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The main entrance. In the early 17th century the manors of Ham and Petersham were bestowed by James I on his son, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales. [5] The original construction of Ham House was completed in 1610 by Sir Thomas Vavasour, Knight Marshal to James I. [6] The Thames-side location was ideal for Vavasour, allowing him to move between the palaces at Richmond, Hampton, London and ...
The house was designed by John F. Rague and built for local businessman and lead miner Mathias Ham in 1857. [citation needed] Ham had owned an island in the Mississippi River at Dubuque, called Ham's Island (which has since renamed City Island and then Chaplain Schmitt Memorial Island, after Father Aloysius Schmitt). [4]
English: Ham Village Sign, Gate House Garden. Designed by Jim Andrews. Includes the Tollemache coat of arms, Ham House, Thames, Cricket on Ham Common, great spotted ...
The house was bought in 1893 by Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley and his wife, Ada, daughter of Frederick Tollemache, living there until 1922. [10] Their youngest son Felix, who was killed in action in 1914 is commemorated on a memorial in nearby St Andrew's Church, Ham .
Ham lies within the London Basin and its London clay bedrock.The low-lying flood plains to the west consist of fluvial gravels, sands and clay.To the east, within Richmond Park, a more erosion-resistant fluvio-glacial deposit of gravels laid down in the interglacial period between 240,000 and 400,000 years ago forms the escarpment ridge that runs north–south between the Richmond and Kingston ...
Gordon House was the home of Gordon Forbes (1738–1828), a senior officer in the British Army. Gordon Forbes lived here with his family from 1783. He was an army officer, a Major, later Colonel (1790) and General (1812).
The architect, John Borie (1869-1925), was likely influenced more by 17th century English country houses, such as Ham House. Borie and Allerton together studied many examples of English houses and gardens before deciding on the architecture and design of Allerton House and the surrounding gardens. [15]
West Ham Park is a privately owned public park in West Ham in the London Borough of Newham. Spanning 77 acres (31 ha), it is the largest park in the borough. The park has been managed by the City of London Corporation since 1874. [1] Records from 1566 show that the park had been a part of the estate of Upton House, later known as Ham House ...