Editing Petersham, London (section)

==History==

Petersham appears in  [[Domesday Book]] (1086) as ''Patricesham''. It was held by [[Chertsey Abbey]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lysons|first=Daniel|author-link=Daniel Lysons (antiquarian)|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol1/pp399-403|title=The Environs of London: Volume 1, County of Surrey|year=1792|pages=399–403|via=British History Online|access-date = 6 March 2024}}</ref> Its assets were: 4 [[hide (unit)|hide]]s; 1 church, 5 [[plough]]s, 1 [[fishery]] worth 1,000 [[eel]]s and 1000 [[lamprey]]s, {{convert|3|acre|ha}} of [[meadow]]. It rendered £6 10s 0d.<ref name="Domesday">{{OpenDomesday|TQ1873|petersham|Petersham}}</ref>

[[Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll|Archibald Campbell]], later 3rd Duke of Argyll and Earl of Islay, was born at [[Ham House]] in 1682.<ref name="Campbell">{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Archibald-Campbell-3rd-Duke-of-Argyll | title=Archibald Campbell, 3rd duke of Argyll | author= Anderson, Mic|publisher=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] | date = 13 February 2024|access-date=6 March 2024}}</ref> He went on to found the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] in Edinburgh in 1727.

The explorer [[George Vancouver]] retired to Petersham, where he wrote [[George Vancouver#Works by George Vancouver|''A Voyage Of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World'']].<ref name = "Targett">[[Simon Targett|Targett, Simon]] (2024). "A house, a tomb, a monkey puzzle tree, a fight and a book of discovery" in Smith, Robert (ed.)  ''[[Richmond Local History Society|Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]]'', '''44''':  46-56, {{ISSN|0263-0958}}</ref> He lived in a house in River Lane that is now two separate dwellings – Navigator's House (formerly known as Craigmyle Cottage) and Glen Cottage.<ref name = "Targett"/> He died in 1798 and is buried in the churchyard of [[St Peter's Church, Petersham|Petersham Parish Church]]. The [[Portland stone]] monument over his grave, renovated in the 1960s, is now [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] in view of its historical associations.<ref name="Vancouver listing">{{National Heritage List for England |num=1380182|desc=Tomb of Captain George Vancouver in the Churchyard of St Peter's Church|date=23 March 2000|access-date= 4 September 2016}}</ref>

In 1839 [[Charles Dickens]] rented Elm Cottage, renamed Elm Lodge,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elm Lodge |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1357743?section=official-list-entry |website=Historic England}}</ref> where he wrote ''[[Nicholas Nickleby]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 October 2019 |access-date = 11 June 2024|title=Dickens in Richmond upon Thames |url=https://www.richmond.gov.uk/dickens_in_richmond_upon_thames |author= Richmond Local Studies Library and Archive|website=[[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]}}</ref>

In 1847 [[Queen Victoria]] granted [[Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park|Pembroke Lodge]] in the Petersham part of [[Richmond Park]] to [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell]], and it became the Russell family home.<ref name="Fletcher Jones">{{cite book | title=Richmond Park: Portrait of a Royal Playground | author= Fletcher Jones, Pamela|year=1972 | page=41| publisher=[[Phillimore & Co Ltd]]|isbn= 0850334977}}</ref> Lord Russell's grandson, [[Bertrand Russell]], spent some of his childhood there.<ref name="Russell">[[Bertrand Russell|Russell, Bertrand]] (1967). ''The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell 1872–1914''. London: [[George Allen & Unwin Ltd]]. p. 19.</ref><ref name="Hearsum">{{cite web | url=http://hearsumcollection.org.uk/the-collection-and-the-friends-of-richmond-park/item/bertrand-russell-the-young-philosopher-in-the-park | title=Bertrand Russell&nbsp;– the young philosopher in the park | publisher=[[Richmond Park#Culture|The Hearsum Collection]] | work=The Collection | date=12 June 2015 | access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref><ref name="Turcon2012">{{Cite journal |first=Sheila|last= Turcon |date=Spring 2012 |title= Russell’s Homes: Pembroke Lodge |url=https://bertrandrussellsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/brsb_146_spring_2012_public.pdf|journal=The Bertrand Russell Society Bulletin |issue=146 |pages=3-8 |issn=1547-0334}}</ref><ref name="Hirschler">{{Cite journal |last= Hirschler |first= Rachel|date=2024 |title=Bertrand Russell's childhood years at Pembroke Lodge |journal=[[Richmond Local History Society| Richmond History: journal of the Richmond Local History Society]] |volume=44 |pages=11}}</ref> During [[World War II]] the [[GHQ Liaison Regiment]] (also known as Phantom) established its regimental headquarters nearby at the Richmond Hill Hotel,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5mc7AwAAQBAJ&q=richmond+hill+phantom+regiment+GHQ+headquarters&pg=PT352 | title=Defending London: A Military History from Conquest to Cold War | publisher=[[The History Press]] | author=Osborne, Mike | isbn=9780752479316|year=2011}}</ref> with its base (including the [[Mess|officers' mess]] and [[billet]]) at Pembroke Lodge.<ref name="FRP Guide91">{{cite book |date=2011 |title=''"History" in'' Guide to Richmond Park |author= Lankester, Max|publisher=[[Richmond Park#Friends of Richmond Park|Friends of Richmond Park]] |location=London |page=91|isbn= 978-0-9567469-0-0}}</ref>

In the early 19th century, [[Charles Stanhope, 4th Earl of Harrington|Charles Stanhope]], styled Lord Petersham, later Earl of Harrington, gave the Petersham name to a type of [[greatcoat]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Petersham|work=[[TheFreeDictionary.com|The Free Dictionary]]|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/petersham|access-date=1 August 2015}}</ref> In 1955 Petersham also gave its name to {{HMS|Petersham}},<ref name="Janes">{{cite book |editor-last=Blackman |editor-first=Raymond V B  |title=[[Jane's Fighting Ships|Jane's Fighting Ships 1952–53]] |year=1953}}</ref> which was a {{sclass2|Ham|minesweeper|1}}.
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