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Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed [2] royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 12 miles (19 kilometres) southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Opened to the public, the palace is managed by Historic Royal Palaces, a charity set up to preserve several unoccupied royal properties.
The Hampton Court Conference was a meeting in January 1604, convened at Hampton Court Palace, for discussion between King James I of England and representatives of the Church of England, including leading English Puritans. The conference resulted in the 1604 Book of Common Prayer and, in 1611, the King James Version of the Bible.
The following is a timeline of the history of London, ... Thomas Wolsey leases Hampton Court Palace. In 1515, he becomes a Cardinal and begins to rebuild it lavishly.
The following is a timeline of the history of London in the 19th century, ... The state rooms and gardens at Hampton Court Palace open to the public free of charge.
The Old Court House is a Grade II* listed [1] house located off Hampton Court Green in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames; its origins date back to 1536.The architect Sir Christopher Wren, who lived there from 1708 to 1723, was given a 50-year lease on the property by Queen Anne in lieu of overdue payments for his work on St Paul's Cathedral. [2]
Hampton Court Maze is a hedge maze at Hampton Court Palace and the oldest surviving hedge maze in Britain. [ 2 ] Commissioned by King William III , the maze, which is about one-third of an acre, is planted in a trapezoid shape and was designed by George London and Henry Wise . [ 2 ]
A ferry had also operated linking Hampton Court to present-day East Molesey since the Tudor period, with a bridge first constructed on the site in 1753. The present-day Hampton Court Bridge, opened in 1933, is the fourth iteration.
A fire damages Hampton Court Palace. 12 April: Heathrow Terminal 4 opens. 10 June: London & South Eastern (L&SE) suburban rail operations rebranded as Network SouthEast (NSE). 27 June: The last train departs from Broad Street station. 11–12 July: Queen perform at Wembley Stadium in front of audiences of 72,000 on each night.