Riverdale

Places: Hampton

Riverdale

Riverdale

Thames Street, Hampton

Thames Street, Hampton

Not to be confused with present no1 Thames Street formerly known as Riverdale. The original Riverdale was a group of houses demolished when the Waterworks acquired the land
1811 William Wightman, Queen’s Bench Judge, until 1820
1815 Henry Fauntleroy, until 1821. Last man to be hanged in England for forgery
1817 Dr Robert Stanser, 2nd Bishop of Nova Scotia, until 1829
House demolished in 1850s and site used by Waterworks then being constructed on riverside land

Plan of (old) Riverdale in 1826

 

The present No 1 Thames Street, Hampton was also formerly known as Riverdale

It is a brick-built Georgian house dating from 1760-70, with an extension c. 1820-30.

c. 1760-70 House built
c. 1820-30 House extended
Dr Henry Jepson (d 1887)
1891-c. 1940 T Foster Knowles