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Borough of SW Greater London features Hampton
Garrick Villa; Old Court House (the architect
Wren's last home), Faraday House; Hampton
Court Palace and Bushy Park; Kew outhoused
departments of the Public Record Office; Kew
Palace (former royal residence), within the
Royal Botanic Gardens; Richmond gatehouse of
former Richmond Palace (see Henry VIII and
Elizabeth I), Richmond Hill and Richmond Park
(including White Lodge, home of the Royal
Ballet School); Ham House (17th century);
Teddington highest tidal point of the Thames;
National Physical Laboratory; Twickenham
Kneller Hall (Royal Military School of
Music); Marble Hill House (Palladian home of
the Duchess of Suffolk, mistress of George
II); Strawberry Hill (home of Horace
Walpole); Twickenham Rugby Ground; Alexander
Pope is buried in the church. population
(1981) 157,867.