Editing Twickenham (section)

===17th century===
[[File:The Thames at Twickenham.jpg|thumb|The Thames at Twickenham {{Circa|1700}}, depicted by [[Peter Tillemans]]]]
[[File:Twickenham, St Mary's Church - geograph.org.uk - 164928.jpg|thumb|[[St Mary's, Twickenham|St Mary's Church]] today]]
[[File:Crane Shot Tower.JPG|thumb|upright|The Shot Tower by the [[River Crane, London|River Crane]]]]
[[Image:A View of Alexander Pope's Villa, Twickenham, on the Banks of the Thames by Samuel Scott, RA.jpg|thumb|[[Pope's villa]], painting {{circa|1759}}]]
[[File:All Hallows Parish Church in Twickenham.jpg|thumb|[[All Hallows Twickenham]], as seen from the [[A316 road|A316]]]]
[[Bubonic plague]] spread to the town in 1665 and 67 deaths were recorded. It appears that Twickenham had a [[pest house]] in the 17th century, although the location is not known.

There was also a watch house in the middle of the town, with [[stocks]], a [[pillory]] and a [[flagellation|whipping]] post whose owner was charged to "ward within and about this Parish and to keep all Beggars and Vagabonds that shall lye abide or lurk about the Towne and to give correction to such...".

In 1633 construction began on [[York House, Twickenham|York House]]. It was occupied by [[Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester]] in 1656 and later by [[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon]].<ref name="LondonEncyclopedia">{{Cite book |title=[[The London Encyclopaedia]] |date=1993 |publisher=PaperMac |last1=Weinreb |first1=Ben |author-link1= Ben Weinreb|last2=Hibbert |first2=Christopher |author-link2= Christopher Hibbert|isbn=0333576888 |location=London |oclc=28963301 |page=1004}}</ref>

1659 saw the first mention of the [[Twickenham Ferry]], although ferrymen had already been operating in the area for many generations. Sometime before 1743 a "pirate" ferry appears to have been started by Twickenham inhabitants. There is speculation that it operated to serve "The Folly", a floating hostelry of some kind. Several residents wrote to the [[Lord Mayor of the City of London]]:

{{quote|...Complaining that there is lately fixed near the Shore of Twickenham on the River Thames a Vessell made like a [[Barge]] and called the Folly wherein divers[e] loose and disorderly persons are frequently entertained who have behaved in a very indecent Manner and do frequently afront divers[e] persons of Fashion and Distinction who often in an Evening Walk near that place, and desired so great a Nuisance might be removed,....}}