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Did You Know That...?

• Mortlake was originally a riverside, rural settlement. There still remain a few early houses, which date from the late 15th century, alongside the riverfront at Thames Bank.
   
• The area was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Mortelege, which is though to men “a small stream containing young salmon. According to the Domesday Book, the large Manor of Mortlake included Putney and Wimbledon. It was held by the Archbishop of Canterbury until the 16th century. 
   
• During the early 17th century a tapestry works was set up on the area of Mortlake. After its closure, market gardening and brewing became the main industries in Mortlake.
   
• Mortlake is the finishing point of the annual Oxford v Cambridge boat race, which takes place in March. Mortlake Stone is the stone next to the Thames at Mortlake that marks the finishing point of the famous boat race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

Notable people associated with Mortlake, and who most likely did not clean their own carpet but hired cleaning firms:
 

• Statesman Henry Addington (1757-1844), who was best known as Prime Minister from 1801-1804 is buried in Mortlake. In 1801 George III gave him White Lodge, Richmond Park.
   
• Architect Stanley Davenport (1868-1946), who was best known as first professor of town planning at London University lived at Suthrey House in Mortlake from 1915-1924.
   
• John Anstis, the elder (1669-1744). He lived and died in Mortlake at a house located between Thames street and river.
   
• John Anstis, the younger (1708-1754), who also lived and died in Mortlake.
   
• Actor and dramatist Robert Armin (1565-1610). Best known as Member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Company of Players with Augustine Phillips, who lived by the river at Mortlake.
   
• Judge Sir James Bacon (1798-1895). He lived at Fairfax House, Mortlake, between 1851 and 1860.
   
• Nonconformist, Mathew Barker (1619-1698), who was lecturer or preacher at Mortlake.Lawyer James Barry (1603-1673), who was recorder of Dublin and knighted in 1634, owned a property in Mortlake. 
   
• Architect John Francis Bentley (1839-1902), who is best known as the architect of Westminster Cathedral, is buried at Mortlake Roman Catholic Cemetery.
   
• Sir Willaim Blizard (1743-1835), who was surgeon at Mortlake and President of Royal College of Surgeons.
   
• Architect Sir Arthur William Blomfield (1829-1899), who designed chancel of Mortlake Church.
   
• Politician, traveller and poet William Scawen Blunt (1840-1922), who grew up in Mortlake.
   
• Archeologist Sir John Peter Boileau (1794-1869), grew up in Mortlake.
   
• Cardinal Francis Alphonsus Bourne (1861-1935), who was best known as Archbishop of Westminster and Curate at Mortlake Roman Catholic Church.
   
• Explorer and scholar Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) is buried at Mortlake Roman Catholic Cemetery.
   
• Politician Sir Benjamin Hawes (1797-1862), who lived at Fairfax House, Mortlake, from 1838 to 1843.
   
• Missionary Ebenezer Henderson (1784-1858), who dies in Mortlake.
   
• Author Sir William Herbert (1552-1593), who lived in Mortlake.