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Jamnagar Lodge at Staines
K S Ranjitsinhji was a very successful first-class cricketer; he played for Cambridge University, Sussex and England. In India he succeeded to Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar in 1907. With the outbreak of World War I, in August 1914, he declared the resources of his estate could be used by Britain, including “Jamnagar House” at Staines. The house was converted to a hospital (The Prince of Wales Hospital for wounded officers) run by the Red Cross and with a gift of £50k to pay for running costs. As Maharaja he sent several squadrons of the Nawanagar Lancers to the Western Front. He became Chancellor of the Indian Chamber of Princes and represented India at the League of Nations after the First World War. Ranjitsinhji moved back into his house at Staines after the war. After the formation the newly founded Irish Free State in 1922, he became the first head of state to officially visit. He bought the 50,000-acre Ballynahinch estate in Connemara and moved there in 1924. This helped popularise tourism in the state at a tumultuous time in Irish history. He died at Jamnagar Palace, India in 1933, aged 60. Ranji is remembered in India by the Ranji Trophy, a national cricket tournament inaugurated in 1934. At Staines his house has been demolished, but the lodge still remains
Image: © Sean Davis
Taken: 3 Sep 2012
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Riverside, Staines
Looking along the Thames Path towards the centre of town.
Image: © Andy Stephenson
Taken: 4 May 2008
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Riverside path at Staines
Image: © David Martin
Taken: 30 Jan 2023
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The River Thames at Staines
Seen from the Thames Path, looking upstream.
Image: © David Purchase
Taken: 27 Apr 2013
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Terrace on Laleham Road
Called 'Langley Place' on the central stone, with no date, but the houses appeared on maps by 1894.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 17 Jan 2015
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Tree surgery on Laleham Road
The two blokes up in the tree were on very slender branches, they were roped to points higher up in the tree, but they did not look much more substantial. Nothing untoward happened before I moved on.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 17 Jan 2015
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Thames path towards Laleham
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 14 Mar 2020
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Laleham Road (B376), Staines
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 27 May 2022
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Working on the river bank
Environment Agency working to repair the riverbanks, near Staines
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 14 Oct 2011
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Bear on a balcony
Thames Path walkers are confronted by the bizarre sight of a polar bear perched on the balcony of this riverside home.
Image: © Mark Percy
Taken: 25 Nov 2016
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