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- For the village in Gloucestershire, see Teddington, Gloucestershire
Teddington is a suburb of south west London, England and part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
It is notable for
Teddington Lock, which is the longest lock on the
River Thames and marks the upstream limit of
tides. The name 'Teddington' derives not from 'Tide's End Town' (as claimed by
Rudyard Kipling among others), but from an Old English tribal leader.
For many years a small village of farms and orchards, Teddington expanded greatly after the arrival of the railway service to Waterloo station in 1864. The centre is surrounded by a close-knit network of Victorian and Edwardian streets, and has a fine Carnegie library. The Victorian residents attempted to build a massive church, St Alban's, modelled on the Notre Dame de Paris; however, funds ran out and only the nave of what was to be the "Cathedral of the Thames Valley" was ever completed. Today it is the Landmark Centre, a popular venue for concerts and exhibitions.
Shopping on the High Street and Broad Street is a mix of independent and chain stores. Aside from two office developments close to the railway station, the centre of Teddington is largely untouched by large, modern buildings; however, larger houses and ample gardens are frequently giving way to denser developments of flats and townhouses.
Teddington is also home to Bushy Park, one of the Royal Parks. During World War II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower planned the D-Day landings at his Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in Bushy Park. Teddington Studios (a digital widescreen television studio complex and one of the former homes of Thames Television), the National Physical Laboratory (the United Kingdom's national standards laboratory, where the first accurate atomic clock was built and bouncing bomb designs tested during WWII), Teddington Rugby Football Club, Teddington Hockey Club (which claims to be the oldest hockey club in Britain) and Lensbury the sports and social club of Royal Dutch Shell. Lensbury is now run as a private members club and the sports teams previously associated with it have become independant, they are Lockside Rugby Club (http://www.locksiderugby.com) and Weirside AFC, these clubs still play at the Broom Road site but now have a clubhouse overlooking Teddington Lock.
Contents
- 1 Famous residents
- 2 Local geography
- 2.1 Nearest places
- 2.2 Local Royal Parks
- 2.3 Nearest railway stations
- 2.4 Churches in Teddington
- 3 Trivia
- 4 External links
- 5 Literature
- 6 References
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Famous residents
- Thomas Traherne (1636/1637–1674), the poet and religious writer, lived in Teddington at the end of his life.
- The actor Noel Coward was born in Teddington (131 Waldegrave Road) in 1899
- The comic actor Benny Hill lived in Teddington while working at the Teddington Studios. He died alone in his riverside apartment.
- Two-Ton Ted, one of the characters in Benny Hill's number one hit "Ernie", also hailed from Teddington ("...called Two-Ton Ted from Teddington and he drove the baker's van...").
- The mathematician Alan Turing worked at the National Physical Laboratory.
- The popular Georgian actress Peg Woffington lived in Teddington after her retirement
- The actress Keira Knightley was born in Teddington on 26 March 1985 and went to local comprehensive Teddington School
- After he unexpectedly came into a considerable fortune in 1860, the novelist R. D. Blackmore settled in Teddington. His large house was demolished in the 1930s, and the streets Blackmore's Grove and Doone Close built on its plot. Blackmore owned a large orchard, many of whose fruit trees continue to flourish in the gardens of Blackmore's Grove and Bolton Gardens.
- Comedian Julian Clary was born in Teddington in 1960.
- The film actress June Duprez was born in Teddington on 14 May 1918.
- Orlando Bridgeman
- Sir Charles Duncombe
- The founder of the Times newspaper, John Walter, died in Teddington in 1812
- The Russian liberal exile Alexander Herzen lived in Elmfield House in Teddington from 1863 to 1864, where he was visited by Giuseppe Garibaldi.
- Alastair Yates, presenter of BBC News 24 and BBC World TV, lives in Teddington.
- Oliver Reed used to live at No. 60 Hampton Road.
- Former Blue Peter host Mark Curry lives in Teddington.
Local geography
Nearest places
Local Royal Parks
Nearest railway stations
Churches in Teddington
Trivia
"
Teddington Towpath Murders" took place in
1953. On
1 June, the day before
Queen Elizabeth II was crowned, Barbara Songhurst was discovered floating in the river
Thames. She had been stabbed four times and her friend, Christine Reed, was also missing. The investigation was led by Chief Inspector
Herbert Hannam and Reed's body was found on
6 June. On
28 June Alfred Whiteway was arrested for their murder, and the sexual assault of three other women that same year. Whiteway was hanged at
Wandsworth prison on
22 November 1953. The case was described as "one of
Scotland Yard's most notable triumphs in a century".
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The Teddington Lock was the location of the filming of the Monty Python Fish-Slapping Dance sketch.
