Richmond Palace, Greater London, England
A view of Richmond Palace Gatehouse
Richmond Palace
Richmond Palace was a royal residence on the south bank of the River Thames, upstream of the Palace of Westminster. It was built around 1501 and was occupied by royalty until 1649. Little now remains of the actual Palace, other than vestigial traces and most notably the gatehouse.
It was said that as Queen Elizabeth I lay dying her ghost was seen wandering the corridors. Her apparition was alleged to haunt the gatehouse after her death.
Pictured left is an 1765 engraving of Richmond Palace by James Basire.
Coordinates:
51.46117°N 0.30888°W.
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe.
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Richmond Palace was a royal residence on the River Thames in the London Borough of Richmond, Greater London.
It is located in the extreme northeast of the borough and is centred 5.8 miles west southwest of Charing Cross in a bend of the River Thames.
Pictured left is the Gatehouse to Richmond Palace, courtesy of Philip Halling. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
