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Hampton is a suburban area on the north bank of the
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, in the
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames () in southwest London forms part of Outer London and is the only London borough on both sides of the River Thames. It was created in 1965 when three smaller council areas amalgamated under the London ...
, England, and historically in the County of
Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...
. which includes
Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. The building of the palace began in 1514 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the chie ...
. Hampton is served by two railway stations, including one immediately south of
Hampton Court Bridge Hampton Court Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge that crosses the River Thames in England approximately north–south between Hampton, London and East Molesey, Surrey, carrying the A309. It is the upper of two road bridges on the reach ab ...
in
East Molesey Molesey is a district of two twin towns, East Molesey and West Molesey, in the Borough of Elmbridge, Surrey, England, and is situated on the south bank of the River Thames. East and West Molesey share a high street, and there is a second retail ...
. Hampton adjoins
Bushy Park Bushy Park in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is the second largest of London's Royal Parks, at in area, after Richmond Park. The park, most of which is open to the public, is immediately north of Hampton Court Palace and Hampton ...
on two sides and is west of
Hampton Wick Hampton Wick, formerly a village, is a Thames-side area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and is contiguous with Teddington and Kingston upon Thames. It is buffered by Bushy Park, one of the Royal Parks of London from Hampton and ...
and
Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...
. There are long strips of public riverside in Hampton and the Hampton Heated Open Air Pool is one of the few such swimming pools in
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. The riverside, on the reach above
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, has residential islands, a park named St Albans Riverside and grand or decorative buildings including
Garrick Garrick may refer to: * Garrick (name), for the name's origin and people with either the surname or given name, the most famous being: ** David Garrick (1717–1779), English actor * Garrick Club, a London gentlemen's club named in honour of David ...
's House and the Temple to Shakespeare; also on the river is the Astoria Houseboat recording studio. Hampton Ferry provides access across the Thames to the main park of
Molesey Molesey is a district of two twin towns, East Molesey and West Molesey, in the Borough of Elmbridge, Surrey, England, and is situated on the south bank of the River Thames. East and West Molesey share a high street, and there is a second retai ...
and the
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. The Thames Water Hampton Water Treatment Works covers a large expanse of the town in the south west along the river Thames. The site is one of the largest capacity water treatment facilities in Europe producing one-third of London's daily drinking water supply (approximately 650Ml/d). The most common type of housing in the north of the district is terraced homes; in the south is it
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. At the western edge of London, many workers commute to adjacent counties, or to
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; education, health and social work, retail, transport and catering businesses are also significant local employers.


History

The Anglo-Saxon
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of Hampton converted to secular use in the 19th century included present-day Hampton,
Hampton Hill Hampton Hill (initially known as "New Hampton") is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to the south of Twickenham, bounded by Fulwell and Twickenham Golf Courses to the northwest; the road bridge over the railway line; a ...
,
Hampton Wick Hampton Wick, formerly a village, is a Thames-side area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and is contiguous with Teddington and Kingston upon Thames. It is buffered by Bushy Park, one of the Royal Parks of London from Hampton and ...
and hamlet of Hampton Court surrounding Hampton Court Palace which together are called The Hamptons. The combined population of the Hamptons was 37,131 at the 2001 census. The name ''Hampton'' may come from the
Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...
words ''hamm'' meaning an enclosure in the bend of a river and ''ton'' meaning farmstead or settlement. The ten years to 1911 saw the highest percentage of population increase, the figures for 1851, 1871 and every 10 years to 1911 being: 3,134; 3,915; 4,776; 5,822, 6,813 and 9,220 respectively. A further 25% rise took place in the 1920s. In his national gazetteer written between 1870 and 1872,
John Marius Wilson John Marius Wilson (c. 1805–1885) was a British writer and an editor, most notable for his gazetteers. The ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' (published 1870–72), was a substantial topographical dictionary in six volumes. It was a c ...
described Hampton Wick as being technically a
hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
; the real property of which was worth almost as much as the main settlement. He furthered that the total area was and the exact respective figures were £14,445 excluding Hampton Wick, of which £300 was in gas works; inclusive of Hampton-Wick: £25,037, . Both halves had developed Urban Sanitary Districts recorded in the 1891 census Hampton and Hampton Wick were Urban Districts from 1894 to 1937, preceding the creation of the Borough of Twickenham, which Hampton joined. At the edge of London, from time immemorial (before the Norman Conquest) until 1965 Hampton was in
Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...
, a former postal county also and this designation is still common in this part of the former county among residents and businesses.
Tagg's Island Tagg's Island, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is an island on the River Thames on the reach above Molesey Lock and just above Ash Island. Geography The centre of the island has a lake with river access and private moorings surr ...
and much of Hampton's riverside by association became known as Thames Riviera from the 1920s: the island was leased to
Fred Karno Frederick John Westcott (26 March 1866 – 17 September 1941), best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was an English theatre impresario of the British music hall. As a comedian of slapstick he is credited with popularising the custard-p ...
, an entertainment impresario, who opened an elevated, three-storey rambling
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hotel, the Karsino in 1913, which was demolished in 1971.
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impacted the business, which rebranded as The Thames Riviera, rivalling the hotel in
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for the name, followed by ''The Palm Beach'' and ''The Casino''. The Riviera aspect is sometimes described in literature by the Council however is controversial among dissenters to the land use, almost wholly private housing, where Hampton's riverside is not open parkland – it is no longer endorsed by London's bus operator with a stop of that name, in the 2010s named after instead a long public meadow known as St Albans Riverside.


General Roy

A cannon in Roy Grove marks the Hampton end of the baseline measured in 1784 by General
William Roy Major-General William Roy (4 May 17261 July 1790) was a Scottish military engineer, surveyor, and antiquarian. He was an innovator who applied new scientific discoveries and newly emerging technologies to the accurate geodetic mapping of Gr ...
in preparation of the
Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790) The Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790) was the geodetic survey to measure the relative position of Royal Greenwich Observatory, Greenwich Observatory and the Paris Observatory via triangulation (surveying), triangulation. The English operations ...
to measure the relative situation of
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and
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. This high precision survey was the forerunner of the
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which commenced in 1791, one year after Roy's death. In the report of the operation Roy gives the locations of the ends of the baseline as Hampton Poor-house and King's Arbour. The latter lies with the confines of Heathrow Airport. The exact end points of the baseline were originally made by two vertical pipes which carried flag-poles but in 1791, when the base was remeasured, the ends were marked by two cannons sunk into the ground. It is certain that the cannons have been disturbed and slightly moved over the intervening years


Education

* Hampton High (previously Hampton Academy, Hampton Community College, Rectory School), an academy *
Hampton School Hampton School (formerly Hampton Grammar School) is an independent boys' day school in Hampton, Greater London, England. It is regarded as one of the top independent schools in the country. Hampton School’s A-Level and GCSE results in 2021 ...
, an independent school for boys *
Lady Eleanor Holles School Lady Eleanor Holles School (often abbreviated to LEH or LEHS) is an independent day school for girls in Hampton, London. It consists of a small junior school and a larger senior school, which operate from different buildings on the same site. It ...
is an independent school for girls. It is 13th in GCSE results among the top independent schools in the UK.Top 100 independent senior schools in the UK for 2017
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The latter two schools achieved 100% 5 A*-Cs at
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and share a new-for-2000 Millennium Boathouse. Oxford and Cambridge
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and Women's Oxford v Cambridge Henley Boat Race participants of this century have attended the schools. * Hampton Junior School (which recently celebrated its centenary) * Hampton Preparatory School (formerly Denmead), the junior school for
Hampton School Hampton School (formerly Hampton Grammar School) is an independent boys' day school in Hampton, Greater London, England. It is regarded as one of the top independent schools in the country. Hampton School’s A-Level and GCSE results in 2021 ...
* Hampton Hill Junior School * Hampton Infant and Nursery School * Carlisle Infants school * Buckingham Primary School * Twickenham Prep School * St. Mary's Hampton CE Primary School


Churches

The Christian churches in Hampton and Hampton Hill work together as Churches Together around Hampton. The church buildings are a significant presence in the area many of them being architecturally stand-alone
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s in otherwise often quite homogeneous 20th century housing estates. The ministers and members provide a range of services for the community. The affiliated churches are: * Hampton Methodist Church, Hampton * Hampton Baptist Church, Hampton *Hampton Hill United Reformed Church, Hampton Hill * St Theodore's Roman Catholic Church, Hampton * St Francis de Sales, Hampton Hill and Upper Teddington (Roman Catholic) *All Saints (Church of England), Old Farm Road, Hampton * St Mary (Church of England), Church Street (by Thames Street) Hampton *
St James' Church, Hampton Hill St James's Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Hampton Hill, London. History The first church building was opened in 1863 to designs by the architect William Wigginton. It was later enlarged, with work start ...
(Church of England)


Amenities and entertainment

Garrick's Temple hosts a free Sunday afternoon Shakespeare exhibition (14.00–17.00) from early April to 30 October and a series of summer drama, music and exhibitions. Hampton Youth Project has been an economically and recreationally resourceful youth centre since 1990. Built in a converted coach depot on the Nurserylands Estate it offers a wide programme of activities for those aged 11–19. Parks include borough-sponsored football pitches and tennis courts in the north and west of the district and children's playgrounds there and in Bushy Park and Hampton Village Green in the east and south. Hampton railway station is on the Shepperton branch line and is served by South Western Railway services from
London Waterloo Waterloo station (), also known as London Waterloo, is a central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is connected to a London Underground station of ...
to
Shepperton Shepperton is an urban village in the Borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, approximately south west of central London. Shepperton is equidistant between the towns of Chertsey and Sunbury-on-Thames. The village is mentioned in a document of 959 AD ...
. The library is in a Georgian building on Thames Street with a double blue plaque to two former residents, the singer
John Beard John Beard may refer to: * John Beard (artist) (born 1943), Welsh artist and painter * John Beard (colonial administrator) (died 1685), Chief Agent and Governor of Bengal * John Beard (embryologist) (1858–1924), Scottish embryologist and anatomi ...
and William Ewart MP, the Politician behind the
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.


Economy

Thames Water Thames Water Utilities Ltd, known as Thames Water, is a large private utility company responsible for the public water supply and waste water treatment in most of Greater London, Luton, the Thames Valley, Surrey, Gloucestershire, north Wiltshir ...
's fresh water operations provide a source of local employment. A group of 17 offices and storage premises including warehouse units, which were built in 2008, are in the south-west of the town.


Hampton Water Treatment Works (WTW)

The large operational Water Treatment Works, owned by
Thames Water Thames Water Utilities Ltd, known as Thames Water, is a large private utility company responsible for the public water supply and waste water treatment in most of Greater London, Luton, the Thames Valley, Surrey, Gloucestershire, north Wiltshir ...
, is between the Upper Sunbury Road (A308) and the River Thames. The works occupy an area of 66 ha and supplies about 30 per cent of London's mains water. It was built in the 1850s after the 1852 Metropolis Water Act made it illegal to take drinking water from the tidal Thames below
Teddington Lock Teddington Lock is a complex of three lock (water transport), locks and a weir on the River Thames between Ham, London, Ham and Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England. Historically in Middlesex, it was first buil ...
because of the amount of sewage in the tidal river. The works were designed by Joseph Quick and initially comprised sand filter beds to remove suspended solids from the river water and three pump housesOrdnance Survey, Six-inch map, ''Surrey VI'' surveyed 1867/8, published 1871. on Upper Sunbury Road for three water companies — the
Grand Junction Waterworks Company The Grand Junction Waterworks Company was a utility company supplying water to parts of west London in England. The company was formed as an offshoot of the Grand Junction Canal Company in 1811 and became part of the publicly owned Metropoli ...
, the
Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company The Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company was a utility company supplying water to parts of south London in England. The company was formed by the merger of the Southwark and Vauxhall water companies in 1845 and became part of the publicly ...
, and the
West Middlesex Waterworks Company The West Middlesex Waterworks Company was a utility company supplying water to parts of west London in England. The company was established in 1806 with works at Hammersmith and became part of the publicly owned Metropolitan Water Board in 190 ...
. The companies built additional filtration, water storage and steam driven pumping plant until 1902 when they were amalgamated into the
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. The Board continued to develop new facilities at Hampton. The site includes Victorian buildings, filter beds and some larger water storage beds.   The growth of the works is illustrated by the number of reservoirs and filter beds in use, as summarised in the table.Ordnance Survey , 25-inch map, ''Middlesex XXV.6 & 10'' surveyed 1912, published 1915. Four of the reservoirs are named: Stain Hill West Reservoir, Stain Hill East Reservoir (combined area 15.39 ha),
Sunnyside Reservoir Sunnyside Reservoir is a reservoir forming part of the Hampton waterworks complex within the London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. History The reservoir was originally built by the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company in 1896 for pre-tre ...
(2.74 ha), and the Grand Junction Reservoir (3.84 ha). By 1934 the works included a site on the north side of Upper Sunbury Road including four filter beds. In addition to water abstracted locally from the Thames the works also receives water from other sources. Water is supplied via the Staines Reservoirs Aqueduct (built 1902) from the
King George VI Reservoir The King George VI Reservoir sits between Stanwell Moor and Staines upon Thames, south-west of Heathrow, England. It is between Staines Moor and a north–south road abutting the Staines Reservoirs. The reservoir was opened in November 1947 and ...
(1947) and
Staines Reservoirs The Staines Reservoirs are two large pumped storage reservoirs sitting to the east of the King George VI Reservoir near Heathrow airport in Surrey within the Colne Valley regional park. The village of Stanwell is mainly to the north east, and ...
(1902) which receive their water from the
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at
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, just above Bell Weir Lock. The aqueduct passes, and transports water from, the
Queen Mary Reservoir The Queen Mary Reservoir is one of the largest of London's reservoirs supplying fresh water to London and parts of surrounding counties, and is located in the Borough of Spelthorne in Surrey. The reservoir covers and is above the surrounding are ...
(1924) and the Water Treatment Works at Kempton Park, which used to be connected to Hampton via the
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. Water was also supplied from the
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and
Bessborough Reservoir The Bessborough Reservoir is an embanked storage reservoir south of the River Thames in Surrey adjacent to the Knight Reservoir. To the south lies Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir and to the north the now disused Molesey Reservoirs. The A3050 runs to ...
s (1907) and the
Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir The Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir lies to the south of the River Thames and to the west of the Island Barn Reservoir. To the north are the Bessborough and Knight reservoirs. The A3050 runs to the north of the reservoir and it is situated in Walt ...
(1962) on the opposite (south) side of the Thames. The Hampton works is also the starting point of the Thames-Lea tunnel (1960) which transfers water to the reservoirs in the Lea Valley. Thames Water completed a five-year modernisation in 1993 and has installed advanced water treatment facilities at the plant to filter out pesticides.


Environment

The site well demonstrates the successful accommodation of nature conservation with operational considerations. The Water Treatment Works is next to the
Sunnyside Reservoir Sunnyside Reservoir is a reservoir forming part of the Hampton waterworks complex within the London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames. History The reservoir was originally built by the Southwark and Vauxhall Waterworks Company in 1896 for pre-tre ...
and the
Stain Hill Reservoirs The Stain Hill Reservoirs in London, England with embankments occupy . They are a pair which sit high between others; Kempton Nature Reserve; riverside houses in Sunbury-on-Thames; and a low area of flood meadow to the west alongside the closing ...
 – sites of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation and contains flower-rich grassland and habitats for water birds. The extensive areas of open water, especially the Grand Junction Reservoir in the north-west of the site, are used by large numbers of birds, particularly in winter. Most of the site is still in operational use so marginal vegetation, where it occurs, is generally sparse. However, the grasslands surrounding the filter beds and buildings are among the most herb-rich grasslands in the Borough and contain several scarce London species often associated with chalk grassland.


Notable inhabitants


Living people

*
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, owner of Stud House *
Hayley Mills Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising ...
(born 1946), actress, lived on Belgrade Road, in Hampton with her son
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(born 1973), singer, songwriter, guitarist and film director *
Bill Milner William Henry Milner (born 4 March 1995) is an English actor. He starred as Will Proudfoot in ''Son of Rambow'' (2007), Edward in '' Is Anybody There?'' (2008), and the young Erik Lensherr in '' X-Men: First Class'' (2011). Early life William ...
(born 1995), actor, lives with his family in Hampton *
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(born 1947), musician and astrophysicist, born in Hampton


Historical figures

* Queen Anne lived at
Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. The building of the palace began in 1514 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the chie ...
and continued William and Mary's decoration and completion of its state apartments. *
John Beard John Beard may refer to: * John Beard (artist) (born 1943), Welsh artist and painter * John Beard (colonial administrator) (died 1685), Chief Agent and Governor of Bengal * John Beard (embryologist) (1858–1924), Scottish embryologist and anatomi ...
(c.1717–1791), tenor singer, lived at what is now Hampton Branch Library, Rose Hill, Hampton. The site is marked by a
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. *
R D Blackmore Richard Doddridge Blackmore (7 June 1825 – 20 January 1900), known as R. D. Blackmore, was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. He won acclaim for vivid descriptions and personification of the ...
(1825–1900), novelist, author of ''
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'', lived at 25 Lower Teddington Road, Hampton Wick, whilst he had Gomer House in Teddington (since demolished) built for him. *
John Blow John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 – 1 October 1708) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque music, Baroque period. Appointed organist of Westminster Abbey in late 1668,Julian Bream Julian Alexander Bream (15 July 193314 August 2020) was an English classical guitarist and lutenist. Regarded as one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century, he played a significant role in improving the public per ...
(1933–2020), lutenist and classical guitarist, grew up in Hampton. *
Lancelot "Capability" Brown Lancelot Brown (born c. 1715–16, baptised 30 August 1716 – 6 February 1783), more commonly known as Capability Brown, was an English gardener and landscape architect, who remains the most famous figure in the history of the English la ...
(1716–1783), is commemorated with an
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blue plaque at Wilderness House,
Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. The building of the palace began in 1514 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the chie ...
. He lived there from 1764, when he was appointed Chief Gardener at the palace, until his death in 1783. *
Charles I Charles I may refer to: Kings and emperors * Charlemagne (742–814), numbered Charles I in the lists of Holy Roman Emperors and French kings * Charles I of Anjou (1226–1285), also king of Albania, Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily * Charles I of ...
lived at Richmond Palace and at Hampton Court while the plague raged in London. He was held prisoner at Hampton Court in 1647. * Charles II lived at Hampton Court in 1665 to escape the plague in London. *Sir
Richard Doll Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll (28 October 1912 – 24 July 2005) was a British physician who became an epidemiologist in the mid-20th century and made important contributions to that discipline. He was a pioneer in research linking smoking ...
(1912–2005),
epidemiologist Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and risk factor, determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decision ...
, was born in Hampton. *William Ewart (British politician), William Ewart (1798–1791), promoter of public libraries, lived at what is now Hampton Branch Library, Rose Hill, Hampton. The site is marked by a blue plaque. *Francis Mark Farmer, Sir Francis Mark Farmer (1866–1922), a dental surgeon who worked on facial reconstruction, lived in Belgrade Road. *David Garrick (1717–1779), actor, lived at Garrick's Villa, Hampton Court Road, Hampton. *George I of Great Britain, George I commissioned the completion of six rooms at Hampton Court Palace to the design of John Vanbrugh. *Harry Hampton VC (1870–1922) was born in Crown Terrace, Richmond and died in Twickenham. He is buried in Richmond Old Cemetery. *Henry VI of England, Henry VI was born at Windsor Palace. *Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII married Catherine Parr, his sixth wife, at Hampton Court. *Norman Cyril Jackson VC (1919–1994) died in Hampton Hill and is buried in Twickenham Cemetery. *W. E. Johns (1893-1968) was an English First World War pilot, and writer of the ''Biggles'' stories, who died at Park House, Hampton Court. *Edward Lapidge (1779–1860), who held the post of County Surveyor of Surrey and designed the present Kingston Bridge, London, Kingston Bridge, was born in Hampton Wick, where he also designed a number of churches. *Mary I of England, Mary I and her consort, Philip II of Spain, spent their honeymoon at Hampton Court and Richmond. *Vic Mitchell (1934–2021), author and publisher, was born in Hampton. *Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, gave birth to the future Edward VI of England at Hampton Court Palace and died two weeks later at Richmond Palace. *John Templeton (opera singer), John Templeton (1802–1886), opera singer, lived at 114 High Street,
Hampton Hill Hampton Hill (initially known as "New Hampton") is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to the south of Twickenham, bounded by Fulwell and Twickenham Golf Courses to the northwest; the road bridge over the railway line; a ...
. *Alan Turing (1912–1954) lived at Ivy House (which now has a blue plaque) in Hampton High Street between 1945 and 1947 while working at the National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom), National Physical Laboratory in Teddington. *William, Duke of Gloucester, son of the future Queen Anne of Great Britain, Queen Anne and Prince George of Hanover, was born at Hampton Court in 1689 *William III of England, William III and Mary II of England, Mary II rebuilt parts of
Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. The building of the palace began in 1514 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the chie ...
. *Thomas Wolsey, Cardinal Wolsey (1473–1530), lived at Hampton Court. *Sir Christopher Wren (1632–1723), lived at The Old Court House, Hampton Court Green. The site is marked by a blue plaque. *Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia, sister of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Nicholas II, lived at Wilderness Lodge, in the grounds of Hampton Court Palace, from 1937 until her death in 1960.


Sport and leisure

;Team sports Hampton has a Non-League football club Hampton & Richmond Borough F.C. who play at step 2 of Non-League football in the National League South at the Beveree Stadium by Station Road, one of the parallel high streets by Hampton railway station. Rugby Union is well catered for within four miles: Twickenham RFC play in the west of Hampton. Staines RFC and Feltham RFC play at their own Hanworth grounds; London Irish RFC juniors play at Sunbury-on-Thames, Sunbury, Harlequins (rugby), London Harlequins RFC play at Twickenham. ;Leisure facilities The borough supports Hampton Pool, Hampton Heated Open Air Pool and Gym by Bushy Park and the old High Street, 200m south of the border of Hampton Hill. Private gyms are by Bushy Park and Twickenham Golf Course. A local community association provide social and leisure activities including short mat bowls. ;Watersports Molesey Boat Club is across the river in Molesey, 500m west of
Hampton Court Bridge Hampton Court Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge that crosses the River Thames in England approximately north–south between Hampton, London and East Molesey, Surrey, carrying the A309. It is the upper of two road bridges on the reach ab ...
. Hampton SC has a clubhouse and boatyard occupying all of Benn's Island. Aquarius SC is by Hampton Court Palace stable yard. These have rival rowing (sport), rowing and sailing clubs on neighbouring reaches of the Thames, and in respect of sailing, on the
Queen Mary Reservoir The Queen Mary Reservoir is one of the largest of London's reservoirs supplying fresh water to London and parts of surrounding counties, and is located in the Borough of Spelthorne in Surrey. The reservoir covers and is above the surrounding are ...
.


In films, other fiction and the media

The 1857 novel "The Three Clerks" by Anthony Trollope is set in Hampton, which was then a village on the western outskirts of London: "There are still, however, some nooks within reach of the metropolis which have not been be-villaged and be-terraced out of all look of rural charm, and the little village of Hampton, with its old-fashioned country inn, and its bright, quiet, grassy river, is one of them..." The area is also featured briefly in two Charles Dickens novels. In ''Oliver Twist'', Oliver and Bill Sikes stop in a public house in Hampton on their way to the planned burglary in Chertsey. In ''Nicholas Nickleby'', Sir Mulberry Hawk and Lord Frederick visit the 'Hampton Races', which refers to a racecourse at 'Moulsey Hurst'. It is also briefly mentioned in ''The War of the Worlds''. The Bell public house in Hampton is mentioned in T S Eliot's ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats''. Hampton is also mentioned in humorist Jerome K. Jerome's ''Three Men in a Boat''. In ''24: Live Another Day'' terrorist Margot Al-Harazi's first hideout is stated to be in Hampton. A murder at the outset of 2001 took place in a spate across a wide suburban area at the hands of Levi Bellfield since which there has been relatively few unprovoked attacks of such a scale in this district.


Demography and housing

2011 Census ethnicities In all three wards, White British is the largest ethnic group, ranging between 73.1 percent in Hampton North to 79.6 percent in Hampton. The second largest ethnicity in all three wards is Other White, between 7 and 8 percent. The third largest ethnicity is Indian in Hampton; Other Asian in Hampton North; and White Irish in Fulwell and Hampton.


Transport

;Roads In keeping with its lack of high rise buildings, the district has no dual carriageways, its main routes the A308 road (Great Britain), A308 and A312 road (Great Britain), A312, have in their busiest sections an additional filter or bus lane. Bus routes that serve Hampton are the London Buses route 111, 111, London Buses route 216, 216, London Buses route R68, R68 and London Buses route R70, R70. The London Buses route 411, 411 and London Buses route 285, 285 serve Hampton Court and Hampton Hill respectively. ;Rail The main station is towards the south-west and by the main parades of shops on either side of the line: Hampton railway station, London, Hampton; just north of Hampton Hill is Fulwell railway station; both are on the Shepperton Branch Line. Just south of Hampton Court neighbourhood, clustered about the Hampton Court Palace, Tudor, Stuart and Georgian Palace and Gardens is Hampton Court railway station on the Hampton Court Branch Line. Hampton Wick railway station is on the Kingston Loop Line. The London terminus for both lines is London Waterloo station, London Waterloo.


Nearest places

* Twickenham * Sunbury-on-Thames, Sunbury * Fulwell, London, Fulwell * Hanworth * Teddington * Whitton, London, Whitton * West Molesey *
East Molesey Molesey is a district of two twin towns, East Molesey and West Molesey, in the Borough of Elmbridge, Surrey, England, and is situated on the south bank of the River Thames. East and West Molesey share a high street, and there is a second retail ...
* Esher *
Hampton Wick Hampton Wick, formerly a village, is a Thames-side area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, and is contiguous with Teddington and Kingston upon Thames. It is buffered by Bushy Park, one of the Royal Parks of London from Hampton and ...
* Kingston, London, Kingston


See also

*Hampton Cemetery, London, Hampton Cemetery


Notes and references

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External links

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