Old records mostly wrote about men: kings, lords and priests. That doesn't mean women weren't here! These are women connected to Twickenham that we know about. Can you find out about more?
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Henrietta Howard
Built Marble Hill House
She built Marble Hill House in 1724–1729, with a design based on an Italian villa by Andrea Palladio. Today it's looked after by English Heritage.
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Kitty Clive
1711–1785
Lived here
An actress. In 1769 she retired to a villa in Twickenham, a gift from her friend Horace Walpole. She died there in 1785 and was buried at St Mary's.
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Anne Seymour Damer
1748–1828
Lived here
A sculptor and close friend of Horace Walpole, her cousin. Strawberry Hill passed to her after Walpole died in 1797, and in 1817 she bought York House.
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Baroness Howe of Langar
1762–1835
Owned Pope's villa
She bought Alexander Pope's villa in 1807. Irritated by all the tourists who came to see it, she had it demolished the next year and built a new house beside the site.
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Frances Waldegrave
Restored Strawberry Hill
She inherited Strawberry Hill when her husband George Waldegrave died in 1846, after the house had been emptied in a great sale. In 1856 she decided to restore it.
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Harriet Kendall
1857–1933
Lived here
An elocutionist, singer, pianist, poet and composer of ballads. She lived at Elsinore, 8 Park Road, East Twickenham.
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Katie Gliddon
1883–1967
Born here
A watercolour artist and militant suffragette. She was born in Twickenham.
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Navajbai Tata
Sold York House to the town
The widow of Sir Ratan Tata. In 1924 she decided to sell York House and its contents, and it became Twickenham council's offices.
On 27 September 2025, Twickenham Stadium hosted the final of the Women's Rugby World Cup.