My last picture from this visit to Ham House is of the back gate, taken simply because it looked lovely in the late afternoon sunlight.
Beyond the gate is Melancholy Walk, the first part of the journey to Richmond Park via Ham Common.
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I have a 1997 London street atlas, which does mark this route as 'Melancholy Walk', now named Ham Avenues. Asked about it during a volunteer meeting (as it drew me to Ham House in the first place) and was informed that the Melancholy Walk was actually on the East side of the house, perhaps old OS maps would enlighten.
ReplyDeleteMy understanding is that Ham Avenues is the collection of connected paths in the area of which Melancholy Walk is one. The other side of Sandy Lane this becomes Great South Avenue. Some of these names are historical and others, like Hunter's Pond, have been invented more recently, often by Thames Landscape Strategy.
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