November 28, 1903. 
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Views and Reviews. 
The Richmond Hill View. 
We have on several previous occasions re¬ 
ferred to the great efforts which have been 
made by county councils, by the inhabitants 
in the neighbourhood, and by the Commons 
and Footpaths’ Preservation Society, to p-rei- 
vent the spoliation of the famous and world- 
renowned view from -the Terrace, Richmond 
Hill, Surrey. These questions- have now 
been very largely settled, a-s we are informed, 
by the last-mentioned society. The settle¬ 
ment has been, secured by the Richmond Hill 
(Preservation of View), Act, 1902. 
There was really a much larger question 
than the mere preservation of a view, which, 
after all, might be merely a matter of senti¬ 
ment-. A considerable area of land all along 
the river bank on the Surrey side will now 
he kept as an open space or park for the 
■enjoyment of the public, which resorts t-lierei 
very largely, especially during the summer 
months. Hie arrangement is somewhat of 
a compromise, seeing that Lord Dysa-rt has 
-been allowed the right- to enclose a. certain 
portion of t-hei Lammas Lands, which will, 
noi doubt-, in the near future be built upon. 
At the same time, the people of Ham have 
been somewhat annoyed at this loss' of their 
supposed rights, 'but, seeing the land has 
been under close cultivation for market gar¬ 
dening purposes ever since we knew the 
same, it does not s-eem that the people in, 
that neighbourhood were wont to make any 
further use of the lands than simply the use 
of the footpath leading from Ham to Ted- 
dingt-on Ferry, and that pathway will noi 
doubt be kept open. The Board of Agri¬ 
culture' decline to- certify a scheme for the 
regulation of the Lammas Lands, and ini 
view of the purpose for which the lands 
have been put, the Commons and Foot-paths 
Preservation Society did not feel constrained 
to oppose the arrangement put forward by 
the lord of the manor. 
It will give an, idea, perhaps-, of the extent 
of land in dispute to mention the several 
items lying in the valley of the Thames and 
on the- Surrey side, between Richmond and 
Ham, and surrounded on two sides by the 
River Tliames. Petersham Common, a very 
beautiful park, sloping from Richmond Hill 
Park to Petersham in the direction of the 
river, has now been vested in the Richmond 
Corporation, including the ownership of the 
timber. This beautiful piece of land consists 
of 17 acres, having beautiful turf, and so well 
furnished with magnificent treels that it 
appears like the park of a private domain. 
Elms, Cedars o-f Lebanon, Oaks, Beeches and 
Limes are amongst the most important trees, 
and they must have stood there for cen¬ 
turies, judging from their size. 
Ham Common, runs to 125 acre's o-f rather 
barren land, for it is evidently an old gravel 
bed of the Thames, though now at some 
distance from the river. This has rightly 
been conveyed to the Ham Urban District 
Council as a,n open space, and the old in¬ 
terest of the parishioners in the Common 
has been recompensed by the payment to the 
Ham Council of £3,000 in stock. Of the 
interest arising from this, £50 will be applied 
towards maintaining the Common, but- we 
hope the' Ham people will not undertake the 
so-called improvements- that are usually made 
by district oouncils—naniely, by shooting the 
parish rubbish there, and levelling up the 
hollows, so that it- may 'be sown down with 
a, few common grasses. The beauty of the 
common, we think, consists in its undulating 
character and the native vegetation that 
grows there. In- the village itself there isi 
sufficient open space for the recreation of the 
inhabitants. 
A field of 9 acres in extent has been given 
to the Corporation of Kingston-on-Thames 
by Lord Dysart, and this is to be maintained 
as a recreation ground. 
At the foot o-f Richmond Hill, an area of 
land known as the Petersham Meadows, to¬ 
gether with an orchard and some garden 
ground, embracing an area-of 32 acres, has 
been conveyed to the Corporation of Rich¬ 
mond, on the distinct understanding that it 
shall never be built upon. This land abuts 
on the River Thames, just above Richmond, 
and has been very largely used by the .in¬ 
habitants for a long period of years, by using 
it in the form of pathways through the grass 
