St Margarets, London

St Margarets
Independent shops and cafes in Crown Road, St Margarets
St Margarets is located in Greater London
St Margarets
St Margarets
Location within Greater London
Population3,872 2011 census: loosely associated electoral ward
OS grid referenceTQ168742
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTwickenham
Postcode districtTW1
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
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UK Parliament
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51°28′N 0°19′W / 51.46°N 0.32°W / 51.46; -0.32
Turner's House
Marble Hill House
Houseboats on river Thames, close to Twickenham Bridge

St Margarets is an affluent suburb and neighbourhood[1] in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, about 9 miles (14 km) west-southwest of central London. It is bounded by the Thames Tideway to the north-east, and the River Crane to the north-west and north where the land tapers between those rivers.[n 1] Land and buildings closer to Richmond Bridge than the eponymous railway station are, traditionally distinctly, known as East Twickenham. Both places go by their post town and traditional parish, Twickenham quite often; in the 19th century the south of St Margarets was marked on maps as Twickenham Park.

The area hosts a house that J. M. W. Turner saw built during his painting career and St Margarets railway station is within 13 mile (0.54 km) of Marble Hill House.

Uniquely in London among the few places prefixed Saint it is named after a house. Specifically it is named after a large house together with appurtenant land of an 18th-century Scottish-New Jerseyan aristocrat, rather than a church which began in 1930.

  1. ^ A City of Villages: Promoting a sustainable future for London's suburbs (PDF). Greater London Authority. August 2002. ISBN 1-85261-393-9. Retrieved 16 January 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ "Review of Greater London, the London boroughs and the City of London: London Borough of Hounslow Report no 652". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. 10 February 1992. Retrieved 19 September 2013.


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