Diana WellsMay 312 min readThe VI that fell on Gotham Villas on Twickenham Riverside.An intriguing enquiry was received in 2021 via the Parish website: “My mother who is 90 is stuck with a memory of her uncle Cecil (Bore)...
Diana WellsMay 243 min readThe Question of Alexander Pope’s SkullAlexander Pope died in 1744 and was buried in St Mary’s by the chancel step, probably below a square stone incised “P”
Diana WellsMay 172 min readHeating problems in St Mary’s 100 years agoHeating the large space enclosed in stone walls and with metal-frame windows has been a cause of much angst and expense in most church...
Diana WellsMay 102 min readNo Such Person as a Vicar of Twickenham?A lively correspondence began on the letters page of the Richmond & Twickenham Times on 11 December 1954, the details of which were...
Diana WellsMay 34 min readThe East Window, St Mary’s Church, Twickenham As you sit in church your eyes may be drawn upwards above the altar and the Victorian reredos with its Corinthian pilasters to light
Diana WellsDec 1, 20233 min readChristmas 1918 and New Year 1919 in St Mary’s Parish MagazinesAfter the excitement of the November Armistice and four long years of war the contents of the Parish Magazines returned very quickly to norm