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The boundaries are as follows: —
On the North.—The Urban District of Teddington.
On the West.—The Urban District of Hampton.
On the East and South. — The River Thames
separating the District from the County of
Surrey.
There is also a detached portion of the District of
about three acres in extent enclosed between the Urban
Districts of Hampton and Teddington. The position of
this small area is about 200 yards north of the north-west
corner of the rest of the District.
The Postal District of Hampton Wick includes the
greater part of South Teddington, but excludes that portion
of the District which is adjacent to Hampton Court
Palace. That part of the District is in the Postal District
of Hampton Court.
During the year the District Councils of Hampton
Wick and Teddington applied for an alteration of the
boundary between their respective districts. This formed
the subject of a Public Inquiry by Mr. Harold Squire,
Barrister, at the Council Offices, on November 3rd, 1911.
Boundaries are not often altered now-a-days, and
the reason for this application was somewhat unusual.
Along a small portion of the northern boundary of the
District runs a road known as Normansfield Avenue.
This road lies wholly in the District of Teddington. It
connects the Upper Teddington Road, which is a main
road, with Glamorgan Road, which is a road situated
wholly in Hampton Wick, and on which residential
properties abut. Thirty years ago what is now known
as Normansfield Avenue was part of a long field with a
right of way through it, connecting the Broom Road
with the Upper Teddington Road. This field was
enclosed by a fence and stile at each end. T believe that
the original intention was to have a road where the field