History of tJie Kew Observatory. 



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century. On a part of the site the Duke of Queensberry's house was 

 built. 



Richmond Lodge, which in its turn became the Palace of Richmond, 

 was apparently originally the Lodge of the Palace Park, the Old Deer 

 Park. It was situated near the present Observatory. The gardens 

 were in front of it, the park at the back. 



As regards the position of the Priory, I have learnt from Dr. Bond, 

 of the British Museum, that all the recognised authorities agree in 

 placing the Carthusian Monastery to the north or the north-west of the 

 old Palace of Sheen. Crisp gives an engraving of the Monastery 

 before its demolition, and in an en graving of a panoramic view of 

 Richmond by Anthony van de Wyngaerde, dated 1562, a building- 

 resembling Crisp's view is shown in the site of the Priory indicated in 

 the subjoined map. 



