a long [[high street]] in the north, with additional shops on Turnham Green Terrace and Devonshire Road. The river forms the southern boundary with [[Kew]], including North Sheen, [[Mortlake]] and [[Barnes, London|Barnes]] in the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]. It includes the uninhabited island of [[Chiswick Eyot]], joined to the mainland at low tide. In the east Goldhawk Road and British Grove border [[Hammersmith]] in the [[London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham]]. In the north are [[Bedford Park, London|Bedford Park]] (like Chiswick, within the London W4 postcode area) and [[South Acton, London|South Acton]] in the [[London Borough of Ealing]], with a boundary partially delineated by the [[District line]]. On the west, within Hounslow, are the districts of [[Gunnersbury]], which is within the bounds of the early 19th century parish of Chiswick,{{sfn|Clegg|1995|p=63}} and [[Brentford]].<ref name=map>Hounslow London Borough Council – [http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/hounslow_borough_map.pdf Map of Hounslow] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628133838/http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/hounslow_borough_map.pdf |date=28 June 2007 }}. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref> A short distance south of the High Road in the centre of Chiswick is the Glebe Estate, consisting of small terraced houses built in the 1870s on [[glebe]] land once owned by the local church, and now a desirable place to live.<ref>{{cite web |last=Clegg |first=Gillian |title=The Glebe Estate, Chiswick |url=https://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/the-glebe-estate-chiswick/ |publisher=Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society |access-date=9 June 2021 |date=2003}}</ref>
==Architecture and development==
Chiswick is in the [[W postcode area|W4 postcode district]] of the [[London postal district|London post town]], which in a tribute to its ancient parish includes Bedford Park and [[Acton Green, London|Acton Green]], mostly within the London Borough of Ealing.<ref name=project>{{cite web |publisher=Museum of London |url=http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/W4.html |title=The Postcodes Project: W4 Chiswick |access-date=15 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708162021/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/postcodes/places/W4.html |archive-date=8 July 2007 }}</ref>
[[Image:Chiswick House 022b.jpg|thumb|Chiswick House]]
[[Image:Lake in Chiswick House grounds.jpg|thumb|Classical stone bridge in [[Chiswick House]] grounds, designed by [[James Wyatt]] in 1774.]]
[[Image:Staveley Road - spring blossom.jpg|thumb|Spring cherry blossom lines 500 m of Staveley Road, Grove Park]]
[[Image:Strand-on-the-green-pub.jpg|thumb|Historic riverside pub, Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick]]
The population of Chiswick grew almost tenfold during the 19th century, and the built environment is a mixture of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian.


Some of the most beautiful period mansion blocks in Chiswick, such as Heathfield Court and Arlington Mansions, line the sides of [[Turnham Green]] – the site of the [[Battle of Turnham Green]] in 1642. Other suburbs of Chiswick include [[Grove Park, Chiswick|Grove Park]] (south of the A4, close to Chiswick railway station) and [[Strand-on-the-Green|Strand on the Green]], a fishing hamlet until the late 18th century.<ref>''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22563 Chiswick: Economic history]'', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982), pp. 78–86. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref> As early as 1896, Bedford Park was advertised as being in Chiswick,<ref>map in Chiswick Past, page 123</ref> though at that time much of it was in [[Municipal Borough of Acton|Acton]].<ref name=growth>''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22559 Chiswick: Growth]'', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden, (1982). Retrieved 1 February 2008.</ref>
[[Chiswick House]] was designed by the [[Third Earl of Burlington]], and built for him, in 1726&ndash;9 as an extension to an earlier [[Jacobean]] house (subsequently demolished in 1788); it is considered to be among the finest surviving examples of Palladian architecture in Britain, with superb collections of paintings and furniture. Its surrounding grounds constitute one of the most important historical gardens in England and Wales, and mark a significant step on the road to the [[picturesque]] aesthetic in garden design.


== Economy ==
St. Nicholas church has a 15th century tower, although the remainder of the church was rebuilt by [[J.L. Pearson]] in 1882&ndash;4. Monuments in the churchyard mark the burial sites of the 18th century English artist [[William Hogarth]]&mdash;whose house is now a museum known as [[Hogarth's House]]&mdash;and [[William Kent]], the architect and landscape designer; the churchyard also houses a mausoleum (for [[Philip James de Loutherbourg]]) designed by [[John Soane]]. One of Oliver Cromwell's daughters, Mary, lived and died in Chiswick and is buried in the churchyard. Enduring legend has it that the body of Oliver Cromwell was also interred with her. On a later note, Private Frederick Hitch VC, hero of [[Rorke's Drift]], is also buried there.


[[File:Fuller's brewery - pipes - cylinder.jpg|thumb|left|[[Griffin Brewery]], [[Old Chiswick]]]]
St. Michael on Elmwood Road, of 1908-9, was designed by [[W.D. Caroe]]. Chiswick is also home to a Russian Orthodox Cathedral, built in 1998. (See photo at [[Gunnersbury]].) Less visually prominent than these because of its position amid other building is the Sanderson Factory, now known as Voysey House and situated in Barley Mow Passage, designed by the architect [[C.F. Voysey]] and completed in 1902. Its original purpose was a wallpaper printing works, but it is now used as office space. It is a Grade II* [[listed building]].


{{further|Chiswick High Road}}
Suburban building began in [[Gunnersbury]] in the 1860s and in [[Bedford Park]], on the borders of Chiswick and Acton, in 1875: the latter, designed largely by [[Richard Norman Shaw]], was described by [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] as the first place "where the relaxed, informal mood of a market town or village was adopted for a complete speculatively built suburb". Other suburbs of Chiswick include Grove Park (south of the A4, close to Chiswick Station) and [[Strand-on-the-Green|Strand on the Green]], a fishing hamlet until the late 18th century.<ref>''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22563Chiswick: Economic history]'', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden (1982), pp. 78-86. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref>


Chiswick High Road contains a mix of retail shops, restaurants, food outlets and office and hotel space. The wide streets encourage cafes, pubs and restaurants to provide pavement seating. Lying between the offices at the [[Golden Mile (Brentford)|Golden Mile]] [[A4 road (England)|Great West Road]] and [[Hammersmith]], office developments and warehouse conversions to offices began from the 1960s. The first in 1961 was 414 Chiswick High Road on the site of the old [[Chiswick Empire]]. Between 1964 and 1966, the 18-storey [[IBM]] headquarters was built above [[Gunnersbury station]], designed to accommodate 1500 people. It became the home of the [[BSI Group|British Standards Institution]] in 1994.{{sfn|Clegg|1995|p=137}} Chiswick has an annual book festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who organises the Chiswick Book Festival? |url=https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/who-organises-the-chiswick-book-festival/ |website=The Chiswick Calendar |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
There are several historic [[public house]]s in Chiswick. Three are in Strand-on-the-Green, fronting on to the river path. The Tabard on Bath Road near Turnham Green station is known for its [[William Morris]] interior. A large part of Chiswick falls within the [[conservation area]]s within the London Borough of Hounslow.<ref>Hounslow London Borough Council - [http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/conservation.pdf Conservation Areas]. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref>


Chiswick is home to the [[Fuller's Brewery|Griffin Brewery]], where [[Fuller, Smith & Turner]] and its predecessor companies brewed their prize-winning [[cask ale|ales]] on the same site for over 350 years. The original brewery was in the gardens of Bedford House in Chiswick Mall.<ref name=History>{{cite web |title=History and Heritage |url=http://www.fullers.co.uk/brewery/history-and-heritage |publisher=Fuller's |access-date=21 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626144130/http://www.fullers.co.uk/brewery/history-and-heritage |archive-date=26 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Transport==
Chiswick is situated at the start of the [[A406 road|North Circular Road]] and the [[M4 motorway]], the latter providing a direct connection to [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport]] and the [[M25 motorway]].


A weekly [[farmers' market]] is held every Sunday by Grove Park Farm House, Duke's Meadows.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Food Market Chiswick |url=https://dukesmeadowstrust.org/food-market-chiswick/ |publisher=Duke's Meadows Trust |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> A monthly flower market is held on the first Sunday of each month on Chiswick High Road in the old market place, now mostly used as a car park, near the Hogarth statue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chiswick Flower Market |url=https://chiswickflowermarket.com/ |publisher=Chiswick Flower Market |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> An antiques market is to be held on the second Sunday of each month, and a "Cheese and Provisions" market with 23 stalls on the third and fourth Sundays of each month in the same area, so there will in effect be a weekly market event on the High Road once again.<ref>{{cite web |title=New application for cheese and provisions market submitted |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=concheesemarket001.htm |publisher=Chiswick W4 |access-date=29 June 2021 |date=12 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chiswick Cheese Market |url=https://www.chiswickcheesemarket.uk/ |publisher=Chiswick Cheese Market |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
Chiswick is served by the [[London Underground]] [[District Line]] (four stations: Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Stamford Brook and Turnham Green) and two [[National Rail]] lines: the [[Hounslow Loop Line]] (from [[Chiswick railway station|Chiswick]] and [[Kew Bridge railway station|Kew Bridge]] stations) and the [[North London Line]] (from [[Gunnersbury station|Gunnersbury]] and [[South Acton railway station|South Acton]] stations).


== Points of interest ==
The southern border of Chiswick runs along the River Thames, which is crossed in this area by [[Chiswick Bridge]], [[Barnes Railway Bridge]], [[Kew Railway Bridge]] and [[Kew Bridge]].


[[File:Chiswick House from SE (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Chiswick House]] in [[Palladian style]], 1726-29]]
===Nearest tube stations===
* [[Chiswick Park tube station]]
* [[Turnham Green tube station]]
* [[Stamford Brook tube station]]
* [[Gunnersbury station]]


===Nearest railway stations===
=== Chiswick House ===
* [[Chiswick railway station]]
* [[Gunnersbury station]]
* [[Kew Bridge railway station]]
* [[Barnes Bridge]]
* [[Brentford railway station]]
* [[Putney railway station]]
* [[Barnes railway station]]
* [[Shepherds Bush railway station]]


[[Chiswick House]] was designed by the [[Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington|Third Earl of Burlington]], and built for him, in 1726–29 as an extension to an earlier [[Jacobean architecture|Jacobean]] house (subsequently demolished in 1788); it is considered to be among the finest surviving examples of [[Palladian architecture]] in Britain, with superb collections of paintings and furniture. Its surrounding grounds, laid out by [[William Kent]], are among the most important historical gardens in England and Wales, forming one of the first [[English landscape garden]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.chgt.org.uk/ | title=Chiswick House and Gardens | publisher=Chiswick House & Gardens Trust | access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref> It was used as [[Chiswick Asylum|an asylum]] from 1892 to 1928; up to 40 private patients were housed in wings which were demolished in 1956 when the house was restored.<ref name=Bethlem>{{cite web |title=The History of Chiswick House Asylum |url=http://museumofthemind.org.uk/blog/post/the-history-of-chiswick-house-asylum |website=Bethlem Museum of the Mind |access-date=30 January 2017}}</ref>
==Education==
===Primary schools===
State primary schools include "Strand-On-The-Green", "Belmont", "Hogarth", "St.Mary's RC", "Cavendish" and "Grove Park". There are also [[Independent schools (UK)|private]] primary schools including "The Falcons", "Heathfield House", "Orchard House" and "Chiswick & Bedford Park".


===Secondary schools===
=== Churches ===

Chiswick's local secondary state school is [[Chiswick Community School]]. It has an attendance of roughly 1200 pupils and contains a Sixth Form College, which has an attendance of about 150 students. [[Chiswick Community School]] was granted [[Technology College]] status in 2004. Although in Chiswick, it attracts many pupils from places such as [[Shepherds Bush]], [[Hammersmith]], and other locations in West London. Chiswick Community School scored moderately well in its last [[Office for Standards in Education|Ofsted]] inspection. The former head teacher of the school, Dame Helen Metcalf, received her [[Dame (title)|Damehood]] in 1998 for her service to the school. Before her arrival, the school was said to have been doing very poorly both in public opinion and Ofsted reports{{Who|date=November 2007}}. She is widely recognised as the person who turned the school's reputation around{{Who|date=November 2007}}.
[[File:Turnham Green Church 3.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Christ Church, [[Turnham Green]], by [[George Gilbert Scott]], 1843]]

[[St Nicholas Church, Chiswick|St Nicholas Church]], near the river Thames, has a 15th-century tower, although the remainder of the church was rebuilt by [[J.L. Pearson]] in 1882–84. Monuments in the churchyard mark the burial sites of the 18th-century English artist [[William Hogarth]] and [[William Kent]], the architect and landscape designer; the churchyard also houses a mausoleum (for [[Philip James de Loutherbourg]]) designed by [[John Soane]], and the tomb of [[Josiah Wedgwood]]'s business partner, [[Thomas Bentley (manufacturer)|Thomas Bentley]], designed by Thomas Scheemakers.<ref>{{cite book| title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography| chapter=Thomas Scheemakers| url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024802/Thomas-Scheemakers| archive-url=https://archive.today/20141114073649/http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101024802/Thomas-Scheemakers| url-status=dead| archive-date=14 November 2014| date=2014}}</ref> One of [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s daughters, Mary Fauconberg, lived at Sutton Court and is buried in the churchyard.<ref name=Clegg30>Clegg, 1995. p 30</ref> Enduring legend has it that the body of Oliver Cromwell was also interred with her, though as the [[Viscount Fauconberg|Fauconbergs]] did not move to Sutton Court until 15 years after his disinterment, it is more likely he was reburied at their home at Newburgh Priory.<ref name=Clegg30/> Private [[Frederick Hitch]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]], hero of [[Rorke's Drift]], is also buried there.<!--Blue Plaque on Cranbrook Road--><ref>{{cite web|title=Parade planned for Chiswick's Rorke's Drift Hero |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=evhitch.htm |publisher=Chiswick W4 |access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref>

The church of [[St Michael's Church, Grove Park|St Michael, Sutton Court]] was designed by [[W. D. Caröe]] in 1908–1909. It is a red brick building on Elmwood road, in Tudor style.<ref name=BHOchurches/> St Paul's Church, Grove Park is a Gothic style stone building designed by H. Currey. It was built largely at the Duke of Devonshire's expense in 1872.<ref name=BHOchurches/>

<!--[[File:The spire of St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park, W4 - geograph.org.uk - 899072.jpg|thumb|upright|The spire of [[St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park]], by [[Norman Shaw]], 1880]]
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[[St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park]] was initially a temporary iron building from 1876 on Chiswick High Road facing Chiswick Lane. The current building's foundation stone was laid in 1879 and consecrated in 1880. It was designed, along with much of Bedford Park, by [[Norman Shaw]], and was called "a very lovely church" by [[John Betjeman]]. It is an [[Anglo-Catholic]] church, and was attacked on the day it was consecrated for "Popish and Pagan mummeries" by the brewer Henry Smith, churchwarden of St Nicholas, Chiswick.<ref>{{cite web |title=A brief history of the Church |url=http://www.smaaa.org.uk/church/history.html |publisher=St Michael and All Angels |access-date=19 March 2015}}</ref>

[[Christ Church, Turnham Green]] is an early Victorian Gothic building of flint with stone dressings. The main part of the building, by [[George Gilbert Scott]] and W. B. Moffat, is from 1843; the chancel and northeast chapel were added in 1887 by J. Brooks.<ref name=BHOchurches>{{cite web|title=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7, Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol7/pp90-93|publisher=British History|pages=90–93}}</ref>

Chiswick's principal [[Roman Catholic]] church, [[Our Lady of Grace and St Edward Church|Our Lady of Grace and St Edward]] ([[St Edward the Confessor|the Confessor]]) in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster|Diocese of Westminster]], lies on the corner of Duke's Avenue and the High Road. It is a red brick building; the parish was founded in 1848, a school began c. 1855, and a church was opened by [[Cardinal Wiseman]] on the present site in 1864. It was replaced by the present building in 1886, opened by [[Henry Edward Manning|Cardinal Manning]]. The heavy debts incurred were paid off and the church consecrated in 1904. The square tower was added after the First World War by Canon Egan as a war memorial.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Grace & St Edward: Parish History|url=http://parish.rcdow.org.uk/chiswick/about-the-parish/|publisher=Diocese of Westminster|access-date=20 March 2015}}</ref>

The [[Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs]] with its characteristic blue onion dome with gold stars is in Harvard Road. The [[Russian Orthodox Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe|Russian Orthodox]] church built it in 1998.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jeffery |first=Paul |title=England's other cathedrals |date=2012 |publisher=History Press |location=Stroud, UK |isbn=9780752490359}}</ref>

=== Chiswick Mall ===

[[File:20210602 123430 Looking east along Chiswick Mall from Church Street.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|[[Chiswick Mall]], looking east from Church Street. The grand houses are on the left; their waterfront gardens are on the right.]]

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[[Chiswick Mall]] is a waterfront street on the north bank of the River Thames in the oldest part of Chiswick near St Nicholas Church. It consists mainly of some thirty "grand houses"<ref name="Clegg 2021">{{cite web |last=Clegg |first=Gill |title=Grand Houses |url=https://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/search-discover/chiswick-history-homepage/grand-houses/ |publisher=Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society |date=2021 |access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref> from the [[Georgian era|Georgian]] and [[Victorian era]]s, many of them now listed buildings, overlooking the street on the north side; their gardens are on the other side of the street beside the river.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hounslow |title=Old Chiswick: Conservation Area Appraisal: Consultation Draft |url=https://haveyoursay.hounslow.gov.uk/planning-policy/conservation-area-appraisals/supporting_documents/Old%20Chiswick%20CAA%20Draft%20Nov%202018.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207121620/https://haveyoursay.hounslow.gov.uk/planning-policy/conservation-area-appraisals/supporting_documents/Old%20Chiswick%20CAA%20Draft%20Nov%202018.pdf |archive-date=7 December 2020 |url-status=live |publisher=London Borough of Hounslow |date=November 2018}}</ref> The largest and finest<ref name="Clegg 2021"/> house on the street is [[Walpole House]], a Grade I listed building; part of it is Tudor, but the building now visible is late 17th to early 18th century.<ref name="HE Walpole">{{cite web |title=Walpole House |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000846 |publisher=[[Historic England]] |access-date=2 June 2021 |ref=Grade II list 1000846 1 October 1987}}</ref>

=== Strand-on-the-Green ===

[[File:Kew Bridge and Strand-on-the-Green, 1832.jpg|thumb|Engraving of [[Kew Bridge]] and [[Strand-on-the-Green]], 1832]]

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Strand-on-the-Green is the most westerly part of Chiswick, "particularly picturesque"<ref name="SOTG LBH 2018"/> with a paved riverside path fronted by a row of "imposing"<ref name="SOTG LBH 2018"/> 18th-century houses, interspersed with three riverside pubs, the Bell and Crown, Bull’s Head, and the City Barge. The low-lying path is flooded at high tides. It became fashionable in 1759 when [[Kew Bridge]] opened just upstream, with the royal family at [[Kew Palace]] nearby.<ref name="SOTG LBH 2018">{{cite web |title=Strand on the Green Conservation Area Appraisal |url=http://www.hwa.uk.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Apendix-5.2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622232432/http://www.hwa.uk.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Apendix-5.2.pdf |archive-date=22 June 2020 |url-status=live |publisher=[[London Borough of Hounslow]] |access-date=22 June 2020 |page=6 |date=May 2018}}</ref>

=== Bedford Park ===

{{main|Bedford Park, London}}

The [[Bedford Park, London|Bedford Park]] neighbourhood was described by [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] as the first place "where the relaxed, informal mood of a [[market town]] or [[village]] was adopted for a complete speculatively built suburb".{{sfn|Cherry|Pevsner|1991|pp=406–410}} In 1877 the speculator [[Jonathan Carr (property developer)|Jonathan Carr]] hired Shaw as his estate architect. Shaw's house designs, in the [[British Queen Anne Revival architecture|Queen Anne Revival style]] with red brick, [[roughcast]], decorative [[gable]]s, and [[oriel window|both oriel]] and [[dormer window]]s, gave the impression of great variety using only a few types of house.<ref name="Clegg People">{{cite web |last=Clegg |first=Gillian |title=People |url=https://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/search-discover/chiswick-history-homepage/people/ |publisher=Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref> These were scaled-down versions of the more expensive houses that he had designed for wealthy areas such as [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], [[Hampstead]], and [[Kensington]]. He also designed the focal buildings of the garden suburb, including the church of St Michael and All Angels and the Tabard Inn opposite it.{{sfn|Cherry|Pevsner|1991|pp=406–410}}<ref name="Girouard 1984">{{cite book |last=Girouard |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Girouard |title=Sweetness and Light: The Queen Anne Movement, 1860–1900 |publisher=[[Yale University Press]] |year=1984 |orig-year=1977 |isbn=978-0-300-03068-6 |pages=160–176}}</ref><ref name="Hidden">{{cite web |title=Bedford Park, Ealing |url=https://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/bedford-park/ |website=Hidden London |access-date=3 August 2021}}</ref>

=== Duke's Meadows ===

{{main|Duke's Meadows}}

[[Duke's Meadows]] stands on land formerly owned by the [[Duke of Devonshire]]. In the 1920s, it was purchased by the local council, who developed it as a recreational centre. A promenade and bandstand were built, and the meadows are still used for sport with a rugby club, football pitches, hockey club, several rowing clubs and a golf club. In recent years a local conservation charity, the Dukes Meadows Trust, has undertaken extensive restoration work, which saw a long-term project of a children's water play area opened in August 2006.<ref name=dukes>{{cite web |publisher=Dukes Meadows Trust |url=http://www.dukesmeadowstrust.org/aboutus.html |title=About Us |access-date=15 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205092301/http://www.dukesmeadowstrust.org/aboutus.html |archive-date=5 February 2014 }}</ref>

[[File:Pond Dippers on Frog Day in Gunnersbury Triangle.JPG|thumb|Pond dipping in [[Gunnersbury Triangle]], a local nature reserve]]

=== Gunnersbury Triangle ===

{{main|Gunnersbury Triangle}}

The [[Gunnersbury Triangle]] [[local nature reserve]], opposite Chiswick Park Underground station, is managed by [[London Wildlife Trust]]. The area, a railway triangle, was saved from development by a public inquiry, and became a reserve in 1985. Its 2.5 hectares are covered mainly in secondary [[birch]] woodland, with [[willow]] [[carr (landform)|carr]] (wet woodland) in the low-lying centre, and [[acid grassland]] on the former Acton Curve railway track. The reserve runs a varied programme of activities including wildlife walks, fungus forays, open days and talks.<ref name=LNR>{{cite web |url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=gunnersbury&ID=190 |title=Gunnersbury Triangle |series=Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Natural England |date=18 December 2013 |access-date=22 January 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202134017/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=gunnersbury&ID=190 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271008928%27 |title=Map of Gunnersbury Triangle|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England |access-date=18 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=LWT-GT>{{cite web| url=http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/reserves/gunnersbury-triangle |title=Gunnersbury Triangle |publisher=London Wildlife Trust |access-date=30 March 2015}}</ref>

=== Public houses and theatres ===

[[File:Mawson Arms 01.JPG|thumb|upright=0.6|The [[Mawson Arms]], briefly the home of the poet [[Alexander Pope]]]]

There are several historic [[public house]]s in Chiswick, some of them [[listed building]]s, including the [[Mawson Arms]],<ref>{{NHLE |desc=Ye Fox And Hounds And Mawson Arms And Nos. 112–118 |num=1358692 |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> the [[George and Devonshire]],<ref>{{NHLE |desc=The George And Devonshire Arms Public House |num=1358664 |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> the [[Old Packhorse]]<ref>{{NHLE|desc=The Old Packhorse Public House |num=1240781 |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> and [[The Tabard (Chiswick)|The Tabard]] in Bath Road near Turnham Green station. The Tabard is known for its [[William Morris]] interior and its Norman Shaw exterior; it was built in 1880.<ref name="English Heritage">{{NHLE |desc=Tabard Hotel public house |num=1079594 |access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> Three more pubs are in [[Strand-on-the-Green]], fronting on to the Thames river path.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Hounslow London Borough Council |url=http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/conservation.pdf |title=Conservation Areas |access-date=1 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213140222/http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/conservation.pdf |archive-date=13 December 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Chiswick had two well-known theatres in the 20th century.{{sfn|Clegg|1995|pp=95–97}} The [[Chiswick Empire]] (1912 to 1959) was at 414 Chiswick High Road. It had 2,140 seats,<ref>{{cite book |last=Looby |first=Patrick |title=Britain in Old Photographs, Chiswick & Brentford |publisher=Sutton Publishing |date=1997 |isbn=0-7509-1151-4}}</ref> and staged [[music hall]] entertainment, plays, reviews, opera, ballet and an annual Christmas [[pantomime]]. The Q Theatre (1924 to 1959) was a small theatre opposite Kew Bridge station. It staged the first works of [[Terence Rattigan]] and [[William Douglas-Home]], and many of its plays went on to the West End.<ref>{{cite web|last=Roe |first=Ken |title=Q Theatre |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/28233 |publisher=Cinema Treasures |access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref>

The 96-seat [[Tabard Theatre]] (1985) in Bath Road, upstairs from the Tabard pub but a separate business, is known for new writing and experimental work.<ref name=Tabard>Tabard Theatre – [http://www.tabardweb.co.uk/history.htm History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719164638/http://tabardweb.co.uk/history.htm |date=19 July 2014 }}. Retrieved on 20 August 2010.</ref>

=== Other buildings ===

[[File:Voysey House Sandersons Building design by CFA Voysey 1902.jpg|thumb| [[Arthur Sanderson & Sons|Sanderson]] wallpaper factory design by [[Charles Voysey (architect)|Charles Voysey]], 1902]]
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The [[Arthur Sanderson & Sons|Sanderson]] Factory in Barley Mow Passage, now known as Voysey House, was designed by the architect [[Charles Voysey (architect)|Charles Voysey]] in 1902. It is built in white glazed brick, with [[Staffordshire blue brick]]s (now painted black) forming horizontal bands, the plinth, and surrounds for door and window openings, and dressings in [[Portland stone]]. It was originally a wallpaper printing works, now used as office space. It is a Grade II* [[listed building]]. It faces the main factory building and was once joined to it by a bridge across the road. It was Voysey's only industrial building, and is considered an "important [[Arts and Crafts]] factory building".<ref>{{cite web | title=Voysey House, Hounslow | url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-202394-voysey-house-greater-london-authority | publisher=British Listed Buildings| access-date=9 October 2013}}</ref>

In 1971 [[Erin Pizzey]] established the world's first domestic violence refuge at 2 Belmont Terrace, naming her organisation "[[Chiswick Women's Aid]]". The local council attempted to evict Pizzey's residents, but were unsuccessful and she soon established more such premises elsewhere, inspiring the creation of refuges worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/9020206.Pizzey_calls_for_more_domestic_abuse_shelters |title=Pizzey calls for more domestic abuse shelters |website=Richmond and Twickenham Times |date=12 May 2011 |access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/battered-erin-pizzey-yes-a-bit-1272122.html |title=Battered? Erin Pizzey? Yes, a bit |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=15 August 2018}}</ref>

Chiswick is home to the [[Arts Educational Schools]] in Bath Road.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://artsed.co.uk/ | title=Arts Educational Schools London | publisher=Arts Educational Schools London | date=2014 | access-date=24 April 2014}}</ref>

The house used for filming the comedy show ''[[Taskmaster (TV series)|Taskmaster]]'', a former groundskeeper's cottage, is just off Great Chertsey Road, near [[Chiswick Bridge]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Where is the Taskmaster house? You can actually visit the filming location |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/taskmaster-house-filming-location/ |publisher=Radio Times |access-date=28 March 2021 |date=18 March 2021}}</ref>

== Transport ==

[[File:Chiswick-Bridge-15-540-3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|The design of [[Chiswick Bridge]], opened in 1933, has been praised as reflecting the [[Palladian architecture]] of [[Chiswick House]].<ref>''Country Life'', 8 July 1933, quoted in {{citation |last=Cookson |first=Brian |title=Crossing the River |publisher=Mainstream |location=Edinburgh |year=2006 |isbn=1-84018-976-2 |oclc=63400905 |page=69}}</ref>]]

Chiswick is situated at the start of the [[A406 road|North Circular Road]] (A406), [[A205 road|South Circular Road]] (A205) and the [[M4 motorway]], the latter providing a direct connection to [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport]] and the [[M25 motorway]]. The [[A4 road (Great Britain)|Great West Road]] (A4) runs eastwards into central London via the [[Hogarth Roundabout]] where it meets the [[A316 road|Great Chertsey Road]] (A316) which runs south-west, eventually joining the [[M3 motorway (Great Britain)|M3 motorway]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Chiswick Area Map |url=http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/chiswick_area_map.pdf |publisher=Hounslow Borough Council |access-date=16 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908213443/http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/chiswick_area_map.pdf |archive-date=8 September 2015 }}</ref>

The southern border of Chiswick runs along the River Thames, which is crossed in this area by [[Barnes Railway Bridge|Barnes Railway and Foot Bridge]], [[Chiswick Bridge]], [[Kew Railway Bridge]] and [[Kew Bridge]]. River services between [[Westminster Pier]] and [[Hampton Court]] depart from [[Kew Gardens Pier]] just across Kew Bridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thames River Boats |url=http://wpsa.co.uk/routemapdisplay.html |publisher=WPSA |access-date=16 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009065954/http://www.wpsa.co.uk/routemapdisplay.html |archive-date=9 October 2015 }}</ref>

Bus routes on or near Chiswick High Road are the [[London Buses route 94|94]], [[London Buses route 110|110]], [[London Buses route 237|237]], [[London Buses route 267|267]], [[London Buses route 272|272]], [[London Buses route 440|440]], [[London Buses route E3|E3]] and [[London Buses route H91|H91]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Buses from Hammersmith |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/hammersmith-a4-121220.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220143611/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/hammersmith-a4-121220.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2020 |url-status=live |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref> The 94 is a 24-hour service, and the High Road is also served at night by the [[London Buses route N9|N9]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Buses from Marble Arch |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/marble-arch-a4-0319.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223150434/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/marble-arch-a4-0319.pdf |archive-date=23 February 2020 |url-status=live |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Night Buses from Hammersmith |url=https://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/hammersmith-night-a4-071219.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512191803/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/hammersmith-night-a4-071219.pdf |archive-date=12 May 2020 |url-status=live |publisher=Transport for London |access-date=27 March 2020}}</ref>

The [[District line]] serves Chiswick with four [[List of London Underground stations|London Underground stations]], [[Stamford Brook tube station|Stamford Brook]], [[Turnham Green tube station|Turnham Green]], [[Chiswick Park tube station|Chiswick Park]] and [[Gunnersbury tube station|Gunnersbury]].<ref name=LudlowThompson>{{cite web |title=Chiswick Area Guide |url=https://www.ludlowthompson.com/area_guides_Chiswick/Chiswick-222.htm |publisher=Ludlow Thompson |access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref> Turnham Green is an interchange with the [[Piccadilly line]], but only before 06:50 and after 22:30, when Piccadilly line trains stop at the station. [[Chiswick railway station]] on the [[Hounslow Loop Line]] is served by a regular [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]] service to [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]] via [[Clapham Junction railway station|Clapham Junction]].<ref name=LudlowThompson/> The [[North London line]] crosses Chiswick (north-south); [[London Overground]] stations are [[Gunnersbury railway station|Gunnersbury]] and [[South Acton railway station (England)|South Acton]].<ref name=LudlowThompson/>

==Sport==
[[File:Boat Race Finish post.jpg|thumb|right|[[The Boat Race]] finishing post by Chiswick Bridge ]]

Chiswick's local rugby union teams include Chiswick RFC, formerly Old Meadonians RFC. The team plays league games on a Saturday at Dukes Meadows.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chiswick Rugby Football Club|url=http://www.chiswickrugby.co.uk/|access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> Chiswick's cricket club, formerly known as Turnham Green and Polytechnic, plays at Riverside Drive.<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to Chiswick Cricket Club |url=http://www.chiswickcc.co.uk |publisher=Chiswick Cricket Club |access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref> On Chiswick Common is the Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre, where there are tennis, five-a-side football and netball courts available to hire to the public.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rocks Lane Chiswick |url=http://www.openplay.co.uk/view/403/rocks-lane-chiswick |publisher=OpenPlay |access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> Private tennis coaching for individuals and groups is also available.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rocks Lane Chiswick Tennis Coaching |url=http://www.tennisteach.co.uk |publisher=TennisTeach |access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref>

The Chiswick reach of the Thames is heavily used for competitive and recreational [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]]. [[The Championship Course|Championship Course]] from [[Mortlake]] to [[Putney]] runs past Chiswick Eyot and Duke's Meadows. [[The Boat Race]] is contested on the Championship Course on a flood tide (in other words from Putney to Mortlake) with Duke's Meadows a popular view-point for the closing stages of the race. The finishing post is just downstream of Chiswick Bridge.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Course|url=http://theboatraces.org/the-course|website=The Boat Race|access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref> Other important races such as the [[Head of the River Race]] race the reverse course, on an ebb tide.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Head of the River Race |url=http://www.horr.co.uk/ |access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref> Chiswick is home to several clubs. The [[University of London Boat Club]] is based in its boathouse off Hartington Road, which also houses the clubs of many London colleges and teaching hospitals; recent members include [[Tim Foster]], Gold medallist at the Sydney Olympics and [[Frances Houghton]], World Champion in 2005, 2006 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of London Boat Club |url=http://ulbc.co.uk/#about |publisher=ULBC |access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref> [[Quintin Boat Club]] lies between Chiswick Quay Marina and Chiswick Bridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quintin Boat Club |url=http://quintinboatclub.org/index.php |access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref> [[Tideway Scullers School]] is just downriver of Chiswick Bridge; its members include single sculling World Champion [[Mahé Drysdale]] and Great Britain single sculler [[Alan Campbell (sculler)|Alan Campbell]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tideway Scullers|url=http://tidewayscullers.squarespace.com/|access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref>

Chiswick High Road was once home to the ''Chequered Flag'' garage and its associated [[motor racing]] team.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Chequered Flag, A Brief History|url=http://www.hrscc.co.nz/gemini1.html|publisher=The Historic Racing and Sports Car Club|access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=At the Sign of the Chequered Flag|journal=Motor Sport|date=May 1960|issue=May 1960|page=29}}</ref>

== Notable people ==

[[File:Hogarths house 5832.JPG|thumb|[[Hogarth's House]], later the home of the poet [[Henry Francis Cary]]]]

{{further|St Nicholas Church, Chiswick}}

=== 18th century ===

In the 18th century, the poet [[Alexander Pope]], author of ''[[The Rape of the Lock]]'', lived in Chiswick between 1716 and 1719, in the building which is now the [[Mawson Arms]] at the corner of Mawson Lane.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/literarygazettee00lois |url-access=registration |quote=Mawson Arms Alexander Pope. |title=A literary gazetteer of England |last=Fisher |first=Lois H. |publisher=McGraw-Hill |year=1980|isbn=9780070210981 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=101 |title=Start or finish your Brewery Tour with lunch at the Mawson Arms |work=fullers.co.uk |access-date=21 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628020730/http://fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=101 |archive-date=28 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The actor [[Charles Holland (actor)|Charles Holland]] was born in Chiswick in 1733.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HNed_aEZXdMC&pg=PA373 |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & and Other Stage Personnel in London: 1660–1800, Volume 7 |last1=Highfill |first1=Philip H. |last2=Burnim |first2=Kalman A. |last3=Langhans |first3=Edward A. |publisher=SIU Press |year=1982 |isbn=978-0809309184}}</ref> The artist [[William Hogarth]] bought the house now known as [[Hogarth's House]] in 1749,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hounslow.info/arts-culture/historic-houses-museums/hogarth-house/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027084516/http://www.hounslow.info/arts-culture/historic-houses-museums/hogarth-house/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 October 2012 |title=Hogarth's House &#124; Hounslow.info |work= hounslow.info |access-date=21 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/031005/n031005_24.htm |title=Camden New Journal |last=Taylor |first=Joel |work=camdennewjournal.co.uk |date=11 March 2005 |access-date=21 May 2013 |archive-date=5 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205055546/http://www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/031005/n031005_24.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> lived there until his death in 1764, and is buried in St Nicholas's churchyard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stnicholaschiswick.org/heritage/StNicholasChiswick-TheChurchyard.shtml|title=St Nicholas Chiswick – The Churchyard|work=stnicholaschiswick.org |access-date=21 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705015304/http://www.stnicholaschiswick.org/heritage/StNicholasChiswick-TheChurchyard.shtml |archive-date=5 July 2013 }}</ref>{{sfn|Cherry|Pevsner|1991|p=404}} The house later belonged to the poet and translator of [[Dante]], [[Henry Francis Cary]], who lived there from 1814 to 1833.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Maev |title=Hogarth's house to reopen after surviving fire – and urban sprawl |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/nov/07/william-hogarth-house-reopens-chiswick |access-date=11 October 2015 |work=The Guardian |date=7 November 2011}}</ref> In February 1766 [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] lived a few weeks with a local grocer, before moving to [[Wootton, Staffordshire]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rousseau-chronologie.com/fuiteenangleterre66-c.html |title=Chronologie de Jean-Jacques Rousseau |website=www.rousseau-chronologie.com |access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> The painter [[Johann Zoffany]] lived on Strand-on-the-Green.<ref>{{cite web |title=Johann Zoffany (1733-1810) |url=https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/this-is-chiswick/blue-plaques/johann-zoffany/ |publisher=The Chiswick Calendar |access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref>

=== 19th century ===

[[File:Bath Road, London by Camille Pissarro.jpg|thumb|left|''[[Bath Road, London]]'', 1897. [[Impressionist]] painting of Bath Road, [[Bedford Park, London|Bedford Park]] by [[Camille Pissarro]]]]

In the 19th century, the Italian writer, revolutionary and poet [[Ugo Foscolo]] died in exile at Turnham Green in 1827,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K5Q3AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA566 |title=Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review Volume 97, Part 2 |pages=566–569 |year=1827 |access-date=21 May 2013}}</ref> and was buried at St Nicholas Churchyard, Chiswick, where his monument incorrectly states he was 50, not 49. In 1871 his remains were taken to Italy and given a national hero's burial in [[Santa Croce, Florence]] alongside [[Michelangelo]] and [[Galileo]], while his monument in Chiswick was lavishly refurbished.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CXRUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA603 |title=Bentley's Miscellany |page=603 |publisher=J. M. Lewer |year=1839 |access-date=21 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Riall |first=Lucy | title=Garibaldi : invention of a hero | publisher=Yale University Press | year=2007 | page=4}}</ref>

The inventor of the [[Electrical telegraph|electric telegraph]], [[Francis Ronalds]], lived on Chiswick Lane from 1833 to 1852.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph |last=Ronalds |first=B.F. |publisher=Imperial College Press |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-78326-917-4 |pages=48–49}}</ref> Another engineer, [[John Edward Thornycroft]] was born in Chiswick in 1872;<ref>{{cite web |url= http://heritage.imeche.org/Biographies/JohnThornycroft |title=Sir John E Thornycroft |work=heritage.imeche.org |access-date=21 May 2013}}</ref> his father, [[John Isaac Thornycroft]], had founded the Chiswick-based [[John I. Thornycroft & Company]] shipbuilding company in 1864, which Thornycroft later joined and developed.<ref>Humphrey Arthure: "Thornycroft Shipbuilding and Motor Works in Chiswick".</ref> The artist [[Montague Dawson]], regarded as one of the best 20th-century [[marine art|painters of the sea]], was born in Chiswick in 1895.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/montague-dawson/ |title=Montague Dawson on artnet |work=artnet.com |publisher=[[artnet]] |access-date=21 May 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Sketch of Petersham Methodist Chapel and Turnham Green Congregational Church by Vincent Van Gogh c1875.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Sketch of Turnham Green Congregational Church (right) by [[Vincent van Gogh]], c. 1875. He taught [[Sunday school]] in the iron structure.<ref name="Clegg 2001 van Gogh"/>]]

The painter [[Vincent van Gogh]] spent three years in Chiswick in the 1870s, teaching [[Sunday school]] pupils in the newly-constructed Chiswick Congregational Church, which was on the site of the Arlington Park Mansions on Turnham Green; he wrote of Chiswick as a "verdant" district of London.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wall Street Journal Tells Readers to Pay a Visit to Chiswick: Describes it as a lush paradise that inspired Van Gogh |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conceleb411.htm |access-date=3 July 2023 |work=Chiswick W4 |date=2 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Longworth |first=Mary Lou |title=Visiting London? Don't Skip Chiswick, a Lush Paradise that Inspired Van Gogh, W.B. Yeats and More |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/visiting-london-dont-skip-chiswick-a-lush-paradise-that-inspired-van-gogh-w-b-yeats-and-more-262471e7?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1 |work=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=29 June 2023 |quote=More than pretty gardens draw people to this leafy suburb. The other lures: trendy gastropubs, cheese toasties and the haunting traces of centuries of artists and writers.}}</ref><ref name="Clegg 2001 van Gogh">{{cite web |last=Clegg |first=Gillian |title=Van Gogh In Chiswick |url=https://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/publications/the-journal/journal-10-2000/van-gogh-in-chiswick/ |publisher=Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society |access-date=3 July 2023 |date=2001}}</ref>

The poet [[W. B. Yeats]] lived in Woodstock Road as a boy from 1879, and came back in 1887 to live in Blenheim Road, where, inspired by Chiswick Eyot, he wrote ''[[The Lake Isle of Innisfree]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chiswick Statue Planned To Honour WB Yeats |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=yeatsmemorialbedfordpark001.htm |publisher=ChiswickW4.com |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Yeats in Bedford Park |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conyeats.htm |publisher=ChiswickW4.com |access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref>

The Pissarro family of painters, the impressionist [[Camille Pissarro]], his eldest son [[Lucien Pissarro|Lucien]], as well as Felix and Ludovic-Rodo lived in 62 Bath Road, Chiswick around 1897; with Camille Pissarro painting a series of notable landscapes of the area.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=uz7exM6SuvgC&pg=PA30 |title=Pissarro in West London: Kew, Chiswick and Richmond |last=Reed |first=Nicholas |pages=30–35 |publisher=Lilburne Press |date=1997 |isbn=9781901167023 |access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk/publications/the-journal/journal-6-1997/camille-pissarro-paintings-of-stamford-brook-1897/ |title=Camille Pissarro: Paintings of Stamford Brook, 1897 &#124; Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society |last=Seaton |first=Shirley |work=brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk |year=2013 |access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref> The landscape artist [[Lewis Pinhorn Wood]] lived at Homefield Road<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elfordfineart.co.uk/viewimg.php?id=301 | title=Lewis Pinhorn WOOD (exhibited 1870 – 1913) | publisher=Elford Fine Art | work=[[:File:Arrival of steamer at the old Kew Bridge (undated) by Lewis Pinhorn Wood.jpg|Arrival of a Steamer at the Old Kew Bridge]] | access-date=23 February 2014 | archive-date=1 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301002456/http://www.elfordfineart.co.uk/viewimg.php?id=301 | url-status=dead }}</ref> from 1897 to 1908.

=== 20th century ===

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[[File:Arlington Park Mansions - Entrance.jpg|thumb|Arlington Park Mansions, facing [[Turnham Green]], with [[E. M. Forster]] blue plaque]]

In the twentieth century, the novelist [[E. M. Forster]] (1879–1970) lived at 9 Arlington Park Mansions<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7B0weoOofEC&q=e.m.+forster+chiswick&pg=PT423 |title=E. M. Forster: A New Life |publisher=Bloomsbury |last=Moffat |first=Wendy |year=2011|isbn=9781408824276 }}</ref> from 1939 until at least 1961.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.notableabodes.com/person-abode-details/4442/em-forster-author_9-arlington-park-mansions-sutton-lane-chiswick-london |title=E.M. Forster 9 Arlington Park Mansions, Sutton Lane, Chiswick, London |publisher=Notable Abodes |year=2011 |access-date=23 May 2013 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819125735/http://www.notableabodes.com/person-abode-details/4442/em-forster-author_9-arlington-park-mansions-sutton-lane-chiswick-london |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[John Osborne]] (1929–1994) wrote his play ''[[Look Back in Anger]]'' on his [[houseboat]] at Cubitts Yacht Basin.<ref name="CBF Writers Trail">{{cite web |title=Writers Trail |url=https://www.chiswickbookfestival.net/chiswick-timeline-writers-trail/ |publisher=Chiswick Book Festival |access-date=10 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605163630/https://www.chiswickbookfestival.net/chiswick-timeline-writers-trail/ |archive-date=5 June 2021 |date=2021}}</ref>

Notable people born before the [[Second World War]] include the cricketers [[Patsy Hendren]] (1899–1962)<ref>{{cite web |title=Patsy Hendren |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14158.html |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref> and [[Jack Robertson (English cricketer)|Jack Robertson]] (1917–1996),<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Robertson |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19423.html |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref> the novelist [[Iris Murdoch]] (1919–1999) who lived on Eastbourne Road,<ref name="W4 Murdoch"/> the theatre and film director [[Peter Brook]] (1925–2022),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/24/arts/24iht-bookwed.html?_r=0 |work=The New York Times |first=Arnold |last=Aronson |title=Peter Brook: A Biography |date=25 May 2005}}</ref><ref name=Kustow2013>{{cite book |last=Kustow |first=Michael |title=Peter Brook: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JV15AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|access-date=20 July 2015|date=17 October 2013|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-4088-5228-6|pages=5–7}}</ref> the [[Winchester College]] headmaster [[John Thorn (headmaster)|John Leonard Thorn]] (1925–2023),<ref name="Telegraph Obituary">{{cite news |title=John Thorn, visionary headmaster who steered Winchester through the tumultuous late 1960s and 1970s – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/11/01/john-thorn-headmaster-winchester-repton-sixties/ |access-date=1 November 2023 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=1 November 2023}}</ref> the zoologist and broadcaster [[Aubrey Manning]] (1930–2018),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-rules-life-meet-aubrey |title=OU on the BBC: Rules of Life – Meet Aubrey |publisher=Open University |date=24 October 2005 |access-date=24 May 2013 |archive-date=29 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729143158/http://www.open.edu/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-rules-life-meet-aubrey |url-status=dead }}</ref> and marine geologist [[Frederick Vine]] (1939–&nbsp;).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Science/021M-C1379X0025XX-0001V0 |title=Oral History of British Science: Vine, Fred |publisher=British Library |access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> The comic song performer [[Michael Flanders]] (1922–1975) spent the last years of his life in Bedford Park.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31113|title=Flanders, Michael}}</ref> The actress [[Sylvia Syms]] (1934–2023), star of films such as ''[[Ice Cold in Alex]]'', lived on Dukes Avenue.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dukes Avenue Resident Sylvia Syms Dies Aged 89: Actress had career in stage, film and TV spanning six decades |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conceleb409.htm |access-date=28 January 2023 |work=Chiswick W4 |date=28 January 2023}}</ref>
[[The Who]] rock musicians [[John Entwistle]] (1944–2002) and [[Pete Townshend]] (1945–&nbsp;) were both born in Chiswick during the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=P_zYB4irg8UC&pg=PA278 |title=Behind Blue Eyes: The Life of Pete Townshend |last=Giuliano |first=Geoffrey |page=278 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2002 |isbn=978-0815410706}}</ref> [[Deep Purple]] lead singer [[Ian Gillan]] was born in Chiswick on 19 August 1945.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gillan |first=Ian |author-link=Ian Gillan |title=Child in Time: The Life Story of the Singer from Deep Purple |last2=Cohen |first2=David |year=1993 |publisher=Smith Gryphon |isbn=1-85685-048-X |page=2}}</ref><!-- Bluelinks with full references only please, no uncited entries, thanks -->

Those born in Chiswick during the post-war period include the rock musician [[Dave Cousins]],<ref name="Cousins and Donegan">{{cite web |title=Rock Legend to Share Memories of Growing Up in Chiswick |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=evgeorgeiv2211.htm |publisher=Chiswick W4 |access-date=14 November 2022 |date=13 November 2022}}</ref> the cricketer [[Mike Selvey]] (1948–&nbsp;),<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Selvey |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20105.html |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref> the musician [[Phil Collins]] (1951–&nbsp;),<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1317163/Phil-Collins-becomes-a-father-again-at-age-of-50.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1317163/Phil-Collins-becomes-a-father-again-at-age-of-50.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= Phil Collins becomes a father again at age of 50 |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Hugh |last=Davies |date=25 April 2001 |access-date=16 August 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the singer [[Kim Wilde]] (1960–&nbsp;),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wilde-life.com/magazines/intro1/index.html |title=Introductory Magazine |publisher=The Official Fan Club for Kim Wilde |access-date=24 May 2013 |pages=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210141607/http://www.wilde-life.com/magazines/intro1/index.html |archive-date=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> illustrator [[Clifford Harper]] (1949–&nbsp;), the photographer [[Derek Ridgers]] (1952–&nbsp;),<ref>{{cite book |title=How We Are: Photographing Britain, from the 1840s to the Present |publisher=Tate |last1=Williams |first1=Val |last2=Bright |first2=Susan |year=2007 |pages=219 |isbn=978-1-85437-7142}}</ref> the actress [[Kate Beckinsale]] (1973–&nbsp;),<ref>{{citation|title=Kate Beckinsale's Chiswick Homecoming|publisher=Chiswick W4<!--|access-date=28 June 2016-->|date=8 September 2003|quote=... to return to live in Chiswick. The 30 year old daughter ...}}</ref> the comedian [[Mel Smith]] (1952–2013),<ref>{{cite news |last=Cavendish |first=Dominic |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3653973/Im-hoping-to-cover-my-air-fare.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3653973/Im-hoping-to-cover-my-air-fare.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=I'm hoping to cover my air fare |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=22 July 2006 |access-date=24 May 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and the cricketer [[Dimitri Mascarenhas]] (1977–&nbsp;).<ref>{{cite web |title=Dimitri Mascarenhas |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16932.html |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref> <!-- British English, and Bluelinks with full references only please, no uncited entries, thanks -->

Among those who have lived in Chiswick are the novelist [[Anthony Burgess]] (1917–1993), at 24 Glebe Street in the mid-1960s;<ref>{{cite book |last=Biswell |first=Andrew |title=The Real Life of Anthony Burgess |year=2006 |publisher=Picador |page=307 |isbn=978-0-330-48171-7}}</ref> the playwright [[Harold Pinter]] (1930–2008) who lived at 373 Chiswick High Road;<ref name="W4 Murdoch">{{cite web |title=Iris Murdoch Deemed Top Pick for Next Chiswick Blue Plaque |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=evchisbookfestival094.htm |publisher=Chiswick W4 |access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> the pianist and broadcaster [[Sidney Harrison]] (1903–1986) who in the 1960s lived at 57 Hartington Road<ref>''Musical Times'' No 1426, December 1961, p 749 (Front Matter)</ref> and later at 37 The Avenue;<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Hi-xCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22The+Young+Person%E2%80%99s+Guide+to+Playing+the+Piano%E2%80%9D+%22Harrison%22&pg=PA534 ''Writers Directory, 1980-1982'', p 534]</ref> the musical double act [[Bob and Alf Pearson]], Bob (1907–1985) on Netheravon Road in the 1940s,<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Pearson (Musician) |url=http://www.notableabodes.com/people-search-results/person-details/135256/bob-pearson-musician |access-date=14 March 2021 |website=Notable Abodes |archive-date=28 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228034115/http://www.notableabodes.com/people-search-results/person-details/135256/bob-pearson-musician |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Alf (1910–2012) on Linden Gardens in the 1950s;<ref>{{cite web|title=Alf Pearson (Musician)|url=http://www.notableabodes.com/people-search-results/person-details/135257/alf-pearson-musician|access-date=14 March 2021|website=Notable Abodes|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923122528/http://www.notableabodes.com/people-search-results/person-details/135257/alf-pearson-musician|url-status=dead}}</ref> the pop artist [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]] (1932–), in Chiswick since 1967,<ref>{{cite news |last=Nikkhah |first=Roya |title=Sir Peter Blake: why I chose Pop over pot |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/7908366/Sir-Peter-Blake-why-I-chose-Pop-over-pot.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-features/7908366/Sir-Peter-Blake-why-I-chose-Pop-over-pot.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=20 November 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> with a "vast" studio in a former [[ironmonger]]'s warehouse;<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last=Barber |first=Lynn |title=Blake's progress |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/jun/17/art2 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=17 June 2007}}</ref> the actor [[Hugh Grant]] (1960–&nbsp;), who grew up in Chiswick, living next to Arlington Park Mansions on Sutton Lane; the singer [[Bruce Dickinson]] (1958–&nbsp;) of the band [[Iron Maiden]];<ref>{{cite book |last=Keaveny |first=Shaun |author-link=Shaun Keaveny |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sRHqKuTdfb0C&pg=PA11 |title=R2d2 Lives In Preston |page=11 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |date=2010 |isbn=9780752227450 |access-date=23 May 2013}}</ref> the TV presenter [[Kate Humble]] (1968–&nbsp;);<ref>{{cite news |last=Swinford |first=Steven |title=Kate Humble: I lived in a squat and took drugs |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/10008743/Kate-Humble-I-lived-in-a-squat-and-took-drugs.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/10008743/Kate-Humble-I-lived-in-a-squat-and-took-drugs.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=21 April 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the actress [[Elizabeth McGovern]] (1961–&nbsp;) and her husband, film director [[Simon Curtis (filmmaker)|Simon Curtis]] (1960–&nbsp;);<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/hollywood-never-suited-me-elizabeth-mcgovern-on-fleeing-la-and-downton-abbeyrsquos-lady-cora-2161323.html |title='Hollywood never suited me': Elizabeth McGovern on fleeing LA and Downton Abbey's Lady Cora |last=Gilbert |first=Gerard |date=18 December 2010 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> the American lawyer [[John Lowenthal]] (1925–2003),<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lowenthal |first=John |author-link=John Lowenthal |title=Venona and Alger Hiss |magazine=[[Times Literary Supplement]] |url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/venona-and-alger-hiss/ |date=2 July 1999 |access-date=8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lowenthal |first=John |author-link=John Lowenthal |title=Views of Alger Hiss |magazine=Times Literary Supplement |url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/views-of-alger-hiss/ |date=13 August 1999}}</ref> the singer [[Lonnie Donegan]]<!--c. 1960s-->,<ref name="Cousins and Donegan"/> the musician and songwriter [[Noel Gallagher]] (1967–),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Horton |first=Matthew |date=24 April 2013 |title=18 Things You Might Not Know About Oasis's 'Some Might Say' |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/18-things-you-might-not-know-about-oasiss-some-might-say-765579 |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> and the model [[Cara Delevingne]] (1992–&nbsp;).<ref name=W424Nov2014>{{cite news |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conceleb342.htm |title=Supermodel set to move to Chiswick |publisher=ChiswickW4 |date=24 November 2014 |access-date=29 July 2018}}</ref><!-- Bluelinks with full references only please, no uncited entries, thanks -->

=== 21st century ===

The playwright [[Michael Frayn]] (1933–&nbsp;) and his daughter the film maker and novelist [[Rebecca Frayn]] <!--(1962–&nbsp;)--> live in Chiswick.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rebecca Frayn's Deceptions |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conauthor003.htm |access-date=12 June 2016 |agency=Chiswick W4.com |date=10 June 2016}}</ref> Chiswick residents have included the singer [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]],<ref name="W4 2016"/> the TV journalists [[Jeremy Vine]],<ref name="W4 2016"/> [[Rageh Omaar]]<ref name="W4 2016"/> and [[Fergal Keane]],<ref name="W4 2016"/> the actors [[Phyllis Logan]],<ref name="W4 2016"/> [[Colin Firth]],<ref name="W4 2016"/> [[David Tennant]], [[Georgia Tennant]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jul/08/were-not-squeamish-david-tennant-on-privacy-parenting-and-playing-himself |title='We're not squeamish!' David Tennant on privacy, parenting and playing himself |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Elle |last=Hunt |date=8 July 2020 |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> and [[Vanessa Redgrave]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Damehood for Vanessa Redgrave in New Year's Honours: Chiswick-based actor and activist 'surprised' at award |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=egong034.htm |publisher=Chiswick W4 |access-date=5 January 2022 |date=4 January 2022}}</ref> the TV presenters [[Clare Balding]],<ref name=W424Nov2014/><!--

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--> [[Sarah Greene]],<ref name="W4 2016"/> [[Gavin Campbell (presenter)|Gavin Campbell]],<ref name="W4 2016"/> and [[Mary Nightingale]],<ref name="W4 2016"/> the journalist [[Alice Arnold (broadcaster)|Alice Arnold]],<ref name="W4 2016">{{cite news |title=Sophie Ellis Bextor Sings At 50th Green Days Festival. Chiswick celebrities also joined the line-up for the opening event |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=evbpf113.htm |access-date=12 June 2016 |agency=Chiswick W4.com |date=10 June 2016}}</ref> and the celebrity duo [[Ant & Dec|Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bhandari |first=Serena |title=Ant McPartlin 'feeling great' post-rehab |url=http://chiswickherald.co.uk/ant-mcpartlin-feeling-great-postrehab-p7453-95.htm |access-date=9 May 2018 |work=The Chiswick Herald |date=13 November 2017}}</ref>

== Demography and housing ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|+ '''2011 Census Homes'''
|-
!Ward !!Detached !!Semi-detached!!Terraced!!Flats and apartments!!Caravans etc.!!Shared<ref name=ons/>
|-
|Chiswick Homefields||149||916||1218||2493||12||69
|-
|Chiswick Riverside||243||947||1136||2753||3||25
|-
|Turnham Green||179||675||1247||2423||2
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|+ '''2011 Census Households'''
|-
!Ward !!Population !!Households !!% Owned outright !!% Owned w. loan!!hectares<ref name=ons/>
|-
|Chiswick Homefields||11346||4857||25.8||28.1||203
|-
|Chiswick Riverside ||11543||5107||24.8||31 ||192
|-
|Turnham Green ||11448||5443||25.9||23.5||177|-
|}


== In the arts ==
There are several private secondary schools in nearby areas, such as [[Godolphin and Latymer School]] (all girls, Hammersmith), [[Latymer Upper School]] (mixed, Hammersmith), [[St Paul's Girls' School]] (girls, Brook Green) and [[St Paul's School (London)|St Paul's School]] (boys, Barnes).


{{further|Chiswick Mall#In culture}}
===Higher education===
Chiswick is also home to the [[The Arts Educational Schools|Arts Educational Schools of London]], a theatre academy specialising in both [[acting]] and [[musical theatre]]. This institution has three areas: a secondary school for 11–16-year olds, a sixth form, and a degree-course school which offers BA Honours degrees in acting and in musical theatre. It is accredited by the Council for Dance Education and Training (CDET).


The novel ''[[Vanity Fair (novel)|Vanity Fair]]'' (1847/8) by [[William Makepeace Thackeray]] opens at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies in Chiswick Mall. [[Louis N. Parker]]'s play ''[[Pomander Walk (play)|Pomander Walk]]'' (1910) has the imagined setting of "a retired crescent of five very small, old-fashioned houses near Chiswick, on the river-bank. ... They are exactly alike: miniature copies of Queen Anne mansions".<ref>{{cite book |title=Pomander Walk |last=Parker |first=Louis N. |page=[https://archive.org/details/pomanderwalkcome00parkuoft/page/13 13] |url=https://archive.org/details/pomanderwalkcome00parkuoft |quote=retired crescent. |year=1915 |publisher=Samuel French}}</ref> [[Ford Madox Ford]]'s ''[[Parade's End]]'' tetralogy (1924/28) contains many scenes set in Chiswick, where the Wannop family resides. The BBC adaptation of the literary work featured filming on Bedford Park's Woodstock Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=Woodstock Road Goes Back in Time a Hundred Years |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conceleb299.htm |publisher=Chiswick W4 |access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref> [[Basil Dearden]]'s 1961 [[suspense film]] ''[[Victim (1961 film)|Victim]]'', starring [[Dirk Bogarde]] as the barrister Melville Farr, was set in Chiswick, and many of its scenes were filmed on Chiswick Mall, where Farr lived.<ref>{{cite web |title=When Dirk Bogarde Filmed In Chiswick |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=victimfilm001.htm |publisher=Chiswick W4 |access-date=23 August 2017 |date=29 July 2017}}</ref> On 20 May 1966 the Beatles filmed two of their earliest promotional films for the songs "[[Paperback Writer]]" and Rain in the grounds of Chiswick House.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 May 2016 |title=50 years since The Beatles filmed two groundbreaking music videos |url=https://chiswickhouseandgardens.org.uk/2016/05/20/50-years-since-beatles-filmed-two-groundbreaking-music-videos-chiswick-house-gardens/ |access-date=10 May 2022 |website=Chiswick House & Gardens}}</ref> The BBC sitcom ''[[My Family]]'' was set in Chiswick; it ran from 2000 to 2011.<ref name="W4 My Family">{{cite web |title=The End of My Family: BBC says goodbye to Chiswick's middle class Harpers after an 11 year run |url=http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conceleb268.htm |publisher=Chiswick W4 |access-date=1 August 2021 |date=28 March 2011}}</ref>
==Sports==
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===Rugby===
Chiswick has a local [[rugby union]] team, Chiswick RFC, formerly Old Meadonians RFC. It currently plays in Herts/Middlesex 1 league (level nine), eight leagues below the [[Guinness Premiership]]. It plays on a Saturday at [[Dukes Meadows]].


== Nearest places ==
===Rowing===
The Chiswick reach of the Thames is heavily used for competitive and recreational [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]], and Chiswick itself is home to several clubs. The [[University of London Boat Club]] is based in its boathouse off Hartington Road (the boathouse also houses the clubs of many of the University's constituent colleges and teaching hospitals). ULBC is, periodically, one of the most successful university clubs in the UK, with multiple wins at [[Henley Royal Regatta]]. Recent members include [[Tim Foster]], Gold medallist at the Sydney Olympics and [[Frances Houghton]], World Champion in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Mortlake Anglian & Alpha Rowing Club and Quintin Boat Club are situated between Chiswick Quay Marina and Chiswick Bridge. The foreshore facing these clubs is also used as the landing place for Boat Race crews.


{{Geographic Location|title = '''Adjoining districts'''|Northwest = [[Ealing]]|North = [[Acton, London|Acton]]|Northeast = [[Shepherd's Bush]]|West = [[Brentford]]|Centre = Chiswick|East = [[Hammersmith]]|Southwest = [[Kew, London|Kew]]|South = [[Mortlake]]|Southeast = [[Barnes, London|Barnes]]}}
Tideway Scullers School is immediately downriver of Chiswick Bridge. The Club's current members include single sculling World Champion [[Mahe Drysdale]] and Great Britain single sculler [[Alan Campbell (sculler)|Alan Campbell]]. The upriver end of the [[The Championship Course|Championship Course]] from [[Mortlake]] to [[Putney]] is adjacent to the Tideway Scullers School boathouse. [[The Boat Race]] is contested on the Championship Course on a flood tide (in other words from Putney to Mortlake) with Duke's Meadows a popular view-point for the closing stages of the race. Other important races such as the [[Head of the River Race]] race the reverse course, on an ebb tide.


==Notable people==
== See also ==
[[Image:William Hogarth statue.jpg|thumb|Statue of William Hogarth, Chiswick resident, by [[Jim Mathieson (sculptor)|Jim Mathieson]], in Chiswick High Road.]]


* [[List of schools in Hounslow]]
Chiswick's notable residents include, or have included, [[Anthony Burgess]], [[Roger Daltrey]], [[Pete Townshend]], [[John Entwistle]], [[Ant and Dec]], [[Vanessa Redgrave]], [[Kate Beckinsale]], [[Colin Firth]], [[Timothy Dalton]], [[Jeremy Irons]], [[Nigel Havers]], [[Moira Stuart]], [[Des Lynam]], [[Juliet Morris]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Dennis Waterman]], [[Noel Gallagher]], [[Davina McCall]], [[Jasper Conran]], [[Kim Wilde]], [[Pete Briquette]], [[James Dean Bradfield]], [[Toyah Willcox]] & [[Robert Fripp]], [[Nick Lowe]], [[Robyn Hitchcock]], [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]], [[Felicity Kendal]], [[Peter Foxhall]], [[Mick Hucknall]], [[Judy Loe]], [[Tommy Cooper]], [[Bill Bailey]], [[John Thaw]], [[Sheila Hancock]], [[Suzi Perry]], [[Al Murray]], [[Alice Arnold]], [[Clare Balding]], [[PExample.oggatrick Stewart]], [[Shaun Edwards]], [[Martin Offiah]],[[Murat Karaca]] Claire Goose,William Dalrymple [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dalrymple_%28historian%29]


== Notes ==


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===Blue plaques===
[[Blue plaque]]s have been erected for the following people:<ref name=english>English Heritage - [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/All Search Blue Plaques]. Retrieved on 1 February 2008.</ref>


== References ==
* [[Jack Beresford]], Olympic rowing champion
* [[E. M. Forster]], novelist
* [[Joseph Michael Gandy]], architect and painter
* Private [[Frederick Hitch]], (V.C.) hero of [[Rorke's Drift]]
* [[John Lindley]], botanist and pioneer orchidologist
* [[Lucien Pissarro]], painter, print-maker and wood engraver
* [[Alexander Pope]], poet
* [[Johann Zoffany]], painter


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==Media appearances==


== Sources ==
* The Exterior of Chiswick house was filmed for Marisa Coulter's house in the 2007 blockbuster [[The Golden Compass]]
* Exterior shots of Chiswick Town Hall appeared in the 1990 ''[[Inspector Morse]]'' TV episode ''[[List of Inspector Morse episodes#Series 4: 1990|Masonic Mysteries]]'', as the building in which Morse's local choral society is performing ''[[The Magic Flute]]''.
* A home on Bath Road was used in the film ''[[Love Actually]]'', in a scene featuring Chiswick resident, [[Colin Firth]].
* Because Chiswick is located close to television studios, it is used frequently by national television channels such as the [[BBC]] and [[ITV]] for location shots. Recent TV material was shot for ''[[The Worst Week of My Life]]'', ''Love Soup'' and ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' at Sutton Court & environs.
* Many location shots for the more recent version of ''[[Vanity Fair (2004 film)|Vanity Fair]]'' were shot in the grounds of [[Chiswick House]] including the bridge and lake.
* In ''[[Bottom (TV series)|Bottom]]'', Eddie's sleeping bag was in Chiswick.
* The Harpers in ''[[My Family]]'' live in Chiswick.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' third series episode [[The Runaway Bride (Doctor Who)|"The Runaway Bride"]], [[Donna Noble]], played by [[Catherine Tate]], was to be married at a church in Chiswick.
* [[The Beatles]] film ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'' featured a river-side sequence filmed at [[Strand-on-the-Green]], Chiswick.
* The 1980's sitcom ''[[Three Up, Two Down]]'' was set in Chiswick.
* Chiswick Auction House also regularly appears on the BBC show "Cash in the Attic."


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==References==
{{Reflist}}


* {{cite book |last=Baker |first=T. F. T. |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22559 |title=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden |chapter=Chiswick: Growth |publisher=British History Online |year=1982 |display-authors=etal}}
==External links==
* {{cite book |last=Clegg |first=Gillian |title=Chiswick Past |publisher=Historical Publications |year=1995 |isbn=0-94866-733-8 }}
* [http://www.aardvarkmap.net/maps/Z6AFTJ25 Definitive guide to Chiswick]
* {{cite book |last1=Cherry |first1=Bridget |author1-link=Bridget Cherry |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author2-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |title=[[The Buildings of England]]. London 3: North West |publisher=Penguin Books |publication-place=London |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-14-071048-9 |oclc=24722942 }}
*[http://www.chiswickw4.com Chiswick's local community web site]
*[http://www.sutton-court.co.uk Sutton Court, an example of a mansion block in Chiswick]
*[http://www.virtual-chiswick.ukonline.co.uk/ Virtual Tour of Chiswick]
*[http://www.oldstratforduponavon.com/chiswick A few Old Postcards of Chiswick]
*[http://www.uk-web-index.co.uk/villagedetails/London/London/Chiswick/ Photographs of Chiswick]
*[http://chiswickhistory.org.uk/ Chiswick history website]
*''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22559 Chiswick: Growth]'', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7: Acton, Chiswick, Ealing and Brentford, West Twyford, Willesden, (1982)
*[http://www.mychiswick.com MyChiswick.com] - Google customised by the Chiswick community


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Chiswick is located in Greater London
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Chiswick
Location within Greater London
Area5.72 km2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population34,337 (Chiswick Homefields, Chiswick Riverside, Turnham Green wards 2011)[2]
• Density6,003/km2 (15,550/sq mi)
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• Charing Cross6 mi (9.7 km) E
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Region
CountryEngland
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51°29′N 0°16′W / 51.49°N 0.26°W / 51.49; -0.26

Chiswick (/ˈɪzɪk/ CHIZ-ik)[3] is a district in the London Borough of Hounslow, West London, England. It contains Hogarth's House, the former residence of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth; Chiswick House, a neo-Palladian villa regarded as one of the finest in England; and Fuller's Brewery, London's largest and oldest brewery. In a meander of the River Thames used for competitive and recreational rowing, with several rowing clubs on the river bank, the finishing post for the Boat Race is just downstream of Chiswick Bridge.

Old Chiswick was an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with an agrarian and fishing economy beside the river; from the Early Modern period, the wealthy built imposing riverside houses on Chiswick Mall. Having good communications with London, Chiswick became a popular country retreat and part of the suburban growth of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was made the Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick in 1932 and part of Greater London in 1965, when it merged into the London Borough of Hounslow. Modern Chiswick is an affluent area which includes the early garden suburb Bedford Park, Grove Park, the Glebe Estate, Strand-on-the-Green and tube stations Chiswick Park, Turnham Green, and Stamford Brook, as well as the Gunnersbury Triangle local nature reserve. Some parts of Bedford Park and Acton Green are in the Chiswick W4 postcode area but the London Borough of Ealing. The main shopping and dining centre is Chiswick High Road.

Chiswick Roundabout is the start of the North Circular Road (A406). At Hogarth Roundabout, the Great West Road from central London becomes the M4 motorway, while the Great Chertsey Road (A316) runs south-west, becoming the M3 motorway.

People who have lived in Chiswick include the poets Alexander Pope and W. B. Yeats, the Italian poet and revolutionary Ugo Foscolo, the painters Vincent van Gogh and Camille Pissarro, the novelist E. M. Forster, the rock musicians Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Phil Collins, the stage director Peter Brook, and the actress Imogen Poots.

History

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Old Chiswick: the fifteenth-century Old Burlington, one of two former pubs on Church Street, Chiswick. The tower of the former Lamb Brewery is behind it on the left.

Chiswick was first recorded c. 1000 as the Old English Ceswican meaning "Cheese Farm"; the riverside area of Duke's Meadows is thought to have supported an annual cheese fair up until the 18th century.[4][5] The area was settled in Roman times; an urn found at Turnham Green contained Roman coins, and Roman brickwork was found under the Sutton manor house.[6]

Old Chiswick grew up as a village around St Nicholas Church from c. 1181 on Church Street, its inhabitants practising farming, fishing and other riverside trades including a ferry, important as there were no bridges between London Bridge and Kingston throughout the Middle Ages.[7] The area included three other small settlements, the fishing village of Strand-on-the-Green, the hamlet of Little Sutton in the centre, and Turnham Green on the west road out of London.[7]

A decisive skirmish took place on Turnham Green early in the English Civil War. In November 1642, royalist forces under Prince Rupert, marching from Oxford to retake London, were halted by a larger parliamentarian force under the Earl of Essex. The royalists retreated and never again threatened the capital.[8]

From 1758 until 1929 the Dukes of Devonshire owned Chiswick House, and their legacy can be found in street names all over Chiswick.[a][9]

In 1864, John Isaac Thornycroft, founder of the John I. Thornycroft & Company shipbuilding company, established a yard at Church Wharf at the west end of Chiswick Mall.[10][11] The shipyard built the first naval destroyer, HMS Daring of the Daring class, in 1893.[12] To cater for the increasing size of warships, Thornycroft moved its shipyard to Southampton in 1909.[13]

Postcard photo of Chiswick High Road and King Street, Hammersmith, c. 1900

In 1822, the Royal Horticultural Society leased 33 acres (13.4 ha) of land in the area south of the High Road between what are now Sutton Court Road and Duke's Avenue.[14] This site was used for its fruit tree collection and its first school of horticulture, and housed its first flower shows. The area was reduced to 10 acres (4.0 ha) in the 1870s, and the lease was terminated when the Society's garden at Wisley, Surrey, was set up in 1904. Some of the original pear trees still grow in the gardens of houses built on the site.

The population of Chiswick grew almost tenfold during the 19th century, reaching 29,809 in 1901,[15] and the area is a mixture of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian housing. Suburban building began in Gunnersbury in the 1860s and in Bedford Park, the first garden suburb, on the borders of Chiswick and Acton, in 1875.[16]

During the Second World War, Chiswick was bombed repeatedly,[17] with both incendiary and high explosive bombs. Falling anti-aircraft shells and shrapnel also caused damage. The first V-2 rocket to hit London fell on Staveley Road, Chiswick, at 6.43pm on 8 September 1944, killing three people, injuring 22 others and causing extensive damage to surrounding trees and buildings. Six houses were demolished by the rocket and many more suffered damage.[18] There is a memorial where the rocket fell on Staveley Road,[19] and a War Memorial at the east end of Turnham Green.[20]

Refuge was founded in 1971 in Chiswick, as the modern world's first safe house for women and children escaping domestic violence.[21]

By the start of the 21st century, Chiswick had become an affluent suburb.[22]

Governance

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Chiswick Town Hall, designed by A. Ramsden, 1901[23]

Chiswick St Nicholas was an ancient, and later civil, parish in the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex.[24] Until 1834 its vestry governed most parish affairs. After the Poor Law Amendment Act (1834), local administration in Chiswick began to be devolved to authorities beyond the vestry. Then, Chiswick poor relief was administered by the Brentford Poor Law Union.[25] Briefly, from 1849 to 1855, responsibility for Chiswick drains and sewers passed to the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers under its 'Fulham and Hammersmith Sewer District.'[26] From 1858, under the Chiswick Improvement Act of that year,[26] responsibility for drains and sewers, paving and lighting was vested in an elected board of eighteen Improvement Commissioners.[26] This operated as Chiswick's secular local authority for a quarter of a century until its replacement with a Local Board in 1883.[26] In 1878 the parish gained a triangle of land in the east which had formed a detached part of Ealing.[27] From 1894 to 1927 the parish formed the Chiswick Urban District.[28][29] In 1927 it was abolished and its former area was merged with that of Brentford Urban District to form Brentford and Chiswick Urban District.[30] The amalgamated district became a municipal borough in 1932. The borough of Brentford and Chiswick was abolished in 1965, and its former area was transferred to Greater London to form part of the London Borough of Hounslow.[31] With these changes, Chiswick Town Hall is no longer the local government centre but remains an approved venue for marriage and civil partnership ceremonies.[32] Chiswick forms part of the Brentford and Isleworth Parliament constituency, having been part of the Brentford and Chiswick constituency between 1918 and 1974.[33] The Member of Parliament (MP) is Ruth Cadbury (Labour), elected at the May 2015 general election replacing Mary Macleod (Conservative). For elections to the London Assembly Chiswick is in the South West constituency, represented since 2000 by Tony Arbour, of the Conservative Party. For elections to Hounslow London Borough Council, Chiswick is represented by three electoral wards: Turnham Green, Chiswick Homefields and Chiswick Riverside. Each ward elects three councillors, who serve four-year terms. For 2010–14, all nine councillors were Conservatives.[34][35][36] It was one of 35 major centres identified in the statutory planning document of Greater London, the London Plan of 2008.[37]

Geography

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Painting Corney House in Chiswick from the River by Jacob Knyff, 1675–80. St Nicholas Church is in the centre.

Chiswick occupies a meander of the River Thames, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Charing Cross. The district is built up towards the north with more open space in the south, including the grounds of Chiswick House and Duke's Meadows. Chiswick has one main shopping area, the Chiswick High Road, forming a long high street in the north, with additional shops on Turnham Green Terrace and Devonshire Road. The river forms the southern boundary with Kew, including North Sheen, Mortlake and Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It includes the uninhabited island of Chiswick Eyot, joined to the mainland at low tide. In the east Goldhawk Road and British Grove border Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. In the north are Bedford Park (like Chiswick, within the London W4 postcode area) and South Acton in the London Borough of Ealing, with a boundary partially delineated by the District line. On the west, within Hounslow, are the districts of Gunnersbury, which is within the bounds of the early 19th century parish of Chiswick,[38] and Brentford.[39] A short distance south of the High Road in the centre of Chiswick is the Glebe Estate, consisting of small terraced houses built in the 1870s on glebe land once owned by the local church, and now a desirable place to live.[40] Chiswick is in the W4 postcode district of the London post town, which in a tribute to its ancient parish includes Bedford Park and Acton Green, mostly within the London Borough of Ealing.[41]

Some of the most beautiful period mansion blocks in Chiswick, such as Heathfield Court and Arlington Mansions, line the sides of Turnham Green – the site of the Battle of Turnham Green in 1642. Other suburbs of Chiswick include Grove Park (south of the A4, close to Chiswick railway station) and Strand on the Green, a fishing hamlet until the late 18th century.[42] As early as 1896, Bedford Park was advertised as being in Chiswick,[43] though at that time much of it was in Acton.[27]

Economy

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Griffin Brewery, Old Chiswick

Chiswick High Road contains a mix of retail shops, restaurants, food outlets and office and hotel space. The wide streets encourage cafes, pubs and restaurants to provide pavement seating. Lying between the offices at the Golden Mile Great West Road and Hammersmith, office developments and warehouse conversions to offices began from the 1960s. The first in 1961 was 414 Chiswick High Road on the site of the old Chiswick Empire. Between 1964 and 1966, the 18-storey IBM headquarters was built above Gunnersbury station, designed to accommodate 1500 people. It became the home of the British Standards Institution in 1994.[44] Chiswick has an annual book festival.[45]

Chiswick is home to the Griffin Brewery, where Fuller, Smith & Turner and its predecessor companies brewed their prize-winning ales on the same site for over 350 years. The original brewery was in the gardens of Bedford House in Chiswick Mall.[46]

A weekly farmers' market is held every Sunday by Grove Park Farm House, Duke's Meadows.[47] A monthly flower market is held on the first Sunday of each month on Chiswick High Road in the old market place, now mostly used as a car park, near the Hogarth statue.[48] An antiques market is to be held on the second Sunday of each month, and a "Cheese and Provisions" market with 23 stalls on the third and fourth Sundays of each month in the same area, so there will in effect be a weekly market event on the High Road once again.[49][50]

Points of interest

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Chiswick House in Palladian style, 1726-29

Chiswick House

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Chiswick House was designed by the Third Earl of Burlington, and built for him, in 1726–29 as an extension to an earlier Jacobean house (subsequently demolished in 1788); it is considered to be among the finest surviving examples of Palladian architecture in Britain, with superb collections of paintings and furniture. Its surrounding grounds, laid out by William Kent, are among the most important historical gardens in England and Wales, forming one of the first English landscape gardens.[51] It was used as an asylum from 1892 to 1928; up to 40 private patients were housed in wings which were demolished in 1956 when the house was restored.[52]

Churches

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Christ Church, Turnham Green, by George Gilbert Scott, 1843

St Nicholas Church, near the river Thames, has a 15th-century tower, although the remainder of the church was rebuilt by J.L. Pearson in 1882–84. Monuments in the churchyard mark the burial sites of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth and William Kent, the architect and landscape designer; the churchyard also houses a mausoleum (for Philip James de Loutherbourg) designed by John Soane, and the tomb of Josiah Wedgwood's business partner, Thomas Bentley, designed by Thomas Scheemakers.[53] One of Oliver Cromwell's daughters, Mary Fauconberg, lived at Sutton Court and is buried in the churchyard.[54] Enduring legend has it that the body of Oliver Cromwell was also interred with her, though as the Fauconbergs did not move to Sutton Court until 15 years after his disinterment, it is more likely he was reburied at their home at Newburgh Priory.[54] Private Frederick Hitch VC, hero of Rorke's Drift, is also buried there.[55]

The church of St Michael, Sutton Court was designed by W. D. Caröe in 1908–1909. It is a red brick building on Elmwood road, in Tudor style.[56] St Paul's Church, Grove Park is a Gothic style stone building designed by H. Currey. It was built largely at the Duke of Devonshire's expense in 1872.[56]

St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park was initially a temporary iron building from 1876 on Chiswick High Road facing Chiswick Lane. The current building's foundation stone was laid in 1879 and consecrated in 1880. It was designed, along with much of Bedford Park, by Norman Shaw, and was called "a very lovely church" by John Betjeman. It is an Anglo-Catholic church, and was attacked on the day it was consecrated for "Popish and Pagan mummeries" by the brewer Henry Smith, churchwarden of St Nicholas, Chiswick.[57]

Christ Church, Turnham Green is an early Victorian Gothic building of flint with stone dressings. The main part of the building, by George Gilbert Scott and W. B. Moffat, is from 1843; the chancel and northeast chapel were added in 1887 by J. Brooks.[56]

Chiswick's principal Roman Catholic church, Our Lady of Grace and St Edward (the Confessor) in the Diocese of Westminster, lies on the corner of Duke's Avenue and the High Road. It is a red brick building; the parish was founded in 1848, a school began c. 1855, and a church was opened by Cardinal Wiseman on the present site in 1864. It was replaced by the present building in 1886, opened by Cardinal Manning. The heavy debts incurred were paid off and the church consecrated in 1904. The square tower was added after the First World War by Canon Egan as a war memorial.[58]

The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God and the Holy Royal Martyrs with its characteristic blue onion dome with gold stars is in Harvard Road. The Russian Orthodox church built it in 1998.[59]

Chiswick Mall

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Chiswick Mall, looking east from Church Street. The grand houses are on the left; their waterfront gardens are on the right.

Chiswick Mall is a waterfront street on the north bank of the River Thames in the oldest part of Chiswick near St Nicholas Church. It consists mainly of some thirty "grand houses"[60] from the Georgian and Victorian eras, many of them now listed buildings, overlooking the street on the north side; their gardens are on the other side of the street beside the river.[61] The largest and finest[60] house on the street is Walpole House, a Grade I listed building; part of it is Tudor, but the building now visible is late 17th to early 18th century.[62]

Strand-on-the-Green

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Engraving of Kew Bridge and Strand-on-the-Green, 1832

Strand-on-the-Green is the most westerly part of Chiswick, "particularly picturesque"[63] with a paved riverside path fronted by a row of "imposing"[63] 18th-century houses, interspersed with three riverside pubs, the Bell and Crown, Bull’s Head, and the City Barge. The low-lying path is flooded at high tides. It became fashionable in 1759 when Kew Bridge opened just upstream, with the royal family at Kew Palace nearby.[63]

Bedford Park

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The Bedford Park neighbourhood was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as the first place "where the relaxed, informal mood of a market town or village was adopted for a complete speculatively built suburb".[64] In 1877 the speculator Jonathan Carr hired Shaw as his estate architect. Shaw's house designs, in the Queen Anne Revival style with red brick, roughcast, decorative gables, and both oriel and dormer windows, gave the impression of great variety using only a few types of house.[65] These were scaled-down versions of the more expensive houses that he had designed for wealthy areas such as Chelsea, Hampstead, and Kensington. He also designed the focal buildings of the garden suburb, including the church of St Michael and All Angels and the Tabard Inn opposite it.[64][66][67]

Duke's Meadows

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Duke's Meadows stands on land formerly owned by the Duke of Devonshire. In the 1920s, it was purchased by the local council, who developed it as a recreational centre. A promenade and bandstand were built, and the meadows are still used for sport with a rugby club, football pitches, hockey club, several rowing clubs and a golf club. In recent years a local conservation charity, the Dukes Meadows Trust, has undertaken extensive restoration work, which saw a long-term project of a children's water play area opened in August 2006.[68]

Pond dipping in Gunnersbury Triangle, a local nature reserve

Gunnersbury Triangle

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The Gunnersbury Triangle local nature reserve, opposite Chiswick Park Underground station, is managed by London Wildlife Trust. The area, a railway triangle, was saved from development by a public inquiry, and became a reserve in 1985. Its 2.5 hectares are covered mainly in secondary birch woodland, with willow carr (wet woodland) in the low-lying centre, and acid grassland on the former Acton Curve railway track. The reserve runs a varied programme of activities including wildlife walks, fungus forays, open days and talks.[69][70][71]

Public houses and theatres

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The Mawson Arms, briefly the home of the poet Alexander Pope

There are several historic public houses in Chiswick, some of them listed buildings, including the Mawson Arms,[72] the George and Devonshire,[73] the Old Packhorse[74] and The Tabard in Bath Road near Turnham Green station. The Tabard is known for its William Morris interior and its Norman Shaw exterior; it was built in 1880.[75] Three more pubs are in Strand-on-the-Green, fronting on to the Thames river path.[76]

Chiswick had two well-known theatres in the 20th century.[77] The Chiswick Empire (1912 to 1959) was at 414 Chiswick High Road. It had 2,140 seats,[78] and staged music hall entertainment, plays, reviews, opera, ballet and an annual Christmas pantomime. The Q Theatre (1924 to 1959) was a small theatre opposite Kew Bridge station. It staged the first works of Terence Rattigan and William Douglas-Home, and many of its plays went on to the West End.[79]

The 96-seat Tabard Theatre (1985) in Bath Road, upstairs from the Tabard pub but a separate business, is known for new writing and experimental work.[80]

Other buildings

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Sanderson wallpaper factory design by Charles Voysey, 1902

The Sanderson Factory in Barley Mow Passage, now known as Voysey House, was designed by the architect Charles Voysey in 1902. It is built in white glazed brick, with Staffordshire blue bricks (now painted black) forming horizontal bands, the plinth, and surrounds for door and window openings, and dressings in Portland stone. It was originally a wallpaper printing works, now used as office space. It is a Grade II* listed building. It faces the main factory building and was once joined to it by a bridge across the road. It was Voysey's only industrial building, and is considered an "important Arts and Crafts factory building".[81]

In 1971 Erin Pizzey established the world's first domestic violence refuge at 2 Belmont Terrace, naming her organisation "Chiswick Women's Aid". The local council attempted to evict Pizzey's residents, but were unsuccessful and she soon established more such premises elsewhere, inspiring the creation of refuges worldwide.[82][83]

Chiswick is home to the Arts Educational Schools in Bath Road.[84]

The house used for filming the comedy show Taskmaster, a former groundskeeper's cottage, is just off Great Chertsey Road, near Chiswick Bridge.[85]

Transport

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The design of Chiswick Bridge, opened in 1933, has been praised as reflecting the Palladian architecture of Chiswick House.[86]

Chiswick is situated at the start of the North Circular Road (A406), South Circular Road (A205) and the M4 motorway, the latter providing a direct connection to Heathrow Airport and the M25 motorway. The Great West Road (A4) runs eastwards into central London via the Hogarth Roundabout where it meets the Great Chertsey Road (A316) which runs south-west, eventually joining the M3 motorway.[87]

The southern border of Chiswick runs along the River Thames, which is crossed in this area by Barnes Railway and Foot Bridge, Chiswick Bridge, Kew Railway Bridge and Kew Bridge. River services between Westminster Pier and Hampton Court depart from Kew Gardens Pier just across Kew Bridge.[88]

Bus routes on or near Chiswick High Road are the 94, 110, 237, 267, 272, 440, E3 and H91.[89] The 94 is a 24-hour service, and the High Road is also served at night by the N9.[90][91]

The District line serves Chiswick with four London Underground stations, Stamford Brook, Turnham Green, Chiswick Park and Gunnersbury.[92] Turnham Green is an interchange with the Piccadilly line, but only before 06:50 and after 22:30, when Piccadilly line trains stop at the station. Chiswick railway station on the Hounslow Loop Line is served by a regular South Western Railway service to London Waterloo via Clapham Junction.[92] The North London line crosses Chiswick (north-south); London Overground stations are Gunnersbury and South Acton.[92]

Sport

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The Boat Race finishing post by Chiswick Bridge

Chiswick's local rugby union teams include Chiswick RFC, formerly Old Meadonians RFC. The team plays league games on a Saturday at Dukes Meadows.[93] Chiswick's cricket club, formerly known as Turnham Green and Polytechnic, plays at Riverside Drive.[94] On Chiswick Common is the Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre, where there are tennis, five-a-side football and netball courts available to hire to the public.[95] Private tennis coaching for individuals and groups is also available.[96]

The Chiswick reach of the Thames is heavily used for competitive and recreational rowing. Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney runs past Chiswick Eyot and Duke's Meadows. The Boat Race is contested on the Championship Course on a flood tide (in other words from Putney to Mortlake) with Duke's Meadows a popular view-point for the closing stages of the race. The finishing post is just downstream of Chiswick Bridge.[97] Other important races such as the Head of the River Race race the reverse course, on an ebb tide.[98] Chiswick is home to several clubs. The University of London Boat Club is based in its boathouse off Hartington Road, which also houses the clubs of many London colleges and teaching hospitals; recent members include Tim Foster, Gold medallist at the Sydney Olympics and Frances Houghton, World Champion in 2005, 2006 and 2007.[99] Quintin Boat Club lies between Chiswick Quay Marina and Chiswick Bridge.[100] Tideway Scullers School is just downriver of Chiswick Bridge; its members include single sculling World Champion Mahé Drysdale and Great Britain single sculler Alan Campbell.[101]

Chiswick High Road was once home to the Chequered Flag garage and its associated motor racing team.[102][103]

Notable people

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Hogarth's House, later the home of the poet Henry Francis Cary

18th century

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In the 18th century, the poet Alexander Pope, author of The Rape of the Lock, lived in Chiswick between 1716 and 1719, in the building which is now the Mawson Arms at the corner of Mawson Lane.[104][105] The actor Charles Holland was born in Chiswick in 1733.[106] The artist William Hogarth bought the house now known as Hogarth's House in 1749,[107][108] lived there until his death in 1764, and is buried in St Nicholas's churchyard.[109][110] The house later belonged to the poet and translator of Dante, Henry Francis Cary, who lived there from 1814 to 1833.[111] In February 1766 Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived a few weeks with a local grocer, before moving to Wootton, Staffordshire.[112] The painter Johann Zoffany lived on Strand-on-the-Green.[113]

19th century

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Bath Road, London, 1897. Impressionist painting of Bath Road, Bedford Park by Camille Pissarro

In the 19th century, the Italian writer, revolutionary and poet Ugo Foscolo died in exile at Turnham Green in 1827,[114] and was buried at St Nicholas Churchyard, Chiswick, where his monument incorrectly states he was 50, not 49. In 1871 his remains were taken to Italy and given a national hero's burial in Santa Croce, Florence alongside Michelangelo and Galileo, while his monument in Chiswick was lavishly refurbished.[115][116]

The inventor of the electric telegraph, Francis Ronalds, lived on Chiswick Lane from 1833 to 1852.[117] Another engineer, John Edward Thornycroft was born in Chiswick in 1872;[118] his father, John Isaac Thornycroft, had founded the Chiswick-based John I. Thornycroft & Company shipbuilding company in 1864, which Thornycroft later joined and developed.[119] The artist Montague Dawson, regarded as one of the best 20th-century painters of the sea, was born in Chiswick in 1895.[120]

Sketch of Turnham Green Congregational Church (right) by Vincent van Gogh, c. 1875. He taught Sunday school in the iron structure.[121]

The painter Vincent van Gogh spent three years in Chiswick in the 1870s, teaching Sunday school pupils in the newly-constructed Chiswick Congregational Church, which was on the site of the Arlington Park Mansions on Turnham Green; he wrote of Chiswick as a "verdant" district of London.[122][123][121]

The poet W. B. Yeats lived in Woodstock Road as a boy from 1879, and came back in 1887 to live in Blenheim Road, where, inspired by Chiswick Eyot, he wrote The Lake Isle of Innisfree.[124][125]

The Pissarro family of painters, the impressionist Camille Pissarro, his eldest son Lucien, as well as Felix and Ludovic-Rodo lived in 62 Bath Road, Chiswick around 1897; with Camille Pissarro painting a series of notable landscapes of the area.[126][127] The landscape artist Lewis Pinhorn Wood lived at Homefield Road[128] from 1897 to 1908.

20th century

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Arlington Park Mansions, facing Turnham Green, with E. M. Forster blue plaque

In the twentieth century, the novelist E. M. Forster (1879–1970) lived at 9 Arlington Park Mansions[129] from 1939 until at least 1961.[130] John Osborne (1929–1994) wrote his play Look Back in Anger on his houseboat at Cubitts Yacht Basin.[131]

Notable people born before the Second World War include the cricketers Patsy Hendren (1899–1962)[132] and Jack Robertson (1917–1996),[133] the novelist Iris Murdoch (1919–1999) who lived on Eastbourne Road,[134] the theatre and film director Peter Brook (1925–2022),[135][136] the Winchester College headmaster John Leonard Thorn (1925–2023),[137] the zoologist and broadcaster Aubrey Manning (1930–2018),[138] and marine geologist Frederick Vine (1939– ).[139] The comic song performer Michael Flanders (1922–1975) spent the last years of his life in Bedford Park.[140] The actress Sylvia Syms (1934–2023), star of films such as Ice Cold in Alex, lived on Dukes Avenue.[141] The Who rock musicians John Entwistle (1944–2002) and Pete Townshend (1945– ) were both born in Chiswick during the Second World War.[142] Deep Purple lead singer Ian Gillan was born in Chiswick on 19 August 1945.[143]

Those born in Chiswick during the post-war period include the rock musician Dave Cousins,[144] the cricketer Mike Selvey (1948– ),[145] the musician Phil Collins (1951– ),[146] the singer Kim Wilde (1960– ),[147] illustrator Clifford Harper (1949– ), the photographer Derek Ridgers (1952– ),[148] the actress Kate Beckinsale (1973– ),[149] the comedian Mel Smith (1952–2013),[150] and the cricketer Dimitri Mascarenhas (1977– ).[151]

Among those who have lived in Chiswick are the novelist Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), at 24 Glebe Street in the mid-1960s;[152] the playwright Harold Pinter (1930–2008) who lived at 373 Chiswick High Road;[134] the pianist and broadcaster Sidney Harrison (1903–1986) who in the 1960s lived at 57 Hartington Road[153] and later at 37 The Avenue;[154] the musical double act Bob and Alf Pearson, Bob (1907–1985) on Netheravon Road in the 1940s,[155] and Alf (1910–2012) on Linden Gardens in the 1950s;[156] the pop artist Peter Blake (1932–), in Chiswick since 1967,[157] with a "vast" studio in a former ironmonger's warehouse;[158] the actor Hugh Grant (1960– ), who grew up in Chiswick, living next to Arlington Park Mansions on Sutton Lane; the singer Bruce Dickinson (1958– ) of the band Iron Maiden;[159] the TV presenter Kate Humble (1968– );[160] the actress Elizabeth McGovern (1961– ) and her husband, film director Simon Curtis (1960– );[161] the American lawyer John Lowenthal (1925–2003),[162][163] the singer Lonnie Donegan,[144] the musician and songwriter Noel Gallagher (1967–),[164] and the model Cara Delevingne (1992– ).[165]

21st century

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The playwright Michael Frayn (1933– ) and his daughter the film maker and novelist Rebecca Frayn live in Chiswick.[166] Chiswick residents have included the singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor,[167] the TV journalists Jeremy Vine,[167] Rageh Omaar[167] and Fergal Keane,[167] the actors Phyllis Logan,[167] Colin Firth,[167] David Tennant, Georgia Tennant,[168] and Vanessa Redgrave,[169] the TV presenters Clare Balding,[165] Sarah Greene,[167] Gavin Campbell,[167] and Mary Nightingale,[167] the journalist Alice Arnold,[167] and the celebrity duo Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.[170]

Demography and housing

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2011 Census Homes
Ward Detached Semi-detached Terraced Flats and apartments Caravans etc. Shared[2]
Chiswick Homefields 149 916 1218 2493 12 69
Chiswick Riverside 243 947 1136 2753 3 25
Turnham Green 179 675 1247 2423 2
2011 Census Households
Ward Population Households % Owned outright % Owned w. loan hectares[2]
Chiswick Homefields 11346 4857 25.8 28.1 203
Chiswick Riverside 11543 5107 24.8 31 192
Turnham Green 11448 5443 25.9 23.5 -

In the arts

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The novel Vanity Fair (1847/8) by William Makepeace Thackeray opens at Miss Pinkerton's Academy for Young Ladies in Chiswick Mall. Louis N. Parker's play Pomander Walk (1910) has the imagined setting of "a retired crescent of five very small, old-fashioned houses near Chiswick, on the river-bank. ... They are exactly alike: miniature copies of Queen Anne mansions".[171] Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End tetralogy (1924/28) contains many scenes set in Chiswick, where the Wannop family resides. The BBC adaptation of the literary work featured filming on Bedford Park's Woodstock Road.[172] Basil Dearden's 1961 suspense film Victim, starring Dirk Bogarde as the barrister Melville Farr, was set in Chiswick, and many of its scenes were filmed on Chiswick Mall, where Farr lived.[173] On 20 May 1966 the Beatles filmed two of their earliest promotional films for the songs "Paperback Writer" and Rain in the grounds of Chiswick House.[174] The BBC sitcom My Family was set in Chiswick; it ran from 2000 to 2011.[175]

Nearest places

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ There are streets named after their title (Duke Road, Dukes Avenue, Devonshire Road, Devonshire Gardens); their surname (Cavendish Road); their courtesy titles (Hartington Road, Burlington Lane); their estates (Chatsworth Road, Bolton Road); and the village on their main estate (Edensor Road).[9]

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