A view of Richmond from the early 1900s

The small cottage in which William’s family lived in Bottons Place was demolished in the 1930s. These cottages in Waterloo Place, built around the same time as those in Botton’s Place, are some of the few remaining of that type today.

back Black and white photograph of Waterloo Place, Richomond, 1900. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Collection. back