Teddington (GB)

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Teddington is an affluent area of South West London, England. Historically in Middlesex, it has been part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965. Teddington is on the north bank of the Thames, just after the start of a long meander, between Hampton Wick and Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. Mostly residential, it stretches from the Thames to Bushy Park with a long high street of generally upmarket shops, restaurants and pubs culminating in a pedestrian suspension bridge over the lowest non-tidal lock on the Thames, Teddington Lock. At Teddington's centre is a mid-rise urban development, containing offices and apartments.

After the railway was built in 1863, easy travel to Twickenham, Richmond, Kingston and London was possible and Teddington experienced a population boom, rising from 1,183 in 1861 to 6,599 in 1881 and 14,037 in 1901.

Many roads and houses were built, continuing into the 20th century, forming the close-knit network of Victorian and Edwardian streets present today. In 1867, a local board was established and an urban district council in 1895. On 26 April 1913 a train was almost destroyed in Teddington after an arson attack by suffragettes. Its main focus in WWII was military research and its most famous invention, the "bouncing bomb", was developed. During the war General Dwight D. Eisenhower planned the D-Day landings at his Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) at Camp Griffiss in Bushy Park.

Teddington Office cancel on 2d Registered + 1d Postage to Southend on Sea. Posted at Lower Teddington, Twickenham office , routed via the London Chief Office.

Sub-Offices

Lower Teddington

See registered 2d cover above