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Ham and Petersham – Elm Lodge
1839 - Charles Dickens, who regularly celebrates anniversaries and publications with dinners at the Star & Garter Hotel in Richmond, rents Elm Cottage (later Elm Lodge) in Petersham, while working on Nicholas Nickleby.
1940-45 - Elm Lodge, requisitioned by Anti Aircraft Command, along with All Saints, Petersham vicarage and the village institute, plays a key role in wartime operational research on radar.
1964 - Dickens Close, with eight new houses, is built on 3.5 acres of the Elm Lodge gardens.
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Sources — for this page Evans,65 and Lee,8-9
Contributors — to this page DB (RLHS)
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