St Peter's Church, beneath Richmond Hill in Petersham pomphorhynchus
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Ham and Petersham – St Peter's Church
1114 - A 'chapelry' exists by now in Petersham, probably occupying the same site as a Saxon church mentioned in the Domesday Book.
1505 - St Peter’s is rebuilt, retaining some Norman work in the chancel from the original ‘chapelry’.
1791 - After centuries as a chapel of Kingston, and 22 years in which it shared a parish with Kew, St Peter’s is established as a parish in its own right. By now it has acquired 17th-century transepts and a tower.
1798 - Captain George Vancouver, who discovered Vancouver Island, Canada, and retired to live in Petersham, is buried in St Peter’s.
1840 - St Peter’s is almost doubled in size, with new galleries and a much enlarged south transept.
1881 - The future Earl of Strathmore marries Nina Cavendish-Bentinck of Forbes House, Petersham in St Peter’s. Their youngest daughter will marry George, Duke of York and be known later in life as HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
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Sources — for this page Cloake3,37 and Richmond1,1-3
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