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1915   March
 
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Leonard and Virginia Woolf move to Hogarth House, in Paradise Road, which remains their home for ten years See in Google maps   
Hogarth House, in Paradise Road, Richmond BG

1915
 
Place or Object  
After years of slow decline, the Star and Garter is bought by the Auctioneers and Estate Agents Institute and presented to Queen Mary to become a hospital for disabled servicemen See in Google maps   
1917   March
 
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Leonard and Virginia Woolf buy a small hand-press and some old typeface, launching their adventure as printers and publishers of the Hogarth Press See in Google maps   
Traditional hand-press


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1917   July
 
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The Hogarth Press publishes its first book, Two Stories, containing a new short story by Leonard Woolf and another by Virginia Woolf See in Google maps   
Two Stories, Hogarth Press, 1917


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1919
 
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Thomas Young's replacement of Pope's Villa is bought by the Sisters of Mercy and becomes St Catherine's School. See in Google maps   
1922
 
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Garrick's Villa is divided into seven flats by Flora Hutchinson See in Google maps   
1923
 
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Garrick's Villa Estate is split up and auctioned. Garrick's Temple and Temple Lawn are sold to Paul Glaize who builds a house, Temple House, joined onto the Temple See in Google maps   
Garrick's Temple and Temple Lawn, c,1910

1924
 
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Following the death of Sir Ratan Tata in 1918, his widow sells York house and its contents to the Twickenham Urban District Council for use as council offices. See in Google maps   
1924
 
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The ‘New Star & Garter Home’, designed by Edwin Cooper, is opened by King George V and Queen Mary See in Google maps   
1924
 
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The first omnibus service starts to Twickenham rugby ground, and the RFU buys 7 more acres of land. See in Google maps