Since all of Richmond's land occupies islands in a river delta, the city has plenty of rich, alluvial soil for agriculture, and was one of the first areas in British Columbia to be farmed by Europeans in the 19th century.

Richmond's Japanese community has a long history in Steveston dating back to the 1800s.

Richmond has been joined with the Welsh Marches since the time of Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox and Richmond's relations with Mercia, go back to the time when Edwin, Earl of Mercia, held the old manor of Gilling West ( an enclave within Northumbria ), that was moved by the Bretons to Richmond.

Richmond's 929 West Grace Street has housed a punk and rock-oriented club nearly uninterrupted for nearly three decades.

It has been followed by a number of derivative works such as Diana Richmond's Antar and Abla, which furthered western exposure to the Antar bin Shaddad legends.

It has been followed by a number of derivative works such as Diana Richmond's Antar and Abla which furthered western exposure to the Antar bin Shaddad legends.

Richmond's importance has waned since the 1930s, however, as the railways have also come to play a lesser role in the economy.

Richmond's amalgamation with the city of Ottawa in 2001 has had mixed results.

WRVA currently has two locally originated programs in its weekday lineup, both of which occur in the drive times: WRVA has signed Leland Conway for ( afternoon drive ) after Doc Thompson's unexpected departure from this slot in February 2012, and Richmond's weekday morning news with Jimmy Barrett ( morning drive ).

Richmond's work has also been seen in film and on television.

Near the south end is Richmond's Boulevard Bridge ( commonly called the " Nickel Bridge ," in reference to its toll, which has increased to 35 cents ) across the James River.

Richmond's also dispatched 53 soldiers from the 96th Regiment from Auckland to Wellington.

File: Kellerbeach1. jpg | People also swim recreationally, at Kellar Beach in Richmond's Miller / Knox Regional Shoreline.

The Duke at the time, the founder and colonel of the regiment, was the Duchess of Richmond's father, and he saw no active service overseas during the Napoleonic Wars ; his son and the Duchess's brother, the Marquis of Huntly ( later the 5th Duke ) was a distinguished general, but also missed the Waterloo campaign ; the senior representative of the family at the battle was in fact the Duchess's own twenty-three-year-old son, the Earl of March, who would eventually become the 5th Duke's heir in 1836, and who served as a major and an aide de camp to the Duke of Wellington ; another branch of the family was represented by another ADC, Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon, aged twenty-eight or twenty-nine, the brother of the Earl of Aberdeen ; in reality, both were young men similar in age and duty to Lord Hay.

Richmond's public school district also runs one of Virginia's four public charter schools, the Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, which was founded in 2010.

At the battle of Bosworth Field, Lord Stanley ( who is also Richmond's stepfather ) and his followers desert Richard's side, whereupon Richard calls for the execution of George Stanley, Lord Stanley's son.

Two other nephews, from his sister's marriage to Hawthorn legend Michael Tuck, also play in the AFL – Richmond's Shane Tuck and Travis Tuck, who played for Hawthorn.

Evidently Mr Stead's Kent team also won two games earlier that season against the Duke of Richmond's XI ( also representative of Sussex ).

It also performs crossover duty for travelers between Washington ( reached by Interstate 95 ) and southeastern Virginia ( reached by Interstate 64 ), and links many of Richmond's suburbs ( such as Short Pump, Mechanicsville, Highland Springs, Varina, and Hopewell ).

There are also groups such as Tricycle Gardens actively working to reclaim garden space in some of the needier parts of Richmond's neighborhoods.

Richmond's degrees are also designated by the Department for Children, Schools and Families of Her Majesty ’ s Government in the United Kingdom ( Recognized Awards ).

Stead's team had earlier won two games against the Duke of Richmond's XI ( also representing Sussex ) and their victory over Gage's XI was reported as " the third time this summer that the Kent men have been too expert for those of Sussex ".

Richmond's youth section is also highly successful-London Irish fullback Delon Armitage was a member of the mini section, and London Wasps ' centre Dominic Waldouck earned an England callup for the 2008 tour of New Zealand, having progressed through the agegroups at Richmond.

London Wasps No. 8 Hugo Ellis, another product of Richmond's youth section, captained Wales U16s, as well as England at U19 and was the England U20 Captain in the 2008 Grand Slam winning side, also reaching the finals of the iRB Junior World Championship.

He was secretary to the Royal Commission on Railways ( 1865 – 1867 ), the Duke of Richmond's Commission on London Water ( 1867 – 1869 ), also taking part in the subsequent proceedings for establishing a constant supply, the Royal Commission on the Disposal of London Sewage ( 1882 – 1884 ), and the departmental committee on the science museums at South Kensington in 1885.

The village mascot is a fox, after a local legend relating to a rabid fox who is reported to have been responsible for spreading the disease to the Duke of Richmond's dog, who subsequently bit the Duke, killing him.

The city of Richmond's redevelopment agency and Contra Costa County have been trying to revitalize the community's main roads, 3rd and Filbert Streets.

On April 14, 2003, the remains of a fetus washed ashore from San Francisco Bay in Richmond's Point Isabel Regional Shoreline, north of the Berkeley Marina, where Peterson had been boating the day of Laci's disappearance.

Broad Street is significant to Richmond due to the many commercial establishments that have been built along it throughout Richmond's history.

The same night Richmond walked home across the fields to Fountain Court with the poet and painter, who left on Richmond's mind a profound impression, ‘ as though he had been walking with the prophet Isaiah .’ From this time till Blake's death, Richmond followed his guidance and inspiration in art.

This last marriage was famous, as Frances Stewart had been desired by Richmond's cousin, King Charles II, as a mistress.

In 1728, Richmond's Sussex played twice against Edward Stead's Kent and lost both matches, with Kent effectively claiming the Champion County title as "( its ) men have been too expert for those of Sussex ".

According to Richmond's Maymont Foundation, " Major Dooley's leadership of various civic endeavors runs as a continuous thread through the history of Richmond, from the early 1870s through the early 1920s.

Richmond's economy is primarily driven by law, finance, and government, with federal, state, and local governmental agencies, as well as notable legal and banking firms, located in the downtown area.

Richmond's Shadow wore all black, including a trench coat, a wide-brimmed fedora, and a full face-mask similar to the type worn by movie serial hero The Masked Marvel, instead of the character's signature black cape with red lining and red scarf.

Richmond was eventually willed by Francis II, Duke of Brittany to Henry VII of England, whose grandson Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset was independent Richmond's first duke, to distinguish from an earlier junior status as county.

Richmond's inclusion into the royal body politic of England was opposed by locals for over a century, through numerous plots and rebellions, Spanish confederations and Jesuit missions, finally cracking in the Civil War period.

Richmond's ruck combination of Bentley, Dyer and rover Ray Martin was by now considered the best in the business.

Kyle Richmond's eyes, given by a disguised Mephisto, allow him to see into the future.

After he died later that year, the land for Richmond's Joseph Bryan Park was donated by his widow, Isobel (" Belle ") Stewart Bryan, and it is named for him.

The " Monroe Park Advisory Council ", an organization constituted by Richmond City Councilman William Pantele in 2003, in partnership with the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Commununity Facilities and Richmond's Department of Community Development are leading the renovation initiative.

Commanded by Group Captain Hippolyte " Kanga " De La Rue, Richmond's combat units at the outbreak of World War II included No. 3 Squadron ( flying Hawker Demons ), Nos.

As a teenager, he walked from his home in Lennox St, Richmond to the Punt Road Oval, where he was greeted by Richmond's Fourth coach Bill Boromeo.

In 2007, he attended a Tommy Hafey Club Function – in support of his lifelong friend Tom Hafey and on 22 November 2007, walked into the Punt Road ground ( Richmond's Home Ground ) to launch the centenary publication ' Richmond F. C: A Century of League Football ', which was written by his son Rhett.

For these and other contributions to those less fortunate, the Farrior Foundation was given the Key to the City of Richmond, VA by Richmond's Mayor Dwight C. Jones in June 2009.

Following completion of Richmond's James River Flood Wall in 1995, led by Richmond developer William H. Abeloff, many of the old warehouses of Tobacco Row were modernized and converted into developments of loft apartments, condominiums, offices, and retail space along part of the restored canal system.

Designed by Robert Mills, Brockenbrough ’ s private residence was built in early nineteenth century Richmond's affluent Shockoe Hill neighborhood ( later known as the Court End District ), and was two blocks north of the Virginia State Capitol.

After centuries of periodic flooding by the James River, development was greatly stimulated by the completion of Richmond's James River Flood Wall in 1995.

Having lost to the Devils, the Flyers wanted revenge for Steve Richmond's punch on Kjell Samuelson at the end of the game ; Hextall targeted Chevrier in a fight labelled by Chico Resch as " like a heavyweight against a lightweight.