Richmond, Surrey
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Shire county | Surrey |
| Council | Richmond upon Thames LBC |
| Population | 21,469 (2021) |
Richmond is a town in northern Surrey, within the London built-up area. It has a population of around 21,500. It lies on the south banks of the River Thames, around 9 miles from central London in Middlesex. Administratively, it is within, and the namesake of, the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
Name
Richmond was named in the early 16th century after Henry VII's ancestral honour of Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Prior to this, the area was known as Shene (recorded variously as Sceon and Sheen), which is from an Old English word for "shelters". This name survives is the adjacent districts of North Sheen and East Sheen.
