"This narrow passage slips between the railway and houses next to the Thames in Twickenham, and owes its name to a man who hated moustaches. Long before the railway arrived, the area was known as Twickenham Park and had a large villa in the middle. The park is itself interesting as it's the site of the army's encampment at the start of the Second Barons' War, when the barons led by Simon de Montfort challenged the royalist forces of King Henry III."
"The family had four children, Charlotte, William, Edward and Emmeline, but only his sons survived into adulthood. When Henry died in 1862, he left a fortune of £200,000 to his two sons and split the various estates he owned between them - on one infamous condition attached to the will. Neither was to grow a moustache, and if they did, their inheritance would be forfeited to the other brother."
This narrow passage lies between the railway and riverside houses next to the Thames in Twickenham. The name derives from a man who hated moustaches. Twickenham Park contained a large villa and hosted the army's encampment at the start of the Second Barons' War when Simon de Montfort challenged King Henry III. In autumn 1263 de Montfort marched on London, trapped the royal couple at the Tower and assumed effective control before support fractured and a 1267 compromise concluded major hostilities. The park's first manor was built in 1601. In 1839 merchant Henry Budd bought the estate, sold land for the London and Windsor Railway, and on his death in 1862 left £200,000 to his sons with a will forbidding moustaches; reasons for that prohibition are lost to history.
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