Mortlake bus garage, situated in Avondale Road, was closed in 1983.

Since 1845, the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race has had its finish point at Mortlake, marked by the University Boat Race stone just downstream of Chiswick Bridge.

In the 1840s Charles James Philips acquired Mortlake Brewery, which had existed since the fifteenth century.

In 1845 it was agreed to stage the Boat Race ( which had on five previous occasions been contested from Westminster Bridge to Putney ) on a course from ' Putney Bridge to Mortlake Church tower '.

At the 2001 census, Mortlake had a population of 941.

At the 2006 census, Mortlake had a population of 996.

It was located in the inner western suburbs of Sydney, and initially included the suburbs of Concord and Mortlake, although by the time it was abolished in 1955, it had moved to cover Abbotsford, Balmain and Drummoyne.

Colliers from Newcastle would require the bridge to be opened to gain access to the Australian Gas Light Company ( AGL ) gasworks site at Mortlake, ( now redeveloped as Breakfast Point ).

The Mortlake line once branched from the town, opened in 1893 and closed in 1978.

Establishment of Mortlake as a settlement occurred in the 1850s and 1860s. The Post Office opened 2 February 1859.

A cable ferry was opened in 1928, and was officially called the Mortlake Ferry.

The University Boat Race is rowed between Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club in late March or early April, on the Championship Course from Putney to Mortlake in the west of London.

From the early part of the 17th century until after the civil wars, Mortlake was celebrated for the manufacture of tapestry, founded during the reign of James I-VI at the Mortlake Tapestry Works.

Either side of the Marble Hall, lie the Great Staircase ( 2 ) and the Tapestry Room ( 11 ), which contains a collection of early eighteenth century Mortlake tapestries.

Later occupation layers contained early Peterborough ware then the later Mortlake and Fengate varieties.

* 17th century tapestries from the Sheldon and Mortlake workshops

The building now houses the fine collection of 18th century furniture and porcelain formed by Hannah, Mrs David Gubbay, and the Ivo Forde Meissen collection of Italian comedy figures and Mortlake tapestries and other textiles and carpets.

The dining room features a beautiful Mortlake tapestry, which has been dated by experts as late 17th century.

Mortlake originally fielded the Mortlake Football Club, who went into recess and merged with Derrinallum for the 1999 season to become the Western Lions in the Hampden league.

Mortlake was originally known as Bottle Point.

An inaugural game using the new FA rules was initially scheduled for Battersea Park on 2 January 1864, but enthusiastic members of the FA couldn't wait for the new year and an experimental game was played at Mortlake on 19 December 1863 between Morley's Barnes team and their neighbours Richmond ( who were not members of the FA ), ending in a goalless draw.

In 1740, at the age of 22, he moved west to Mortlake ( now Pomfret ) in northeastern Connecticut, where land was cheaper and easier for young men to buy.

* 2 ) MS. Cotton Appendix XLVI Part II ( available online at: ) is the diary for 15 August 1584 – 23 May 1587 ( and 20 March – 7 September 1607 ) inclusive: The Book of Praha, The Royal Stephanic Mysteries, The Puccian Action, The Book of Resurrection, The Third Action of Trebon and the remaining Spirit Actions at Mortlake in 1607, ending where A True and Faithful Relation ends.

The third bridge was completed for an official opening on 20 May 1903 by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra who processed through Kensington, Hammersmith, Chiswick and Brentford on the way to the ceremony, returning via Mortlake and Barnes and re-crossing the Thames at Putney Bridge.

In 1974 he was elected to represent Mortlake ward in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames which he held for 24 years.

The stretch of the River Thames between Mortlake and Putney in London, England is a well-established course for rowing races, most famously the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.

Mortlake is located between two major agricultural districts: Hamilton to the north-west for the wool industry, and to the south-east, the dairy industry.

Although approvals have been gained for approximately 1, 000 MW, the Mortlake Power Station will be built in two stages adjacent to the existing Moorabool to Heywood 500 kV high voltage transmission line.

Mortlake has both football and cricket facilities at the D. C. Farren Oval, which also contains 10 courts for netball and tennis.

Another scheme in 1850 was for a canal to the Kennet and Avon Canal at Reading, with branches to the Thames at Maidenhead, Datchet, Staines, Richmond, Mortlake, Wandsworth and Vauxhall.

North Sheen station is a key transport hub, serving the area between Mortlake and Richmond stations on the South West Trains main line rail service, and is the main stopping-off point for commuters to the newly refurbished Richmond International Business Centre at Argyle House.

He and his brother William Ashburnham shared in an enterprise for reviving the manufacture of tapestry at Mortlake ( March and April 1667 ).

A solicitor by profession, Morley was a keen oarsman, founding the Barnes and Mortlake Regatta for which he was also secretary ( 1862 – 1880 ).

The two separate nomenclatures of Sheen and Richmond continue to this day, not without scope for confusion, since today's districts called " East Sheen " and " North Sheen ", now under the administrative control of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, were never in ancient times within Sheen manor, but were rather carved out of what was formerly the ancient adjoining manor of Mortlake, in recent times.

Mortlake is also The Terminus for bus routes 439 & L39 ( to Circular Quay via Five Dock Shops and Leichhardt ) and 464 ( to Ashfield railway station ).

The Mortlake Gasworks site offered river access for colliers to bring coal and virtually unlimited space for expansion.

Mortlake has a horse racing club, the Mortlake Racing Club, which schedules two race meetings a year including the Mortlake Cup meeting in September.

According to oral tradition, Putnam in his youth killed the last wolf in Connecticut with the help of a group of farmers from Mortlake.

Its Domesday assets were: 8 hides, paying tax with Mortlake ; 5 ploughs, of meadow.

Mortlake is a district of London, England and part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

Mortlake was part of Surrey until 1965.

Mortlake appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Mortelage.

The cemetery of St Mary Magdalen ’ s Roman Catholic Church Mortlake ‎ contains the tomb of Sir Richard Burton, and the ashes of comic-magician Tommy Cooper are interred at Mortlake Crematorium.

The Mortlake and Barnes Common ward of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is highly marginal.

Richmond Park, the constituency which includes Mortlake, also changed from Liberal Democrat to Conservative in the 2010 general election.

The London Assembly constituency South West, which includes Mortlake, is held by the Conservative assembly member Tony Arbour.

When Watney's Stag Brewery in Victoria, London, was demolished in 1959, the name was transferred to Mortlake Brewery.

Other nearby places include: Twickenham, Isleworth, Teddington, Mortlake and Roehampton.

It was noted that it was not a manor, but obtained 20 shillings from the ferry or market toll at Putney belonging to Mortlake.

In 1087 when the Domesday Book was compiled, Wimbledon was part of the manor of Mortlake.

At the time the Domesday Book was compiled ( around 1087 ), Wimbledon was part of the manor of Mortlake, and so was not recorded.

At the time the Domesday Book was compiled ( around 1087 ), Wimbledon was part of the manor of Mortlake.