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3 unusual facts about Kingston upon Thames


Abu Izzadeen

On 2008-04-17 Izzadeen was among six men convicted at Kingston Crown Court of supporting terrorism, while the jury failed to reach a verdict on a third charge of encouraging terrorism.

George Yeomans Pocock

A native of Kingston upon Thames, England, Pocock learned the craft of boatbuilding as an apprentice to his father, Aaron Frederick Pocock, a boatbuilder for Eton College.

Pullingers

Pullingers Art Shop (aka Pullingers) is a chain of art shops with four retail outlets in Farnham, Kingston upon Thames and Epsom, Surrey, United Kingdom and online at Pullingers.com.


Auckland Park

Street names in the area are named after places along the river Thames - Richmond, Twickenham, Ditton, Kingston among others.

Clas Ohlson

There are now 12 stores in England and Wales, including Manchester, Leeds, Watford, Kingston upon Thames, Reading, Liverpool, Merry Hill, Cardiff, Doncaster, Norwich and Newcastle upon Tyne.

David Mach

Recently Mach has produced some permanent public works such as Out of Order in Kingston upon Thames, the Brick Train (a depiction of an LNER Class A4 steam engine made from 185,000 bricks, which can be seen near Morrison's supermarket on the A66 just outside Darlington) and the Big Heids visible from the M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Henry Christy

Christy was born at Kingston upon Thames, the second son of William Miller Christy of Woodbines, a Quaker banker who started out in hat manufacture with interests in Stockport, before becoming a financier.

HM Coastal Motor Boat 4

After the action the boat was returned to the United Kingdom where it was on display first at the Imperial War Museum in London and then at the Vosper works on Platt’s Eyot (island) on the River Thames near Kingston for many years with a Victoria Cross painted on the side until the Vosper works there closed.

International Presbyterian Church

The IPC has 2 Presbyteries, a Korean Presbytery composed of 6 churches in Ealing, Kingston upon Thames, Reading and Kings Cross, Oxford.

Simon Amor

Simon Daniel Edward Amor (born 25 April 1979 in Kingston upon Thames) is an English rugby union footballer who plays at scrum-half or fly-half for London Scottish and is a former captain of the England Sevens team.

St Mary's Parish Church, Hampton

St Mary's Parish Church is to be found at the junction of two major roads A308 and A311, leading to Twickenham, Kingston upon Thames and Sunbury-on-Thames.


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Angela Rumbold

She was Chair of the Governing Body of both Danes Hill School in Oxshott and Surbiton High School in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, as well as Vice Chair of the Governing Body of Tolworth Girls’ School, a large comprehensive school also in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.

Kingston-upon-Thames by-election, 1972

The Kingston-upon-Thames by-election of 4 May 1972 was held after Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) John Boyd-Carpenter was appointed chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority.

Malcolm Campbell

An English Heritage blue plaque commemorates Campbell and his son at Canbury School, Kingston Hill, Kingston-upon Thames, where they lived.

Rose Theatre

Rose Theatre, Kingston, a theatre in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, London, build in 2008

SW postcode area

The area originally extended as far west as Sunbury-on-Thames, however, changes to the size and make up of the London postal district since its inception led to many areas being transferred to the newly created outer London postcode districts of Kingston-upon-Thames and Twickenham.

William Flower

William Way (c. 1560–1588), Catholic martyr executed at Kingston upon Thames