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| 1715 |
| | | John Campbell, Duke of Argyll, defeats the Old Pretender’s troops at the battle of Sherrifmuir, for which he is rewarded with an estate in Petersham, carved out of Richmond Park | |
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| 1720s |
| | | In the Duke of Argyll's Petersham estate James Gibbs builds the Palladian villa of Sudbrook Park, with a famous cube room | |
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| 1742 |
| | | Grove House is built in Ham Street, Ham | |
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| 1763 |
| | | Elliot Bishop buys the 8-acre estate in the south east corner of Ham Common (the site of the future Cassel Hospital) | |
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| 1780 |
| | | Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, rents Hill Lodge (formerly the mole catcher’s cottage) from Thomas Hill, the gamekeeper of Richmond Park. | |
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| 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. | |
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| 1798 |
| | | Captain George Vancouver, who discovered Vancouver Island and retired to live in Petersham, is buried in St Peter’s | |
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| 1802 |
| | | The family of John Henry Newman (later Cardinal Newman) move to Grove House (now Grey Court House), where they stay for five years | |
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| 1839 |
| | | Charles Dickens rents Elm Cottage (later Elm Lodge) in Petersham, while working on Nicholas Nickleby | |
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| 1840 |
| | | St Peter’s, in Petersham, is almost doubled in size, with new galleries and a much enlarged south transept | |
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