Mortlake's a district of London, England and part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It's on the south bank of the River Thames between Kew and Barnes with East Sheen inland to the south. Mortlake was part of Surrey until 1965. Etymology Mortlake appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Mortelage. It was held by Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury. Its domesday assets were: 25 hides; 1 church, 2 mills worth £5, 1 fishery, 33 ploughs, of meadow, wood worth 55 hogs. It rendered £38… (More on Mortlake)