After leaving Gloucestershire in 1900, the Graces lived in Mottingham, a south-east London suburb, not far from the Crystal Palace where he played for London County, or from Eltham where he played club cricket in his sixties.

After some five years of siege, Manuel II entrusted the city to his nephew and embarked ( along with a suite of 40 people ) on a long trip abroad to seek assistance against the Ottoman Empire from the courts of western Europe, including those of Henry IV of England ( making him the only Byzantine emperor ever to visit England – he was welcomed from December 1400 to January 1401 at Eltham Palace, and a joust took place in his honour ), Charles VI of France, the Holy Roman Empire, Queen Margaret I of Denmark and from Aragon.

Early in his reign, Henry hosted the visit of Manuel II Palaiologos, the only Byzantine emperor ever to visit England, from December 1400 to January 1401 at Eltham Palace, with a joust being given in his honour.

Henry favoured Greenwich over nearby Eltham Palace, the former principal royal palace.

It was worked on by a number of English craftsmen, and incorporates some English design ideas, being comparable to Edward IV's hall at Eltham Palace, built in the late 1470s.

A suite of rooms in Eltham Palace, no longer used by the Royal family, was also provided as a country retreat.

Philippa was born in Eltham Palace, Kent, England on 16 August 1355.

With the grand rebuilding of Greenwich Palace, which was more easily reached by river, Eltham was less frequented, save for the hunting in its enclosed parks, easily reached from Greenwich, " as well enjoyed, the Court lying at Greenwiche, as if it were at this house it self ".

Panorama of Eltham Palace

Many films and television programmes have been filmed at Eltham Palace, including:

Eltham Palace is listed on English Heritage's list of " most haunted places.

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That, and the fact of its position close to the main route to the English Channel ports in Kent, led to the creation of the moated Plantagenet Eltham Palace, still its most notable landmark.

Eltham Palace

The village streets adjacent to the Palace, and the surrounding land, remained rural until Archibald Cameron Corbett bought the Eltham Park Estate and developed it with well-built suburban housing between 1900 and 1914.

In 1974, a group of thirteen watercolours by Turner was presented in memory of Sir Stephen Courtauld, famous for restoring Eltham Palace, and the brother of Samuel Courtauld, one of the founders of the Institute.

Eltham Palace Art Deco Interior, taken by User: Shermozle on 23rd August, 2004.

Exteriors were shot at various locations in and around London, including the Royal Naval College in Greenwich and Eltham Palace.

The church hall of St Barnabas Church, Eltham is called the Frankie Howerd Centre.

There is a further campus of the university at Avery Hill in Eltham, and also, outside the borough, in Medway.

A local landmark is Eltham College, a private school founded in 1842 as the London Missionary Society's School for the Sons of Missionaries, which moved to its present site in Mottingham in 1912.

This is where they are believed to have met ; after Elizabeth ’ s death, both were sent to work for the queen, caring for her infant daughter, Philippa of Eltham.

Conflict is an English anarcho-punk band originally based around Eltham in South London.

Public transport is available at the nearby Mottingham railway station or Eltham railway station, both a short walk from the palace.

Clive Stanley Efford ( born 10 July 1958 ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Eltham since 1997.

Eltham () is a district of south London, England, located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Mottingham, to the south, was originally part of the parish, explaining why Eltham College is not actually in Eltham any more.

Eltham today is one of the largest suburban developments in the borough with a population of almost 88, 000 people.

Eltham is a town with a varied topography.

The centre of Eltham is situated on a plateau, high enough to offer unrestricted views across South London.

Eltham is devoid of any major water features, although the River Thames is approximately away from Eltham's northern limits.

The most prominent body of water is the River Quaggy which runs to the south-west of Eltham.

Eltham is bordered by Woolwich, Kidbrooke, Welling, Lee Green, Mottingham, Shooter's Hill, New Eltham and Falconwood.

There is a large variety of open green space in Eltham, in the form of parkland, fields and woodland.

* Avery Hill Park is large, open parkland, situated to the east of Eltham.

* Oxleas Woods, Castle Wood and Jack Wood, located to the north of Eltham, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

* Sutcliffe Park is a park situated at the westernmost point of Eltham.