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Twickenham Meadows

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Twickenham Meadows, later known as Cambridge Park, was a 74-acre estate, the second largest estate in Twickenham, England, after Twickenham Park. It has now been built over and the name remains for a part of Twickenham in optional – station-centric terms – considered St Margarets. The estate included a three-storey brick Jacobean mansion which was built around 1610 and was later known as Cambridge House. The house was demolished in 1937

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Twickenham Meadows
Cambridge Road, London Petersham (London Borough of Richmond upon Thames)

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Cambridge Road 11
TW1 2HN London, Petersham (London Borough of Richmond upon Thames)
England, United Kingdom
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