Richmond Palace

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Richemont; Sheen Palace; Shene

In the civil parish of Richmond And Kew.
In the historic county of Surrey (Modern Authority of London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 1974 county of Greater London).

Remains of the palace built by Henry VII on the site of the palace of Sheen. Successively demolished from C17 and converted to residential dwellings. The original Tudor palace was used less frequently by the royal family from the reign of George I onwards, and by the later part of the reign of George III, several new buildings had been created as part of the schema for Richmond and Kew Parks, replacing the palatial functions of the Tudor palace.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ17587492

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 398000

• Web site links
  • http://tudorhistory.org/castles/richmond/
    http://www.plus44.com/royal/richmond/richmopal.html
• Books
  • Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p246-8
    Cloake, John, 2000, Richmond Palace: its history and its plan (Richmond Local History Society)
    Cloake, J., 1995, Palaces and Parks of Richmond and Kew, I, The Palaces of Sheen and Richmond
    Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press)
    James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby)
    Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works, vol4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p222-234
    Knowles, David and Hadcock, R Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longman)
    Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p994-1002
    Pevsner, N., 1962, The Buildings of England: Surrey (London, Penguin) p371
    Clinch and Montgomerie, 1911, Malden, H.E. (ed), VCH Surrey Vol3 p533-6
    Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol1 (London) p133-9
• Journal Articles
  • Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' Archaeological Journal Vol143 p320, 321
    1907, Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol20 p21-5
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/barkseng.html#surrey6]