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Kingston & Shepperton

Three men in a boat

Viseu, Outubro de 2010

Kingston & Shepperton

Three men in a boat

Three Men in a Boat,

published in 1889, is a

humorous account by

Jerome K. Jerome of a

boating holiday on the

Thames between

Kingston and Oxford.Title page of 1889

edition

Kingston

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Kingston upon

Thames Kingston upon Thames is the main

settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon

Thames in southwest London.

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Kingston upon

Thames It was the ancient market

town where Saxon Kings were

crowned. Moreover, seven

Saxon Kings are traditionally

said to have been crowned at

Kingston, while seated on a

large stone - The Coronation

Stone.

There is a local tradition that

these Saxon coronations gave

Kingston its name, but the

records of the 838 council

disprove this.

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Kingston upon

Thames The first of the charters

given to the town of Kingston

was granted by King John in

1200.

Other charters were issued

by later kings, including

Edward IV's charter that gave

the town the status of a

borough in 1481.

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Kingston upon

Thames Kingston was one of the ancient boroughs to be

reformed by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835,

becoming the Municipal Borough of Kingston upon

Thames.

Queen Elizabeth II granted Kingston another Royal

Charter in 1965 entitling it to continue using the title

"Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames" for the

enlarged Borough.

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Kingston upon

Thames Before becoming part of Greater London in 1965,

Kingston was in the county of Surrey, and some

confusion continues because the county hall and

offices of Surrey County Council are still in Kingston.

For river users, Kingston is still on the

"Surrey" bank.

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Kingston upon

Thames For much of the 20th century, Kingston was a

major military aircraft manufacturing centre

specialising in fighter aircraft.

Well known aviation personalities Sydney Camm,

Harry Hawker and Tommy Sopwith were

responsible for much of Kingston's achievements in

aviation.

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Kingston upon

Thames The growth and development of Kingston

Polytechnic and its transformation into Kingston

University has made Kingston a University Town.

Kingston is the location of

Kingston University and

Kingston College.

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Kingston upon

Thames Central Kingston is a busy predominantly retail

centre, with a small number of commercial offices

and civic buildings.

It is one of the main centres of the south west

London bus network.

The ancient market is still held daily

in the Market Place.

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Kingston upon

Thames One of the more unusual sights in Kingston is

several disused red telephone boxes that have been

tipped up to lean against one another in an

arrangement resembling dominoes.

This sculpture by David Mach

was commissioned in 1988,

and is called ‘Out of Order’.

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Kingston upon

Thames Sport in Kingston is promoted and encouraged by

Sport Kingston, an organisation funded by the Royal

Borough of Kingston.

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Kingston upon

Thames Kingston is the home of three non-league

association football clubs, Kingstonian F.C.,

Corinthian-Casuals F.C. and AFC Wimbledon.

Kingston Athletic Club and Polytechnic Harriers

competing in the National Two division of the British

Athetics League.

Kingston Regatta takes place on the

river at the town in July.

Shepperton

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SheppertonShepperton is a town in the borough of Spelthorne,

Surrey, England.

To the South it is bounded by the river Thames at

Desborough Island .

It is equidistant between the north

Surrey towns of Chertsey to

the west and Sunbury-on-Thames

to the east.

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Shepperton

The name Shepperton is derived from 'Shepherd's

Town' and the name of one of the older streets,

Sheep Walk, still reflects that origin.

19th century Shepperton by William Tombleson

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Shepperton

The Church Square area, next to the river is the

original village.

When a railway station was

constructed a mile to the

North, linking Shepperton to

London's Waterloo station,

the village expanded in that

direction.Church Square, Shepperton

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Shepperton

Shepperton was a parish in the Staines Rural

District in Middlesex from 1894 to 1930.

It was transferred to Surrey in 1965 rather than

becoming part of Greater London.

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Shepperton

Shepperton is home to Thamesmead School,

which was until recently famous for its music

concerts, particularly pop and rock music.

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Shepperton

Shepperton has a thriving cricket club, which has

teams in the Fullers Surrey County League, as well

as colts teams for all ages, and one of the strongest

women's cricket sections in the country.

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