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Petersham is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the east of the bend in the River Thames south of Richmond, which it shares with neighbouring Ham. It provides the foreground of the scenic view from Richmond Hill across Petersham Meadows, with Ham House further along the river. Other nearby places include: Twickenham, Isleworth, Teddington, Mortlake and Roehampton. ==History== Petersham appears in ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 as ''Patricesham''. It was held by Chertsey Abbey. Its assets were: 4 hides; 1 church, 5 ploughs, 1 fishery worth 1000 eels and 1000 lampreys, of meadow. It rendered £6 10s 0d. The village was the birthplace in 1682 of Archibald Campbell, later 3rd Duke of Argyll and Earl of Islay. He went on to found the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh in 1727, and his face is on the obverse of all of the Royal Bank's current banknotes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Current Banknotes: Royal Bank of Scotland )〕 Explorer George Vancouver retired to Petersham, where he wrote the ''Voyage Of Discovery To The North Pacific Ocean, And Round The World In The Years 1791–95'' whilst living in what is now called "Glen Cottage" in River Lane. He died in 1798 and is buried in the churchyard of Petersham Parish Church. His grave in Portland stone, renovated in the 1960s, is now Grade II listed in view of its historical associations. In 1847 Queen Victoria granted Pembroke Lodge in the Petersham part of Richmond Park to John Russell, 1st Earl Russell and it became their family home. Lord Russell's grandson, Bertrand Russell, spent some of his childhood there also.〔Russell, Bertrand (1967). ''The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872–1914''. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. p. 19.〕 During World War II the GHQ Liaison Regiment (also known as Phantom) established its regimental headquarters at Pembroke Lodge. In the early 19th century, Charles Stanhope, 4th Earl of Harrington, styled Lord Petersham, gave the name to a type of greatcoat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=The Free Dictionary )〕 In 1955 Petersham also gave its name to HMS Petersham which was a Ham class minesweeper. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Petersham, London」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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