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  Richmond Palace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richmond Palace was a royal residence from 1327 to 1649 on The Green, Richmond upon Thames, England.
An elevation for a new Richmond Palace by Sir William Chambers in 1765.
Three pipes supplied the palace with water, one from the white conduit in the new park, another from the conduit in the town fields, and the third from a conduit near the alms-houses in Richmond.
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 Richmond upon Thames - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Richmond is a suburb in southwest London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Henry VII was fond of Richmond Castle in Yorkshire.
Richmond station is the western terminus of the District Line on the London Underground system, and the North London Line.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Richmond_upon_Thames   (1909 words)

  
 Richmond upon Thames - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richmond is an affluent suburb in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London.
This Richmond was the source of the name chosen for Richmond, Virginia, and the two Richmonds are sister cities.
Richmond station is one of the western termini of the District Line on the London Underground system.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richmond_upon_Thames   (2057 words)

  
 Richmond Palace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Richmond Palace was built on the site of the old royal residence of Sheen (named from the Old English word for a 'beauty spot') in Surrey along the banks of the Thames.
The name of "Richmond" was given to the Palace from the earldom that Henry held when he won at Bosworth Field.
Anne of Cleves lived at Richmond after her divorce and both Henry VII and his granddaughter Elizabeth I died there.
tudorhistory.org /castles/richmond   (233 words)

  
 World InfoZone - Richmond Upon Thames
Richmond is in the south of England, south-west of London.
Situated on the Thames, Richmond is downstream from Kingston, another historic town on London's river.
Richmond, the capital of Virginia in the USA was named after Richmond upon Thames.
www.worldinfozone.com /features.php?section=Richmond   (637 words)

  
 Searching the Thames: Richmond
Richmond is an interesting mixture of the majestic and the bijou; of the ancient and the new.
It has a fine little museum on the second floor of the old town hall where, as I peruse the model of Richmond Palace, as rebuilt in 1509 by Henry VII, I am suddenly blasted by `Roll Over Beethoven.' There is a temporary exhibition at present of the Rock 'n' Roll Years.
Also on the green of Old Palace Yard with an imposing facade towards the river is Trumpeter's House, built in the early seventeenth century, probably by John Yemans, successor to Christopher Wren as Surveyor of Works.
www.thames-search.com /richmond.html   (675 words)

  
 Richmond upon Thames
Richmond upon Thames is a suburb in southwest London, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
It is south of the River Thames but because of the way the river twists around it, the town of Richmond is actually north-west of Richmond Bridge.
James I preferred Westminster to Richmond, but even before he became king, Charles I owned Richmond palace and started to build his art collection while living there.
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 Richmond, England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richmond, North Yorkshire (UK Parliament constituency), parliamentary constituency
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, a London borough which incorporates Richmond upon Thames and several neighbouring districts
Richmond, South Yorkshire, an electoral ward in Sheffield
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 Attractions in Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, London, England
Richmond is a hugely affluent London suburb, situated just a few miles down the river from Hampton Court Palace.
Richmond Bridge, the oldest spanning the Thames, sits alongside a riverside development which evokes memories of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Richmond Park has two golf courses and several horse riding centres where both novice and experienced riders can trot and canter across the expanse of the Park - dodging the deer of course.
www.guidetorichmond.co.uk /places.html   (535 words)

  
 Ashlee House - Backpackers guide to Richmond park, Richmond park London, Richmond London, Royal Park London, Royal ...
Richmond Park, with its vast rolling grasslands and large, ancient trees, has the distinction of being the largest of the eight Royal Parks in London, as well as Europe’s largest urban walled park.
Richmond Park, formerly known as the Manor of Sheen, used to be the Royal deer hunting grounds of King Edward I (1272 – 1307).
Richmond Park is open daily from 7:00 am in the summer and 7:30 in winter, to dusk.
www.ashleehouse.co.uk /ITA/guide_richmond_park.aspx   (453 words)

  
 Richmond Palace
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District Court in Richmond, Va., today, the day his trial was scheduled to begin.
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 The lost Richmond Palace
After Edward 111 died in it (it was then called Sheen Palace), Henry V rebuilt it and after a fire in 1499 it was rebuilt again by Henry V11.
The site is is situated between Richmond Green and the river (approximately at the position of the first picture) and although only remnants remain one gets a sense of the great palace once stood there.
The historic town of Richmond is full of good restaurants and rises steeply up hill to the beautiful Richmond Park where wild deer roam freely.
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 << RICHMOND APOTHECARY >>
Richmond Palace was the preferred home of English kings for many centuries, in use for longer than any other royal residence.
The first palace was built by Edward I in the 13th century and was completely rebuilt by Edward III in the next century.
In the tradition of Elizabethan England, but with a modern style, Richmond Apothecary is proud to present its luxurious bath range of soaps, foams and salts.
www.richmond-apothecary.co.uk /history.htm   (254 words)

  
 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: History and Heritage: Timeline: Richmond Lodge & the early development of Richmond ...
The Palace was largely dismantled as building material - common practice with previously royalist buildings during the Commonwealth.
Reclaiming and reuse of building materials was an accepted practice at the time, but there was probably an ideological issue behind these actions to diminish the importance of the material symbols of the old status quo.
Also, since the Palace had been dismantled, Robert Stickles’s Richmond Lodge, which had survived, was extensively restored, improved and transformed into a royal residence.
www.rbgkew.org.uk /heritage/timeline/16_17C_richmondlodge.html   (305 words)

  
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Richmond Palace [Illustration: Richmond Palace] Richmond has comparatively but few antiquarian or poetical visiters, notwithstanding all its associations with the ancient splendour of the English court, and the hallowed names of Pope and Thomson.
On the restoration, the palace was in a very dismantled state, and having, during the commonwealth, been plundered and defaced, it never recovered its pristine splendour.
The site of Richmond Palace is now occupied by noble mansions; but AN OLD ARCHWAY, seen from _the Green_, still remains as a melancholy memorial of its regal splendour.
www.gutenberg.org /files/11282/11282.txt   (11272 words)

  
 Richmond and Twickenham Times: Contact Us: History of Richmond
Richmond upon Thames is a picturesque London Borough with some of the most beautiful rural surroundings to be found in the capital.
Richmond Green, once the scene of tournaments and pageants, is surrounded by gracious period houses.
Beyond the hill lies the 2,500 acre Richmond Park, enclosed by Charles I as a favoured hunting ground, where large herds of red and fallow deer wander.
www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk /aboutus/history   (1213 words)

  
 Richmond Green, Richmond-upon-Thames - London - UK Attraction
A historic piece of cultured land, in Tudor times the green was the centre of life in Richmond.
Now flanked by impressive regency housing, at the time of Henry VII the area was overlooked by the magnificent Richmond palace, the remains of which still remain on one side of the green.
Today the green is used as a leisure area by the towns’ residents for dog walking, picnicking and simply relaxing.
www.ukattraction.com /london/richmond-green.htm   (197 words)

  
 City Tours - Tours through Richmond Palace
Those who always wanted to take a look inside the sumptuous Richmond Palace have their opportunity on Sundays.
Duchess Auguste, the wife of Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand and sister of King George III of England had this palace, with its style of classicistic severity and late barouque elements, built in 1768/69.
In memory of her homeland, the Duchess gave her favorite palace an English name and also had the Duke's gardeners landscape the garden in the English style.
www.braunschweig.de /english/touristservice/tours/city_tours/richmond.html   (178 words)

  
 Richmond
On the left are Oak House (1760), Old Palace Place (1688) and the Old Friars including Beaver Lodge, a coach house of 1740.
On the right is Old Palace Terrace of 1692 with a former chemists at number 1 (1826-1960).
This was the site of Richmond Palace but only the Gateway and Wardrobe buildings remain.
www.london-footprints.co.uk /wkrichmondroute.htm   (779 words)

  
 WGBH Programs
Richmond is a part of London better known as a home to the aristocracy of modern show business than for its past links with the crown.
"It was a palace favored by Henry VIII before Hampton Court, a palace from which the succession of the crown was ensured and a palace that gave its name to the surrounding area," Edward Wessex explains.
Once the palace covered 20 acres, but all that is left now are the foundations beneath the ground, fascinating stories, and magnificent views immortalized in paintings by Turner.
www.wgbh.org /schedules/program-info?program_id=30200&episode_id=351551   (181 words)

  
 Richmond Palace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A sketch of Richmond Palace by Anthony van Wyngaerde in 1555.
One of several signs that mark some of the areas where the palace once stood.
This sign is on one of the remaining sections of the palace.
tudorhistory.org /castles/richmond/gallery.html   (117 words)

  
 Richmond
Richmond Green) is a simple gateway of Henry VII's time with a large and a small stone arch, with his arms (recently renewed) over the larger archway.
The gateway led into the outer courtyard of the palace, now Old Palace Yard.
Within the secluded square of Old Palace Yard two further buildings incorporating remains of the palace.
www.astoft.co.uk /richmond.htm   (417 words)

  
 Richmond-upon-Thames Hotels - London UK from Cheap Hotel Bookings.com
The Richmond Museum is a small museum that documents Richmond's past popularity as a Royal resort.
A highlight is a model of Henry VIII's Richmond Palace, built in 1500.
The palace gave the town its name - it was previously known as Sheen.
www.cheaphotelbookings.com /uk-hotels/richmond-upon-thames-hotels-1.htm   (379 words)

  
 Richmond Bridge, London : tourist information from TourUK
Before Richmond Bridge opened in 1777, a ferry owned by the Crown operated at this point on the river.
However, there were strong objections, the inhabitants of Richmond did not like the idea of a wooden bridge and they did not want a privately owned toll bridge.
Richmond Bridge was transferred to the counties of Surrey and Middlesex in 1927.
www.touruk.co.uk /london_bridges/richmond_bridge1.htm   (305 words)

  
 Richmond Surrey through time | Local history overview for the place
Richmond Palace was for many centuries a favourite residence of the English monarchs, and Edward III., Henry VII., and Elizabeth died in it.
Richmond Park, formed by Charles I., is enclosed by a wall 8 miles in length, has red and fallow deer, excellent timber, and 2 fine sheets of water (the Pen Ponds).
Richmond has market gar dens and nursery grounds, and some small industries; but it depends chiefly on the gentry resident in the vicinity and on the crowd of summer visitors."
www.visionofbritain.org.uk /place/place_page.jsp?p_id=156   (390 words)

  
 woodgate - pafg102 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Henry (1) Tudor Duke of Cornwall was born on 1 Jan 1511 in Richmond Palace,,England.
Henry (2) Tudor Duke of Cornwall was born in Nov 1513 in Richmond Palace,,England.
Elizabeth I Tudor Queen of England was born on 7 Sep 1533 in Greenwich Palace,London,England.
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 Richmond, Richmond Riverside, Kingston and Surbiton walk walk, Thames Path, London and Surrey, March 2006
Richmond railway bridge with Twickenham road bridge in the background.
Enlarged in the 1670s, it's one of a series of palaces and grand houses along the banks of the Thames and was occupied by the same family until 1948.
After strolling past the attractive Thames side walk at Richmond we were rather taken aback by the sheer ugliness of the walk through Kingston.
www.urban75.org /walks/richmond-kingston.html   (1218 words)

  
 History of Richmond upon Thames : Visit Richmond is the Official online site of Richmond Upon Thames
For over 800 years courtiers, artists and statesmen have built their palaces and beautiful houses; have planted trees and laid out colourful gardens, helping the borough to retain the look and feel of the countryside.
When Henry VII built a fabulous royal palace beside the River Thames he named it Richmond after his favourite Yorkshire earldom.
Richmond Green, once the scene of tournaments and pageants, is surrounded by elegant period houses.
www.visitrichmond.co.uk /Guide/History.htm   (941 words)

  
 LONDON: IT TAKES A VILLAGE: / Islands of individuality survive amid the sprawl / RICHMOND: A touch of Tudors, gourmet ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
It's a thousand-year-old tradition in Richmond, near the farthest reach of the London rail system and close to the M25 roadway, which loops around the capital as if to rope in the sprawl.
Deer jams are the legacy of a land snatch in 1637 by an earlier Charles.
Foot and wheeled traffic in Richmond Park is frequently halted by 600 free-roaming bucks and does that leap and lope across roadways in the former royal hunting preserve.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/07/TRGA7IKAI41.DTL   (554 words)

  
 Hampton Court Palace & Gardens Hotels: near Kingston Uinversity London - 1.2m
Accommodation close to the Palace is The Lion Gate Hotel at 0.3 miles, with 32 rooms from £60.00.
Situated in the charming town of Richmond Upon Thames on the crest of Richmond Hill, just 7 miles from London Heathrow and Central London, the Richmond Hill Hotel is in the perfect semi rural location for all your Hotel requirements.
Richmond Hill Hotel is ideally located for visiting the attractions of West London and Surrey, including Twickenham Rugby Ground, Wimbledon Tennis,...
www.london-hotels-guide.co.uk /hotels_near_attractions/Hotels_Hampton_Court_Palace_&_Gardens.cfm   (811 words)

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