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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) was an eighteenth-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope is famous for his use of the heroic couplet.
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Alexandra of Denmark
Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India from 1901 to 1910 as the consort of Edward VII.
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Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes (16 September 1880 – 25/28 June 1958) was an English poet, best known for his ballads, The Highwayman and The Barrel-Organ.
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Chiswick () is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with an agrarian and fishing economy. Having good communications with London from an early time the area became a popular country retreat, and as part of the suburban growth of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries the population of Chiswick significantly expanded. With neighbouring Brentford, it became a municipal borough in 1932 and has formed part of Greater London since 1965.
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Kew Gardens Pier
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Kew Palace
Kew Palace is a British Royal Palace in Kew Gardens, Kew on the banks of the Thames up river from London. There have been at least four Palaces at Kew, and three have been known as Kew Palace, the first building may not have been known as Kew as no records survive other than the words of another courtier. One survives and is open to visitors. It is cared for by an independent charity, Historic Royal Palaces, which receives no funding from the Government or the Crown.
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Kew Railway Bridge
Kew Railway Bridge spans the River Thames between Kew and Strand-on-the-Green, Chiswick. The bridge was designed by W.R. Galbraith and built by Brassey & Ogilvie for the London and South Western Railway. The bridge is part of an extension to the latter company's railway line from Acton Junction to Richmond. The bridge was opened in 1869 and consists of 5 wrought iron lattice girder spans of 35 metres each. The cast iron piers are decorated in three stages and can be seen from inside a passing train.
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M4 motorway
The M4 motorway links London with South Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places directly accessible from M4 junctions are Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea. Originally referred to as the London-South Wales Motorway, the English section was constructed between 1965 and 1971, the Welsh section was completed in 1993 and the Second Severn Crossing opened in 1996.
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Middlesex
Middlesex () is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time. The county was significantly affected by the expansion of the metropolitan area of London in both the 18th and 19th centuries; such that from 1855 the south east was administered as part of the metropolis. When county councils were initially introduced in England in 1889 around 20% of the area of Middlesex, and a third of its population, was transferred to the County of London, and the remainder formed a smaller county, in the north west, under the control of Middlesex County Council.
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Mortlake
Mortlake is a district of London, England and part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is on the south bank of the River Thames between Kew and Barnes with East Sheen inland to the south. Mortlake was part of Surrey until 1965.
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Public Record Office
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Xstrata Treetop Walkway at Kew Gardens with Tony Kirkham
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Star of A Year at Kew, Tony Kirkham takes you up to the tree canopy as we join him on Kew Gardens' amazing treetop walkway. The Rhizotron & Xstrata Treetop Walkway stands in the Arboretum, between the Temperate House and the Lake. A path lined with examples of different timbers leads visitors below ground to the Rhizotron. Inside, an installation explains the relationships that exist between tree roots, the soil and organisms such as nematodes, beetles, woodlice and bacteria. On the floor is a mosaic inspired by the mutually beneficial relationships that exist between many plant roots and fungi. The 18-metre high, 200-metre walkway at Kew Gardens guides visitors around the crowns of lime, sweet chestnut and oak trees. Supported by rusted steel columns that blend in with the natural environment, it provides opportunities for inspecting birds, insects, lichen and fungi at close quarters, as well as seeing blossom emerging and seed pods bursting open. Things to look out for At the entrance to the Rhizotron and Xstrata Treetop Walkway are sculptures carved from tree trunks. The carvings illustrate microscopic elements of trees, and help explain how trees grow. Visitors learn, for example, that leaves have breathing pores shaped like lips and that tubes called phloem pump sap from leaves to fruits and roots. Kids Mission * Can you find out how much carbon a 70-year-old tree releases to the environment when it dies? * How much water does a large broad-leafed tree need to drink <b>...</b>
Pink-who kew slide show
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as i have said i am musickitty123321
Kew Live Steam Model Railway Show '08
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Kew Bridge Steam Museum Live Steam Model Railway Show '08 www.kbsm.org
BBC News at 6, Great Storm of 1987, Kew Gardens and Weather
End of BBC News at 6 o'clock with an article about Kew Gardens with Charles Erskine, the Arboretum's curator and the devastation caused. Followed by Bill Giles, tail between legs with the next day's weather forecast!
Kew Gardens
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Recorded September 18, 2005. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are extensive gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London, England. The video begins as I walk through the gardens and ends with a compilation of still images of the beautiful flowers and plants. From: timvp.com
Marianne North Gallery reopens at Kew Gardens
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- Published: 10 Dec 2009
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The Marianne North Gallery in Kew Gardens is the only gallery in the UK in which all the work on display was produced by one female artist. The gallery was re-opened in 2009 after a full architectural refurbishment, restoration of the paintings and the addition of interpretation tools. The film features words from curators who worked on this project and footage from the gallery's Community Outreach Celebration Day on October 11th 2009.
Kew Gardens - Mimosa pudica
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- Published: 26 Nov 2006
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Kew Gardens Royal Botanical Garden London England. Sensitive plant or Mimosa Pudica
![LIRR Action at Kew Gardens with M7s New Optimum Ad Strips! [HD]](http://web.archive.org./web/20110907080329im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/t-Dsubh6r54/0.jpg "LIRR Action at Kew Gardens with M7s New Optimum Ad Strips! [HD]")
LIRR Action at Kew Gardens with M7s New Optimum Ad Strips! [HD]
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SUBSCRIBE/RATE VIDEO TOO =)! The LONG ISLAND RAILROAD! Train action at Kew Gardens Station in Queens! CABLEVISION OPTIMUM WI-FI ads INCLUDED on M7s! DE/DM30, M3 and M7! ENJOY VIDEO =)! Video Taken: Sept 24, 2010!
John Greaves "Kew.Rhone"
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- Published: 01 Mar 2007
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John Greaves performing the title track from his classic 1977 album, aided by cellist Vincent Courtois. Filmed in concert at the Triton in Paris, February 2007.
Hale.And.Pace kew gardens
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hale and pace visit kew gardens enjoy
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
This historic landscape garden features elements that illustrate significant periods of the art of gardens from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The gardens house botanic collections (conserved plants, living plants and documents) that have been considerably enriched through the centuries. Since their creation in 1759, the gardens have made a significant and uninterrupted contribution to the study of plant diversity and economic botany. whc.unesco.org
Giant waterlilies at Kew Gardens in the Waterlily House
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Measuring over a metre across, these giant waterlilies (Victoria cruziana) at Kew Gardens are grown from a seed the size of a pea every year. They flower at night and are hand pollinated to ensure a supply of seed for the following year.
Kew's Millennium Seed Bank hits 10% target
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On the 15th October 2009, Kew's Millennium Seed Bank partnership based at Wakehurst Place, celebrated hitting its target of banking the seeds of 10% of the world's plant species. Here, the partners talk about the importance of this project and explain how you can help too.
Kew - Ängel från ovan
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Kew - Ängel från ovan
New York City Subway (Kew Gardens to Manhattan)
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- Published: 20 Sep 2007
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my trip to New York City. i was visiting a friend who i havent seen in months and i thought i'd film this enjoy!
The Land is Yours : Kew Bridge Eco Village
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- Published: 08 Nov 2009
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On June 6th 2009, activists converged on a piece of derelict land at Kew Bridge in south west London to create an eco-village community based entirely on sustainable technology and construction techniques. 5 weeks into this project Jason Ramasami and Dean Puckett went to check it out . The project is still going and is now in its 5th month for more info you can join the facebook group www.facebook.com a film by www.whatisyourworldview.com http
Treetop Walkway: The New Bird's Eye View At Kew Gardens
video.news.sky.com The Rhizotron and Xstrata treetop walkway which takes visitors 18 metres up into the air for a close-up look at life among the leaves has been unveiled at Kew Gardens. It's not recommended for anyone who's scared of heights! Sky's Orla Chennaoui reports from the walkway.
Flesh-eating plants at Kew Gardens
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Flesh-eating plants capable of snacking on mammals and birds, oh yes, the terrifying and rather smelly world of carnivorous plants at Kew Gardens.
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew - Plants,People,Possibilities
(Pls Watch in Full HD 720 or 1080) This is an amazing place for all those who love Plants and FLowers..It takes a whole day to cover the place..But we couldn't do it..I captured most of it ..However this video is a small portion of it.. About Kew Gardens =============== Explore glasshouses, landscapes and 250 years of history at the world's most famous garden. Climb to the treetops, delve into rainforest or discover more on a lovely tour Kew is at the forefront of saving plant life worldwide and thereby helping to tackle climate change Plants are essential to the air we breathe, the food we eat and in supporting other species on the planet. Plants also have an essential role to play in mitigating the effects of climate change, because they take carbon out of the atmosphere. Conversely if plants are destroyed then carbon is added to the atmosphere, and deforestation accounts for about one fifth of the world's carbon emissions. However, plants are threatened by environmental changes including climate change. Conserving plants is therefore critical to any sustainable solution to environmental change. Kew's science-based approach to conserving plant life helps to combat climate change and hence protect our future. The size and diversity of Kew's collections (including over seven million preserved plant specimens) are vital in understanding the way plants are distributed around the world, and how this might change. Kew is also leading UK efforts to implement the Global <b>...</b>
Wounded at Kew (1915)
In this Topical Budget newsreel injured WWI soldiers take tea in the garden of the Richmond Red Cross Hospital. For more information about Topical Budget newsreels, visit: www.screenonline.org.ukYou can watch over 1000 other complete films and TV programmes from the BFI National Archive free of charge in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank, London and from October 2008 at the new QUAD centre for art and film in Derby -- www.bfi.org.uk www.derbyquad.co.uk For information about the BBC Learning campaign 1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance, marking the 90th anniversary of Armistice, visit: www.bbc.co.uk
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The Parish Church of Saint Anne, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*
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A Rainha Elizabeth II e o diretor do Kew, Prof. Peter Crane, na solenidade de reconhecimento do Kew Gardens como Patrimonio Historico da Humanidade.
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Kew Gardens – Union Turnpike (IND Queens Boulevard Line)
![The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares [1] of gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London, England. The director is Professor Stephen D. Hopper, who succeeded Professor Sir Peter Crane.](http://web.archive.org./web/20110907080329im_/http://cdn8.wn.com/pd/be/0b/a41195b52215b085b32986299de7_grande.jpg "The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares [1] of gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London, England. The director is Professor Stephen D. Hopper, who succeeded Professor Sir Peter Crane.")
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares [1] of gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London, England. The director is Professor Stephen D. Hopper, who succeeded Professor Sir Peter Crane.
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Kew Gardens station (London)
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Kew Bridge Steam Museum
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Rego Park , Forest Hills, Kew Gardens and Kew Gardens Hills have traditionally large Jewish populations (many of these communities are Jewish immigrants from Israel, Iran and the former Soviet Union
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Kew Bridge railway station is in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains.
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Purple flowers, taken in Kew Gardens.
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Kew Bridge Steam Museum in United Kingdom.
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Eucalyptus Chapmaniana (Bogong Gum) in Kew Gardens, London
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Kew Orangery
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Princess of Wales Conservatory
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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the Cussen Memorial in the middle ground.
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The Parish Church of St. Anne, Kew Green, London.
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Melbourne tram route 16
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Hawthorn's Glenferrie Road shopping strip, facing north towards Kew
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Agave potatorum at Kew Gardens, London, England, very roughly 3 feet (1 metre) high.The tubes are glass sculptures (part of an exhibition).
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Kew Gardens is a large park in The Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada. The park stretches from Queen Street East to the lakeshore at Kew Beach.
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Britain's Princess Anne, left, and her husband Real Admiral Tim Laurence arrive at Kew Palace in west London, Friday, April 21, 2006, for a private dinner to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 80th birthday. Prince Charles, the heir to his mother's throne, was to host a dinner Friday night for the queen at Kew Palace in suburban London. The guest list was small and exclusive, two dozen very close family member, and a 10-minute firework display was planned before the meal. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool)hg3
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Arsenal's Andrey Arshavin, right, competes for the ball with AZ Alkmaar's Kew Jaliens during the Champions League Group H soccer match between Arsenal and AZ Alkmaar at the Emirates Stadium in London, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009.
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Hampton Court Palacearks take up a great deal of the borough and include Richmond Park, Bushy Park, Kew Gardens,
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The Palm House at Kew Gardens has been described as the inspiration for the Conservatory of Flowers.
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The Palace at Kew
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Cafe, restaurant and Garden Library. The Royal Horticultural Society's garden at Wisley in the English county of Surrey south of London, is one of the three most visited paid gardens in the United Kingdom alongside Kew Gardens and Alnwick Garden
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View of Rouen, oil on canvas painting by Camille Pissaro, 1898, Honolulu Academy of Arts Returning to France, in 1890 Pissarro again visited England and painted some ten scenes of central London.
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Houseboats on the Thames at Brent ford, from Kew Bridge The launching of Google Trends in 2006 drew world attention to Brent ford because of Brent ford's unexpected prominence as a source of internet searches for terms relating to pornography and many sexual fetishes
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KLdy1 - June08 - Kew Red Lavender plant.
![The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares [1] of gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London, England. The director is Professor Stephen D. Hopper, who succeeded Professor Sir Peter Crane.](http://web.archive.org./web/20110907080329im_/http://cdn7.wn.com/pd/be/0b/a41195b52215b085b32986299de7_thumb.jpg "The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares [1] of gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London, England. The director is Professor Stephen D. Hopper, who succeeded Professor Sir Peter Crane.")
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'Hub' will provide seeds and scientific advice to groups helping to protect and restore wildflower meadow habitats The UK Native Seed Hub will focus initially on plants of lowland meadows or...
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A cracking piece of design: Keeping Temperate House at Kew Gardens open is a fragile business
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Horace Walpole, self-appointed arbiter of mid-18th-century architectural taste, didn't think much of efforts to add a voguish dash of the Picturesque to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. As the construction of Sir William Chambers' 10-storey Chinese Pagoda soared so high it could be seen from the...
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As well as the timeless quality of Blondie's songs, post-gig conversations about this Kew The Music series finale focused on the iconic Debbie Harry. The consensus among a group of thirtysomething female fans talking on the way home was that the 66-year-old singer was inspirational and, furthermore,...
Kew
Kew is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London. ]]
Kew is best known for being the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens (now a World Heritage Site). Other points of interest include Kew Palace and The National Archives (previously known as the Public Record Office).
Darell Primary School
Kew Riverside Primary School
The Queen's Church of England Primary School
Broomfield House School
Kew College
Kew Green Preparatory School
Unicorn School
Brentford
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Kew Bridge, which carries the A205 South Circular Road. Beside the bridge is Kew Gardens Pier, which serves tourist ferries operating under licence from London River Services.
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Since 1965 Kew has incorporated the former area of North Sheen which includes the parish church of St Philip and All Saints, better known as the Barn Church. The church, in Marksbury Avenue, was built in 1929, incorporating timbers – believed to be ships' timbers from the 16th century – from a barn that stood in Oxted, Surrey. It is now in a combined Church of England parish with St Luke's, in The Avenue, which also houses Kew Community Trust, a charitable foundation that manages St Luke’s for community use. The Trust's primary activity is The Avenue Club, a daily drop-in centre for older people.
"Kew Village" refers to the parades of shops adjoining Kew Gardens station. It contains a small supermarket, a wholefood store, several independent retailers, restaurants (including the well-reviewed The Glasshouse) and cafes. There are also major high street retailers at the nearby Kew Retail Park (originally known as Richmond Retail Park).
Henry V developed a Carthusian monastery to the south west of where Kew Observatory now stands. Successive Tudor, Stuart and Georgian monarchs maintained links with Kew. One of Henry VII's closest friends, Henry Norris, lived at Kew Farm, In Elizabeth's reign, and under the Stuarts, houses were developed along Kew Green.West Hall, which survives in West Hall Road, dates from at least the 14th century and the present house was built at the end of the 17th century. Queen Anne subscribed to the building of the parish church on Kew Green, which was dedicated to St Anne in 1714, three months before the queen's death.
Today, Kew is a popular residential area because of its transport links and proximity to Kew Gardens. Most of Kew developed in the late 19th century, following the arrival of the District Line of the Underground, and is characterised by large detached or semi-detached houses. Further development took place in the 1920s and 1930s when new houses were built on the market gardens of North Sheen and in the first decade of the 21st century when flats and houses were constructed at Kew Riverside on land formerly owned by Thames Water.
Etymology
The name Kew is a combination of two words: the Old French kai (landing place; 'quay' derives from this) and Old English hoh (spur of land). The land spur is the bend in the Thames. The name was recorded in 1327 as Cayho.
Education
Primary schools
Independent preparatory schools
Transport and locale
The traditional mode of transport between Kew and London, for rich and poor alike, was by water along the Thames which, historically, separated Middlesex (on the north bank) from Surrey (which then included Kew, on the south bank). Kew was connected to Middlesex by ferry. The first bridge crossing the Thames at Kew was built in 1759. The current Kew Bridge, which today carries the South Circular Road (the A205), was opened by by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in 1903.The A205 road passes through Kew, with Kew Road providing the main road link to Richmond. The M4 motorway starts a short distance north of Kew, providing access to Heathrow Airport and the west. The A316 road starts in Chiswick and continues over Chiswick Bridge and junctions with the South Circular Road at Chalker's Corner.
Since 1869 rail services have been available from Kew Gardens station. London Underground (District Line) services run to Richmond and to central London. London Overground trains run to Richmond and (via Willesden Junction) to Stratford.
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Quotes
:I am His Highness' dog at Kew; :Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you? ::Epigram, engraved on the Collar of a Dog which I gave to his Royal Highness (Frederick, Prince of Wales) — Alexander Pope, 1688-1744'Trams and dusty trees. Highbury bore me. Richmond and Kew Undid me.' ::The Waste Land, 1922 (T.S.Eliot), 1888-1965
Go down to Kew in lilac-time, in lilac-time, in lilac-time; Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn't far from London!) And you shall wander hand in hand with love in summer's wonderland; Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it isn't far from London!) ::The Barrel-Organ, Alfred Noyes, 1880-1958
Parks and open spaces
Kew Green, which includes an old horse pond and is used for cricket matches in the summer. Kew Pond, northwest of Kew Green, which has a reedbed habitat and a resident population of water birds. North Sheen Recreation Ground, in Dancer Road (known locally as "The Rec"), was originally part of an orchard belonging to the Popham Estate, owned by the Leyborne Pophams whose family seat was at Littlecote House, Wiltshire. Opened in June 1909 and extended in 1923, it now contains football pitches, a running track, a children's paddling pool, two extensive playgrounds, a large dog-free grassed area and a pavilion set amongst trees and shrubs. Pensford Field,the former playing fields of the former Gainsborough School, is now a nature reserve and also the home of Pensford Tennis Club. St Luke's Open Space Westerley Ware Recreation Ground, a small garden and recreation ground at the foot of Kew Bridge. It has a memorial garden bordered by hedges, a grass area, three hard tennis courts and a children's playground. Originally created as a memorial garden to the fallen in the First World War, the name refers to the practice of netting weird or "wares" to catch fish.
Sport and leisure
Kew has several sports clubs and gyms including Kew Cricket Club , Pensford Tennis Club , Putney Town Rowing Club and Richmond Gymnastics Association.Kew is also home to local football club, Kew Park Rangers. The club began in 1997 in Westerly Ware.
Gallery
See also
References
External links
Category:Districts of London Category:Districts of Richmond upon Thames Category:Districts of London on the River Thames Category:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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