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2 days ago · The manor entered royal hands, and the manor house eventually became known as Sheen Palace, before being largely destroyed by fire in 1497. Henry VII rebuilt it and in 1501 named it Richmond Palace, in allusion to his earldom of Richmond and his ancestral honour of Richmond in Yorkshire. The associated settlement took the same name, although ...
- 5.38 km² (2.08 sq mi)
- Greater London
- 21,469 (North Richmond and South Richmond wards 2011)
- London
3 days ago · The original hamlet of Richmond, or Sheen as it was called before the reign of Henry VII, lay in a hollow on the north-east side of the royal palace which stood between the river and the green. There is nothing to show when a palace was erected here. In 1292 there was a capital messuage appurtenant to the manor.
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2 days ago · In the year 1414 Henry V. founded at Sheen, Richmond, a priory, known as the House of Jesus of Bethlehem, for forty monks of the Carthusian order. This was the last of the religious foundations of Surrey. The foundation charter (fn. 1) describes the site with much nicety.
4 days ago · West Sheen. Convent of Carthusians. Hermitage. About a quarter of a mile to the north-west of the old palace stood the hamlet of West Sheen. Here Henry V. in the year 1414, founded a convent of Carthusians, which he called the House of Jesus of Bethleem at Sheen .
6 days ago · Interest. 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.
- 955 hectares (2360 acres)
- 1992
- Biological, historical
- Greater London, England, United Kingdom
2 days ago · Ham House is a 17th-century house set in formal gardens on the bank of the River Thames in Ham, south of Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The original house was completed in 1610 by Thomas Vavasour, an Elizabethan courtier and Knight Marshal to James I.
15 hours ago · On Saturday 8 June 2024, Historic Royal Palaces is bringing back The Queen's Reading Room Festival, gathering authors, actors, and literature lovers for a day celebrating the written word.
