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Geschichte Etymologie. Erstmals urkundlich erwähnt wurde Chiswick um das Jahr 1000 als Ceswican. Die Herkunft des Namens ist umstritten, er könnte auf die altenglische Sprache zurückgehen und „Käsehof“ bedeuten.
Geschichte. Gebäude und Park, beide vom Architekten William Kent 1715 bis 1730 für Richard Boyle, 3. Earl of Burlington (1695–1753), angelegt, gelten als revolutionäre Neuerungen ihrer Zeit.
10. Juni 2024 · Chiswick parish lies in a large loop of the Thames 10 km. west of Hyde Park Corner. It is known chiefly for Chiswick House, near its centre, and for 18th- and 19th-century buildings at Chiswick village, hereafter referred to as Old Chiswick, and Strand-on-the-Green, respectively at the eastern and western ends of the loop. The ...
Explore the history of Chiswick House, the elegant early 18th-century villa designed by the 3rd Earl of Burlington as an exquisite setting to showcase his art collections and entertain his friends.
Die wunderschöne Villa „Chiswick House“ ist die erste und die feinste Ausgabe eines Gebäudes, das im neopalladischen Stil erbaut wurde. Es ist eine atemberaubende Hommage an die Arbeiten des Architekten Palladio, der sich zu Zeiten der Renaissance einen Namen gemacht hatte.
Vor 4 Tagen · Old Chiswick was in 1980 the accepted name of Chiswick village, itself recorded c. 1000 (fn. 23) and so perhaps named earlier than Sutton, of which it was once thought to have been an outlying hamlet. (fn. 24) From the early 17th to the 19th centuries it was known as Chiswick town or simply as 'the town'.
The famous Cherry Blossom boot polish was launched by the Chiswick Soap Company in 1906 and became an immediate success. Chiswick got its first hospital in 1911, a new secondary school (1916), more houses and more churches. Chiswick’s beloved live theatre, the Chiswick Empire opened in 1912 and there were three cinemas.
