Thomas Holloway: The Marketing Giant Fortune and Legacy Thomas Holloway was born in Devonport in Devon on 22 September 1800.  […]

In this video produced in partnership with Royal Holloway University of London, Bill Thisdell shares the story of Thomas Holloway, […]

Read about the Sensational Trial of William Davis here Davis was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging.[i] He […]

December 1771 saw the sensational 6-hour trial of William Davis, surgeon and apothecary for robbing the Royal Mail of a […]

Read part one of Women: Wives, Workers and War here. Pre-war Life for Women Before the Great War, the reality […]

Introduction & Acknowledgements The Egham Museum’s previous exhibition Suffrage in Egham, explored the roles of women and their fight locally […]

In this video, produced in partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London as part of our ‘Health, Holloway and Hype’ […]

2019 marked the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci – but how is he connected to Egham? […]

Residents, past and present of Egham Hythe in the borough of Runnymede in Surrey, share their memories of the area. […]

Only 2 days until Egham’s first one-day community music festival! Friday 21st June 2019 marks the first Egham Festival of Music. […]

Our next temporary exhibition, titled ‘Health, Holloway & Hype’ will explore Victorian businessman and philanthropist, Thomas Holloway, the marketing and […]

  As part of Museums Week 2019, the theme of today is Women in Culture. Women have been major participant […]

Read parts 1, 2 and 3 here Educating Girls The earliest schools were intended only for boys – even when […]

Read part 1 here and part 2 here School Rules Attendance: from the Egham School Board Bye-Laws 1901 No 2: […]

Read part 1 here Private Education Although Strode’s was a free school for the poor, its early headmasters supplemented their […]