ABOUT

Jonathan Crofts is the author of Meadows, Mansions and Munitions: Stories and Lives of Cambridge Park. In his Foreword, author and politician Sir Vince Cable says ‘this wonderful book is a meticulously researched, comprehensive, beautifully illustrated history of that part of Twickenham … Jonathan Crofts has managed to unearth just about every photograph, art work, map and architects’ drawing of the area over the last few centuries and has compiled a detailed account of the characters who lived there and shaped its history and geography... This book will serve for many years as the definitive history of this part of East Twickenham and today’s residents and others will derive pleasure and knowledge from reading about its, often surprising, heritage.'  

Jonathan lived in the Cambridge Park area of East Twickenham from 1993, and has followed local history ever since through reading, talks, walks and visits, as well as his own research and photography. He has built an extensive collection of local antique prints.

After leaving Bristol University with a degree in Modern Languages in 1986, he embarked on a career in theatre and television, including sixteen years at the BBC, and latterly working all over the world as a consultant with media and broadcast organisations. 

He founded Richmond Bridge Media in 2020 with his wife, Monica Byles, who has spent over thirty years in book publishing, both fiction and non-fiction. Jonathan’s first book is a tribute to the people of Cambridge Park, East Twickenham as much as a reflection of its history and buildings.

Jonathan now splits his time between SW London and Devon, and is working on two further books, the first of which is based on his village in Devon and the colourful aristocratic estate which formerly owned most of it. Publication is likely to be late 2023.

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