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<br/>A Church of England parish church in Hampton Hill
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<br/>The former Duke of Wellington pub at the corner of Wellington Road and Burton's Road, Hampton Hill, pictured in 1990. The building stands totally derelict following a major fire. It has since been turned into housing. I don't think it was a great loss to the local drinking community as there is a much better pub round the corner.
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<br/>This is the old Duke of Wellington as it looks in 2007, quite well converted into two town houses. Compare this picture to the earlier one of the pub standing derelict.
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Dist:0.5km north<br/>The perimeter path along the northern side of Bushy Park on a sunny evening in 1996.
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Dist:0.6km south<br/>This building, close to and opposite the end of Windmill Road, was until 1913 a pub called the Brewery Tap, and nicknamed 'The Old Mud Hut'. When pictured in 1975 it was a private house, but not long after became a sports shop. I don't know what it is in use for today - perhaps somebody could enlighten me? If you have access to a copy of "The Birth and Growth of Hampton Hill" by Margery Orton and published in 1975, have a look at the picture of the pub taken about 1910.
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Dist:0.6km west<br/>This is the band of No. 267 Squadron, Air Training Corps leading a parade along Saint James' Road, Hampton Hill in 1971. I cannot remember the exact event. The Officer on the left is Gordon Tims.
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Dist:0.8km east<br/>Houses in Stanley Gardens Road, Teddington (TW11 8SY). Number 59 is in the foreground, numbers 45 to 57 also visible.
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Dist:0.9km southwest<br/>This is a very significant picture for the Geograph Project. The cannon was erected in 1926 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Major General William Roy, who conceived the idea of using triangulation to produce a map of the whole country, thus laying the foundations for the Ordnance Survey. The monument was placed at the south-eastern end of the very first base-line for the Ordnance Survey, which was at the time part of Hounslow Heath. The other end is marked by a similar monument on the north side of Heathrow Airport (which has been rendered rather pointless by it having been moved to allow development there). The area was chosen because at the time it was flat and unobstructed, allowing a long, straight baseline to be measured. This was done using accurately measured rods which were used almost like a huge pair of rulers to measure the length of the line. Modern surveys have shown that this was just a couple of inches out - a remarkable achievement. The cannon is today on the corner of a fairly ordinary pre-war housing estate, but the significance is also recalled in the street names - Cannon Close and Roy Grove.
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Dist:0.9km southwest<br/>The inscription on the plaque reads: "THIS TABLET WAS AFFIXED IN 1926 TO COMMEMORATE THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM ROY F.R.S., BORN 4TH MAY 1726 – DIED 1ST JULY 1790. HE CONCEIVED THE IDEA OF CARRYING OUT THE TRIANGULATION OF THIS COUNTRY AND OF CONSTRUCTING A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE MAP, AND THEREBY LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY THIS GUN MARKS THE S.E. TERMINAL OF THE BASE WHICH WAS MEASURED IN 1784 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF GENERAL ROY, AS PART OF THE OBSERVATIONS FOR DETERMINING THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE GREENWICH AND PARIS OBSERVATORIES – THIS MEASUREMENT WAS RENDERED POSSIBLE BY THE MUNIFICENCE OF H.M. KING GEORGE III, WHO INSPECTED THE WORK ON 21ST AUGUST 1784. THE BASE WAS MEASURED AGAIN IN 1791 BY CAPTAIN MUDGE, AS THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL TRIANGULATION OF GREAT BRITAIN. LENGTH OF BASE – REDUCED TO M.S.L. • AS MEASURED BY ROY – 27404.01 FEET • AS MEASURED BY MUDGE – 27404.24 FEET • DETERMINED BY CLARKE IN 1858 IN TERMS OF THE ORDNANCE SURVEY STANDARD 01 – 27406.19 FEET" This is really quite a significant picture for Geograph, as this is the very point where the triangulation of Great Britain started, leading ultimately to the Ordnance Survey and the National Grid system. The other end of the baseline is on the north side of Heathrow Airport in square [[TQ0776]] and is marked with another cannon, but due to airport development this is no longer in its original position. I originally photographed this monument some years ago, when the plaque was fixed to the top of the cannon. It has now been moved to the nearby railings, where it sits on a rickety wooden stand and is held in place by plastic cable-ties. It is an easy target for vandals, although somehow it has survived this long. Where it was previously fixed to the cannon there is now a crude wooden bung. I don't know whether the site is cared for by Richmond Council, or the OS or by Crown Estates, but it really should be better cared for.
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Dist:0.9km southwest<br/>The location is Roy Grove, a small cul-de-sac off Hanworth Road, Hampton named after Major General William Roy. Behind the railings can be glimpsed some of the buildings of the Lady Eleanor Holles school. The cannon set into the ground marks one end of the original Ordnance Survey baseline - I am also submitting a supplemental picture to this square which will carry full details of this monument.
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Dist:0.9km south<br/>This was originally a regimental HQ and still bears an inscription above the door. It has since been restored and turned into an office block. It has also been quite sympathetically extended (off picture to the right) with the addition of a new wing which, while modern in style keeps to an appropriate scale and uses similar materials.
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Dist:1.0km east<br/>This rather beautiful cemetery is the last resting place of R.D. Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone.
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Dist:1.0km east<br/>Houses in Elm Tree Road looking NW. The large building on the right was once Grundy's, a metal-bashing factory making catering equipment and suchlike. Needless to say that has now closed, and not long after this was taken it became a Citroen service centre.
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Dist:1.0km south<br/>This is the view from the A312 Uxbridge Road in Hampton as it crosses the Shepperton Line railway between Fulwell and Hampton stations. The first bridge is an aqueduct carrying the artificial Longford River. In the distance is the bridge linking Holly Road and School Road.
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