Mortlake
Mortlake | |
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Mortlake from the Junction of Upper Richmond Road and Sheen Lane | |
Location within Greater London | |
Area | 4.50 km2 (1.74 sq mi) |
Population | 10,919 (Mortlake and Barnes Common ward 2011)[1] |
• Density | 2,426/km2 (6,280/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | TQ205755 |
London borough | |
Ceremonial county | Greater London |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LONDON |
Postcode district | SW14 |
Dialling code | 020 |
Police | Metropolitan |
Fire | London |
Ambulance | London |
UK Parliament | |
London Assembly | |
Mortlake is a suburban
The
Governance
The area lies within the Mortlake and Barnes Common ward of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. In the 2018 local elections two Conservatives and one Liberal Democrats were elected to represent the ward,[3] with two Liberal Democrats and one Green elected in 2022.[4] The ward is part of the Richmond Park parliamentary constituency, and the South West constituency in the London Assembly.[5]
History
The place-name 'Mortlake' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Mortelaga and Mortelage, a name with two possible derivations. If the second element is the Old English lacu meaning a stream, then the first element is very likely the fish-name mort meaning a young salmon, hence 'salmon stream'. If the second element is the dialect lag meaning a long, narrow marshy meadow, then the name means 'Morta's meadow'.[6]
Mortlake lay in the
According to the Domesday Book, the
Mortlake was reduced by 732 acres (296 hectares) when Richmond Park was created by Charles I in 1637. Other parishes also lost smaller amounts of land to the new deer park.[9]
Colston House's forebear was built by
Sir
Since 1845, the
People
Living people
Katherine Jenkins, classical singer, lives in Mortlake.[12]
Tom Hardy, actor, producer, writer and former model, grew up in Mortlake.[13]
Historical figures
Apart from Archbishops of Canterbury, Mortlake's most famous former resident is
Sir Christopher Packe (1593?–1682), Lord Mayor of London, lived in Mortlake in about 1655–60.[15]
John Partridge (astrologer) (1644–c.1714) was born at East Sheen and apprenticed to a local shoemaker. He died in Mortlake and is buried there.[15]
Edward Colston, the English merchant, philanthropist and Tory Member of Parliament who was involved in the Atlantic slave trade, lived at (old) Cromwell House (demolished 1857) from about 1689 until his death in 1721.[16]
The cemetery of
Former British Prime Minister
Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), English mathematician and writer, lived in Mortlake when she was 15 years old.[19]
Economy
Mortlake is mostly a residential commuter town with a strong history of self-employed trades as it has traditionally centred its commerce on its foreshortened boundary, the Upper Richmond Road, arguably half part of East Sheen. Some businesses on the north side of the Upper Richmond Road make reference to the old ecclesiastical and ward boundaries supported by their still Mortlake side streets.[20] East Sheen was once a manor in the parish of Mortlake and since early times an economic forum, and now a dining and convenience hub of the two districts. The Victoria County History's volume on Surrey, written from 1910 to 1912, does not list East Sheen as a parish, describes its detailed history under Mortlake and states the parish was "now connected with Barnes on one side and with New Richmond on the other".[10][21] With the advent of motor transport, the buildings on Mortlake's winding high street, also known as the Lower Mortlake Road, have been mostly residential or used by the brewery.
Stag Brewery or Mortlake Brewery
In the 1840s Charles James Philips and James Wigan acquired Mortlake Brewery, which had existed since the 15th century.[22]
In 1889 the brewery was acquired by James Watney & Co., which in 1898 became Watney Combe & Reid after acquiring Messrs. Combe Delafield and Co. and Messrs. Reid and Co. When Watney's Stag Brewery in Victoria, London, was demolished in 1959, the name was 30 years later, applied to Mortlake Brewery. Being the last phase of The Boat Race which refers to all the traditional local names, it is still widely referred to as the Mortlake Brewery.[22]
The brewery became part of
Amenities
Mortlake affords an undistracted view of the river as its riverside promenade is set by its buildings including the former brewery, unlike the embankment style roads along other London banks such as in Barnes until
The two large
- The White Hart
- The Ship
Places of worship include:
- St Mary Magdalen Roman Catholic Church Mortlake
- St Mary the Virgin Mortlake(Anglican)
Transport
Adjoining districts
- Barnes
- Grove Park, after which is Old Chiswick or Strand-on-the-Green, depending on direction)
- East Sheen
- Kew
Nearest railway stations
These are minor stops on the
This railway is a narrow bisector of the settlement, being generally on the flat with its streets, which tend to run perpendicular to it. It runs in the middle of Worple Way, separating it into north and south sides.
Demography and housing
To ensure that all the local authority
Ward | Detached | Semi-detached | Terraced | Flats and apartments | Caravans/temporary/mobile homes/houseboats | Shared between households[1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortlake and Barnes Common | 167 | 547 | 1,765 | 2,453 | 1 | 8 |
Ward | Population | Households | % Owned outright | % Owned with a loan | hectares[1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortlake and Barnes Common | 10,919 | 4,771 | 27 | 32 | 185 |
References
- ^ a b c Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density Office for National Statistics
- ISBN 1-85261-393-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2014.)
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- ^ "Election results for Mortlake and Barnes Common, 5 May 2022". Richmond.gov.uk. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ISBN 978-0101703222. Archivedfrom the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.331.
- ^ Malden, H E, ed. (1912). "The hundred of Brixton: Introduction and map". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ a b Lysons, Daniel (1792). "Mortlake". The Environs of London: volume 1: County of Surrey. British History Online. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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- ^ a b c Malden, H E, ed. (1912). "Parishes: Mortlake". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 4. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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- ^ Ambrose, Tom (31 December 2013). "Katherine Jenkins heads list of Richmond residents with honours". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ Urwin, Rosamund (26 April 2017). "Tom Hardy: How the dog-loving feminist has captured Londoners' hearts". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Dee's House". John Dee of Mortlake Society. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ Barnes and Mortlake History Society. Archived(PDF) from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
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- ^ a b Historic England (30 October 1973). "Mausoleum of Sir Richard and Lady Burton, Churchyard of St Mary Magdalen (1065392)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Henry Addington (1757–1844) First Viscount Sidmouth". Napoleon & Empire. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
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- ^ Memories of Mortlake Retrieved 21 December 2013
- ^ Mills, Anthony David, Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names (2001)
- ^ a b Richmond, Lesley; Turton, Alison, eds. (1990). The Brewing Industry: A Guide to Historical Records. Manchester University Press.
- ^ "Stag to be first casualty of AB InBev merger". The Grocer. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ Ambrose, Tom (17 December 2015). "Historic Stag Brewery closes to make way for new "riverside quarter" including restaurants, shops and cafes". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ Bourke, Joanna (27 November 2015). "Stag Brewery facing last orders as luxury flats move in". The Independent. Retrieved 29 November 2015.