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	'''Teddington''' is a place in ], ] in the ]. The town is noticeable for ], which is the longest lock on the ] and marks the upstream limit of ]s. The name 'Teddington' doesn't derive from 'Tide's End Town' but from an Old English tribal leader.		'''Teddington''' is a place in ], ] in the ]. The town is noticeable for ], which is the longest lock on the ] and marks the upstream limit of ]s. The name 'Teddington' doesn't derive from 'Tide's End Town' (as claimed by ] among others), but from an Old English tribal leader.

	Teddington is also home to ], the Teddington Studios (a digital ] ] studio complex & one of the former homes of ]), the ] (the ]'s national standards laboratory, where the first accurate ] was built), the Teddington Rugby Football Club, and the Teddington Hockey Club (the oldest hockey club of the world).		Teddington is also home to ], the Teddington Studios (a digital ] ] studio complex and one of the former homes of ]), the ] (the ]'s national standards laboratory, where the first accurate ] was built), the Teddington Rugby Football Club, and the Teddington Hockey Club (the oldest hockey club of the world).

	== Famous residents ==		== Famous residents ==

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Teddington is a place in London, England in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The town is noticeable for Teddington Lock, which is the longest lock on the River Thames and marks the upstream limit of tides. The name 'Teddington' doesn't derive from 'Tide's End Town' (as claimed by Rudyard Kipling among others), but from an Old English tribal leader.

Teddington is also home to Bushy Park, the Teddington Studios (a digital widescreen television studio complex and one of the former homes of Thames Television), the National Physical Laboratory (the United Kingdom's national standards laboratory, where the first accurate atomic clock was built), the Teddington Rugby Football Club, and the Teddington Hockey Club (the oldest hockey club of the world).

The actor Noel Coward was born in Teddington in 1899
The comic actor Benny Hill lived in Teddington while working at the Teddington Studios
The mathematician Alan Turing worked at the National Physical Laboratory
The popular Georgian actress Peg Woffington lived in Teddington after her retirement
The actress Keira Knightley was born in Teddington on 26 March 1985
After he unexpectedly came into a considerable fortune in 1860, the novelist R. D. Blackmore settled in Teddington
The camp comedian Julian Clary was born in Teddington in 1950
The film actress June Duprez was born in Teddington on 14 May 1918
Sir Orlando Bridgeman
Sir Charles Duncombe
The founder of the Times newspaper, John Walter, died in Teddington in 1812
The Russian liberal exile Alexander Herzen lived in Elmfield House in Teddington from 1863 to 1864, where he was visited by Giuseppe Garibaldi

John Sheaf, Ken Howe: Hampton and Teddington Past, Historical Publications, October 1995
K. Howe, M. Cherry: Twickenham, Teddington and Hampton (Britain in Old Photographs), Sutton Publishing, October 29, 1998