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Richmond, London history

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The area was known in the medieval period as Shene, first recorded (as Sceon) in the 10th century, and which survives in the neighbouring districts of East Sheen (also known as Sheen) and North Sheen. The manor entered royal hands, and the manor house eventually became known as Sheen Palace. 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.

Royal residence

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In 1299, Edward I took his whole court to the manor house at Sheen, a little east of the bridge and on the riverside, and it thus became a royal residence. Richard II was the first English king to make Sheen his main residence, which he did in 1383. It was rebuilt between 1414 and 1422, but destroyed by fire in 1497. The theatre company to which Shakespeare belonged performed some plays there.

18th- and 19th-century development

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White Lodge, in the middle of what is now Richmond Park, was built as a hunting lodge for George II. Richmond Bridge was completed in 1777 to replace a ferry crossing that connected Richmond town centre on the east bank with its neighbouring district of East Twickenham. Today, this, together with the well-preserved Georgian terraces that surround Richmond Green and line Richmond Hill to its crest, now has listed building status.

World Wars

Richmond lost many young people in the First and Second World Wars. 96 people were killed in air raids in the Second World War. The War Memorial was installed in 1921 at the end of Whittaker Avenue.

  

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