Architectural remains of Richmond, Twickenham, Kew, Petersham, and Mortlake; (1900)
Way, Thomas R. (Thomas Robert), 1861-1913, Chapman, Frederic, d. 1918 · London and New York : J. Lane · leaf 46
it is of moreinterest nowadays to record that he was the father of thecelebrated Sir John Moore, whose burial in Spain, duringthe Peninsular War, is the subject of one of the best knownof modern English poems. In the churchyard were also laid to rest, in 1748, theremains of James Thomson, the poet… … which successive additions expanded into a spacious house.It was eventually still further enlarged and converted into ahospital for Richmond. The poets rooms were for a long time shown to visitors,with one or two articles of furniture which he had usedhabitually ; and a small summer house in the…
Kew (London, England) · Architecture
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