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Welcome to the Isleworth Society Website. Isleworth was a well-cultivated farming and trading settlement, more valuable than many of its neighbours, stretching from the Middlesex bank of the River Thames west to the centre of Hounslow (including the land of later Hounslow Priory) and as far as the borders of Southall (in Hayes parish at the time) at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066.
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Isleworth War Memorial. 386 Isleworth men were killed in the 1st World War. 53 were Catholics many of Irish origin. A war memorial was constructed adjacent to St Bridget's Catholic Church and was so designed to compliment each other. The Catholic Community was closely involved with the erection of the memorial.
Isleworth (/ ˈaɪzəlwərθ / ⓘ EYE-zəl-wərth) is a suburban town located within the London Borough of Hounslow in West London, England. It lies immediately east of the town of Hounslow and west of the River Thames and its tributary the River Crane. Isleworth's original area of settlement, alongside the Thames, is known as 'Old Isleworth'.
The Isleworth Mona Lisa is an early 16th-century oil on canvas painting depicting the same subject as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, though with the subject (Lisa del Giocondo) depicted as being a younger age. [ 1 ] The painting is thought to have been brought from Italy to England in the 1780s, [ 1 ] and came into public view in 1913 when the ...
In fact, art historians had known about the Isleworth Mona Lisa for some time. Shortly before World War One, the maverick English connoisseur Hugh Blaker spotted it in an old manor house in ...
Historical Description. Isleworth, a large village and a parish in Middlesex. The village stands on the river Thames, 1 mile SW from Brentford, and 9 miles from London; was known at Domesday as Ghistelworde, afterwards as Yhistelworth, Istelworth, and Thistleworth; communicates by an old-established ferry with Richmond and Kew, consists chiefly ...
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Isleworth has a long and fascinating history, with a mix of , and Georgian architecture. You can visit Syon House, a grand 17th-century estate that was once home to the Dukes of Northumberland. Isleworth is surrounded by green spaces, including the River Thames, Osterley Park, and Syon Lane Country Park. There are also a number of parks and ...
