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4 days ago · The park at Richmond was leased by Queen Elizabeth to Edward Bacon (fn. 61). When the Crown lands were sold in the last century, the park which adjoined the Green, then called Richmond Little-park, was valued at 220l. 5s. per annum, and was bought by William Brome of London, Gent. at 32 years purchase (fn. 62).
2 days ago · Richmond was founded following King Henry VII's building in the 16th century of Richmond Palace (so-named in 1501), from which the town derives its name. (The palace's manor itself took its name from King Henry's earldom of Richmond, North Yorkshire, the original Richmond.) The town and palace became particularly associated with Queen Elizabeth ...
- 5.38 km² (2.08 sq mi)
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- 21,469 (North Richmond and South Richmond wards 2011)
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5 days ago · Theobalds palace valued and pulled down. The original site of this manor was a small moated house, the traces of which are still visible in Sir George Prescott's park (fn. 11) . Sir William Cecil (afterwards Lord Burleigh) began, about the year 1560, to build upon a new site, what, it is said, he at first intended for a small mansion, to be the ...
5 days ago · CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE. Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in occupation of some houses in the town of Westminster. These in 1197, (fn. n1) the year before his death, he granted to his cousin, William of Ely ...
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1 day ago · Wiltshire, geographic and historic county and unitary authority of southern England. It is situated on a low plateau draining into the basins of the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the eastward-flowing River Thames. Trowbridge, on the western side of Wiltshire, is the administrative centre. Wiltshire, England.
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6 days ago · Biological, historical. Area. 2360 acres (955 hectares) [1] Notification. 1992. Location map. Magic Map. Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is the largest of London's Royal Parks and is of national and international importance for wildlife conservation. It was created by Charles I in the 17th century [2] as a deer park.
2 days ago · Kew ( / kjuː /) is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. [2] Its population at the 2011 census was 11,436. [1] Kew is the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens ("Kew Gardens"), now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace. Kew is also the home of important historical documents such as Domesday Book, which is held at ...
