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Sheen, East and West, 2 hamlets, Mortlake par., Surrey, near Kichmond. Sheen (or Richmond) Palace, supposed to have been founded by Edward NI., has left only a stone gateway; of the priory established at West Sheen in 1414 there are no remains.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "2 hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Mortlake CP/Ch Surrey AncC |
Place: | Sheen |
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