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the beautiful ruins 

 of Easby Abbey. 

 Richmond was 

 the head of a large 

 honour, and from 

 here various 

 princes took the 

 title of duke. The 

 castle was built 

 by the Normans, 



court. The local Maid of Honour 

 cakes are a kind of cheese cake 

 made here since 1823. 



The terrace gardens, public since 

 1886, command a magnificent view 

 over the river. Near to them stood 

 the famous Star and Garter hotel, 

 founded in 1738 and pulled down 

 in 1919 to make room for a home 

 for disabled soldiers and sailors. 

 Among the public buildings is the 

 town hall, opened July 6, 1893. 

 The parish church of S. Mary 

 Magdalen, frequently altered, has 

 some interesting monuments and 

 a massive stone tower. The poet 

 Thomson was buried in the church- 

 yard. A five-arched stone bridge 

 (1774-77) connects with Twicken- 

 ham. A new bridge was projected 

 in Oct., 1921. The heroine of the 

 old ballad, The Lass of Richmond 

 Hill, was Fanny I'Anson of Rich- 

 mond Hill, Yorkshire. See Ham ; 

 Kew; Petersham; Sheen; consult 

 also Handbook to the Environs of 

 London, J. Thome, 1876 ; History 

 and Antiquities of Richmond, Kew, 

 Petersham, Ham, etc., E. B. Chan- 

 cellor, 1894 ; Gentleman's Maga- 

 zine, March, 1904; Royal Manor 

 of Richmond, A. G. Bell, 1907. 



Richmond. Mun. borough and 

 market town of Yorkshire (N.R. ). 

 It stands on the left bank of the 



Swale, 50 m. 



from York, with 

 a station on the 

 N.E. Rly. The 

 chief object of 

 interest is the 

 ruined castle, 

 standing on a 

 hill above the 

 Richmond arms river . Themag . 



nificent keep and some other por- 

 tions remain. The chief church is 

 S. Mary's, which, like Holy Trinity, 

 has been largely restored. The 

 tower remains of a monastery of 

 the Greyfriars. Modern buildings 

 include the town hall and market 

 hall. The grammar school is also 

 modern, although the foundation 

 dates from the 16th century. Rich- 

 mond has an agricultural trade and 

 some small manufactures. Races 

 are held here. Near the town are 



Richmond, Virginia. Monument to Robert E. Lee, the 



Confederate general. Top, left, the White House of the 



Confederacy, residence of President Davis during the 



Civil War, now a Confederate museum 



and the honour became crown 

 property when Henry, earl of Rich- 

 mond, became Henry yil. From 

 1584 to 1885 it was separately 

 represented in Parliament. Pop. 

 4,000. 



Richmond. City of Indiana, 

 U.S.A., the co. seat of Wayne co. 

 It stands on the Whitewater river, 

 70 m. E. of Indianapolis, on the 

 Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and 

 St. Louis, and other rlys. It is an 

 agricultural centre, and has manu- 

 factures of agricultural machinery, 



motor vehicles, furniture, pianos, 

 gloves, etc. Founded in 1816, 

 Richmond was incorporated in 

 1818 and became a city in 1840. 

 Pop. 26,800. 



Richmond. Borough of New 

 York City, U.S.A. It covers an 

 area of 59 sq. m., and is co- 

 terminous with Richmond co., the 

 whole of Staten Island. It is 

 largely a residen- 

 tial dist. It was 

 constituted a 

 borough Jan. 1, 

 1898. Pop. 

 116,500. See New 

 York. 



Richmond. 

 City and port of 

 entry of Virginia, 

 U.S.A. The capi- 

 tal and largest 

 city of the state, 

 and the co. seat 

 of Henrico co., it 

 stands on the 

 James river, 115 

 m. by rly. S. of 

 Washington, and 

 is served by the 

 Southern and 

 other rlys., and 

 by ocean-going 

 steamers. The 

 Capitol, after the 

 Maison Carree at 

 Nimes, stands on 

 Shockoe Hill, in 



the centre of the city. Other build- 

 ings are the city hall, the chamber 

 of commerce, the state library, 

 and the splendid cathedral of 

 the Sacred Heart. The city has 

 several monuments, including one 

 to Washington in the Capitol 

 grounds. The Valentine Museum 

 has a fine archaeological collection, 

 and the state library contains 

 upwards of 100,000 vols. 



Richmond is a busy commercial 

 and industrial city. It carries on 

 an extensive trade in tobacco, one 



Richmond, Yorkshire. Castle and bridge over the river Swale 



Frith 



