Editing Petersham, London (section)

==Religious sites==

===St Peter's Church===
{{main|St Peter's Church, Petersham}}
Petersham Parish Church is believed to pre-date the [[Norman Conquest|Norman conquest of England]], as a church at Petersham is mentioned in [[Domesday Book]] (1086).<ref name="Domesday"/>

===All Saints' Church===
{{main|All Saints' Church, Petersham (London)}}
[[All Saints' Church, Petersham, London|All Saints']], on Bute Avenue, was built as a church but was never consecrated.<ref name="HistoryWorld">{{cite web | url=http://www.historyworld.net/placesinhistory/hamallsaints.asp | title=Ham and Petersham&nbsp;– All Saints' Church | work=[[HistoryWorld]] | author=Blomfield, David | author-link=David Blomfield |access-date=1 June 2015}}</ref> It was built between 1899 and 1909 by [[Leeds]] architect [[Kelly & Birchall|John Kelly]] for Mrs Rachael Warde (née Walker) (1841–1906)<ref name="Rachel">{{cite web | url=http://mhutils.com/person-1000060_108841351_108841351/laetitia-rachael-warde-born-walker | title=Laetitia Rachael Warde (born Walker) | publisher=[[MyHeritage]] | date=24 February 2011 | access-date=19 April 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629212213/http://mhutils.com/person-1000060_108841351_108841351/laetitia-rachael-warde-born-walker | archive-date=29 June 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> as a memorial to her father Samuel Walker and her aunt Ellen Walker.<ref name = "Lee">{{cite journal |title=Petersham at War|last=Lee |first=J M |journal=[[Richmond, London#Societies|Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]] |year=2007 |volume=28 |pages=8–14|issn= 0263-0958}}</ref> During World War II it was used as an [[Anti-Aircraft Command]] post<ref name="Radar">{{cite book | title=Petersham: Radar and Operational Research 1940–1946 | publisher=[[Richmond, London#Societies|Richmond Local History Society]] | author=Lee, J M | year=2024|edition =2nd|isbn=978-1-912314-04-1}}</ref><ref name="War">{{cite web | url=http://www.petershamvillage.org/history1.html | title=Second World War | work=Petersham Village | access-date=14 February 2015 | author=Lee, Michael}}</ref><ref name="RLHS 2007">{{cite journal | url=http://www.richmondhistory.org.uk/wordpress/richmond-history-the-journal-of-richmond-local-history-societyno-33-2012-%E2%80%8E/no-28-2007/ | title=What role did Petersham's All Saints church play in World War Two? | journal=[[Richmond, London#Societies|Richmond History: Journal of the Richmond Local History Society]] |volume= 28 | date=2007 | issn =0263-0958|access-date=14 February 2015}}</ref> and it has also been used as a recording studio<ref name="Grant">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9539311/Keith-Grant.html | title=Obituary: Keith Grant | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | date=12 September 2012 | access-date=19 April 2013}}</ref> and as a filming location.<ref name="Borough">{{cite book | title=The Building of a Borough | publisher=[[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] | author=The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Volunteer Support Group | year=2013 | pages=18–20}}</ref> It is now a private residence.<ref name="Borough"/>