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| 1781 |
| | | George III makes the 'Dutch house' in Kew Gardens the private home for his family. | |
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| 1788 |
| | | Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) is buried in St Anne's churchyard in Kew. | |
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| 1789 |
| | | Robert Tunstall builds a replacement stone bridge at Kew, designed by James Paine. It is opened by King George III driving over ‘with a great concourse of carriages’ | |
|  | The second Kew Bridge under construction
Chiswick Local Studies Library
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| 1791 |
| | | After centuries as a chapel of Kingston, and 22 years in which it shared a parish with Kew, St Peter’s is established as a parish in its own right. | |
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| 1802 |
| | | King George III has the White House at Kew demolished and instructs James Wyatt to build a castellated palace by the river, which was never completed. | |
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| 1810 |
| | | Johann Zoffany (1733-1810) is buried in St Anne's churchyard in Kew. | |
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| 1818 |
| | | Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, dies and the 'Dutch house' in Kew Gardens is closed. | |
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| 1819 |
| | | Kew bridge is sold to George Robinson for £22,000 | |
|  | The second Kew Bridge, in 1892, by C.W. Fothergill
Kew Bridge Steam Museum
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| 1823 |
| | | By an Act of Parliament George IV encloses the western end of Kew
Green up to the present Ferry Lane and closes the road across the Green. | |
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| 1824 |
| | | The King’s Free School is established in a small Gothic building near the pond, with George IV as a major subscriber | |
|  | Print of the King's School in Kew when newly built
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