History
For history prior to the late 19th century see Hampton, London.
Hampton Hill's urban development was railway-fuelled building in an area that was since the middle ages the north of Hampton ecclesiastical parish further away from the River Thames. Distinguished from Hampton on all street signs, it is that part across the Charles I-commissioned Longford River, an artificial watercourse built to supply Hampton Court, which forms the boundary between Hampton Hill and Hampton.
Its lack of development is reflected by the fact only seven of this complete list of listed buildings are buildings:
- 167 High Street
- 127 Uxbridge Road
- Templeton Lodge
- Brick Boundary Walls to Bushy Park
- Stables & Garden Wall to Upper Lodge
- Church of St James
- Monument At south-eastern end of General Roy's Survey Base
- Upper Lodge
- Old Brew House, Bushy Park
- Bushy Park - a Grade I listed park
The oldest of the listed structures lie within the part of Bushy Park in the area; the Old Brew House may be late 17th century.
Hampton Hill was bombed a number of times during the Blitz, the first major incident was in November 1940 when 63 Park Road was gutted when an abandoned Wellington bomber crashed on it. On the next night much of Alpha Road was destroyed and five people died after a Luftwaffe bomber dropped a landmine on it. Subsequently Hampton Hill had a number of lucky escapes with bombs and incendiaries either failing to explode or landing in Bushy Park, Fulwell Golf Course, and other open land, with the next major incident being in June 1944 when a doodlebug exploded near Longford Close and killed one person.
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