Tagg's Island
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Tagg's Island is an island in the River Thames in London , England upriver from Molesey Lock near Ash Island .
geography
In the middle of the island there is a lake with a connection to the river and private boat docks. A footbridge leads across the lake.
Even though the island is closer to the Surrey shore at East Molesey , it is connected to the more distant Middlesex shore by a single-lane bridge. The island belongs to the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames . Your post town is Hampton (TW12). Houses are not allowed to be built on the island and it is surrounded by houseboats. With the land of the investor, the owners of the boats acquire membership in the resident society to which the island belongs. There are some of the most expensive houseboats on the Thames, up to three stories tall , in this section known as the Thames Riveria .
history
The island has had various names over the years including Walnut Tree Ait and was used for willow to make baskets. Its current name comes from the boat builder Thomas Tagg, who hired boats from the island from 1841. In 1872 he built the Thames Hotel on the island. It was visited by many important people in London society, including Edward, Prince of Wales , who later became King Edward VII.
In 1912 the impresario Fred Karno bought the island and converted the hotel. For the renovation, he employed the architect Frank Matcham and set up a music hall , The Karsino . The island became very popular and in addition to the hotel and music hall there was a boathouse and various other attractions. Karno had a luxurious houseboat permanently on the island, he described the island as "the hub of the universe for river people". After the end of the First World War, the island's popularity waned. The hotel was renamed The Casino but Karno sold the island in 1926. Two years later the hotel reopened under the name Thames Riviera and a vehicle ferry brought cars from the mainland to the island. In 1940 the hotel was closed again. After numerous attempts to revive the hotel, it was demolished in 1971.
The houseboat Astoria Fred Karnos was on Tagg's Island until 1951. In 1986 David Gilmour bought it and converted it into a recording studio. The boat is now on the north side of the river above the island. The island itself belongs to the residents of the houseboats.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ list.english-heritage.org.uk ( memento of the original from April 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Ordnance Survey Map from English Heritage
- ↑ Royal Mail Postcode Finder
- ↑ Living on a houseboat: a cheap housing alternative? telegraph.co.uk, July 26, 2015
- ↑ Taggs Island: A river runs through it on The Independent April 1, 2009.
- ↑ a b Fred Karno and the Karsino . In: Local History Notes . London Borough of Richmond upon Thames . Archived from the original on April 17, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
- ↑ Stephen Croad: Liquid History. The Thames Through Time. Batsford, London 2003, ISBN 0713488344 , p. 20. ( books.google.com )
Web links
- Tagg's Island website of the island
- The Thames from Hampton Court to Sunbury Lock. ( Memento from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Enchanted island on the River Thames. on telegraph.co.uk