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White Gates, THAMES DITTON, KT7 0GB

The junction of Watts Road and Giggs Hill Road, with the house (Ditton Cottage) overlooking Giggs Hill Green.

Bench in the corner of the triangular green which faces onto the Portsmouth Road leading away from Kingston-upon-Thames.

Large cross at the eastern corner of the triangular Giggs Hill Green. www.thamesditton.com

These are on a small triangular green between Portsmouth Road on one side and Giggs Hill Road on the other two sides. This view from Giggs Hill Road on the west side looks to Giggs Hill Road on the north side.

Commercial use of a former residential building at a corner of the triangular Giggs Hill Green in Thames Ditton. www.thamesditton.com

This photo was taken on 1st July 2007 just after the "Harry Hawkes 8" an eight mile charity run through Thames Ditton, Kingston upon Thames, Thames Path past Hampton Court and Weston Green.

"Thames Ditton Cricket Club have played on Giggs Hill Green at least since 1833, the date of their first recorded match. A copy of the scorecard from that game against Twickenham CC, is in the Pavilion. Since that time many famous cricketers have played on the Green. Heathfield Stephenson, who in 1861/62 captained the first English side to tour Australia, played for the Club. He is the first player featured on a mural in the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) pavilion showing many of the famous cricketers who have played on that ground. His nephew, Maurice Read, was the first Thames Ditton player to score a century in a club match. He became a professional with Surrey, and played 14 test matches for England in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1892 Tom Richardson, the great Surrey and England fast bowler, came to live in Angel Road. He played many times for the Club until his death in 1912. In the 1890s Thames Ditton, and their rivals Mitcham, were regarded as the leading clubs in Surrey. Matches between the two clubs attracted crowds of up to 5000 spectators. Other England cricketers played for the Club on occasions, Leonard Braund and Tom Hayward amongst them. The Centenary Year was celebrated in 1933 with matches against Twickenham. Eddie Watts, one of three brothers in that era, went on to play for Surrey. He took all 10 wickets for Surrey v Warwickshire in 1939, and had not the War intervened may well have become a test player. He returned to play for TDCC when he retired from first class cricket in 1952." www.tdcc.org.uk

On Mercer Close.

In thankfulness to God and to the immortal memory of the men & women of the parish of Thames Ditton who gave their lives for King and Empire in the Great Wars of 1914-1918 - 1939-1945 "Death is swallowed up in victory" Ames W; Attwell WH; Babbage H; Balshaw CA; Battersby CFP; Bew R; Blachford LC; Boxall WH; Buckingham EC; Bunton E; Callender JC; Card WA; Carter SHM; Chiswell HP; Cilia P; Cox TL; Cox CJ; Cullen AJ; Curd JL; Dudman L; Duffell AV; Dunlop WF; Dunlop JV; Eason VW; Edwards JE; Eggleton JW; Fookes EB; Gallacher SH; Gibbons JR; Gooding WT; Goodrich R; Grantham CA; Grainger T; Gray WE; Green JA; Greenyer MT; Gunnery CL; Hawkes AA; Hawkes HW; Hider W; Hill A; Hill DAW; Holloway G; Horsfield JN; Jarlett W; Jermy JHW; Jones HI; Jones TC; Keen TW; Lack RL; Lane EB; Lockyer EC; Lowe NM; Mansell AC; Martin J; Moyce HS; Onslow L; Packham CF; Parker GB; Parsons CD; Platt HFA; Potter HC; Powell L; Prior Nurse E; Purr AG; Ridgers P; Russell HF; Saull HT; Sharman AP; Sheppard C; Skilton WW; Skilton CE; Steadman PC; Squance WJ; Tompkins G; Trapmore A; Trussler GH; Tuckey CP; Tyler JL; Uncles WM; Warren GW; Waterhouse Gilbert; Wedlock FJ; West A; Wilson A; Wilson AR; Wise H; Woolgar WAF.