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| 1770 |
| | | King George III pays for the church on Kew Green to be greatly enlarged. It is expanded again in 1810 and further additions are made in later years. | |
|  | Kew Green
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| 1776 |
| | | Walpole adds the Beauclerk Tower and hexagonal closet to Strawberry Hill. | |
|  | Strawberry Hill
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| 1774 April |
| | | A tontine is launched in Richmond to raise money for the construction of a bridge across the Thames | |
|  | Richmond Bridge, c.1850
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| 1777 |
| | | Samual Prime inherits Kneller Hall from his father, Sir Samuel Prime, and enlarges the house and estate. | |
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| 1777 January |
| | | Richmond Bridge, designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse, opens to traffic (and is now the oldest bridge in London) | |
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| 1778 |
| | | The second wooden Hampton Court Bridge, of sturdier construction than the first bridge, opens and is 350 feet long, 18 feet wide, and has ten arches raised on piles | |
|  | Painting of the second Hampton Court Bridge in 1864
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| 1780 |
| | | The Taylor family inherit the manor of East Sheen and West Hall, and move into Brick Farm | |
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| 1780 |
| | | Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, rents Hill Lodge (formerly the mole catcher’s cottage) from Thomas Hill, the gamekeeper of Richmond Park. | |
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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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