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| c. 1631 |
| | | Samuel Fortrey builds a house with gables, in the Dutch style, in what is now Kew Gardens. | |
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| c. 1675 |
| | | The house of West Hall is built for let, probably by Thomas Juxon, lord of the manor, to be followed by the house of Brick Farm | |
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| 1714 |
| | | The first St Anne's church is built on Kew Green. | |
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| 1728 |
| | | Queen Caroline leases 'the Dutch House' while her husband, George II, is extending Richmond Gardens. | |
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| 1731 |
| | | Frederick, Prince of Wales, buys Kew Park, which with 19 acres is the only large estate in Kew not yet bought or leased by his parents. | |
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| 1732 |
| | | Frederick Prince of Wales takes a lease of a house at the west end of Kew Green opposite Kew Palace and instructs William Kent to remodel it. It becomes known as the White House. | |
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| 1734-1735 |
| | | Prince Frederick spends nearly £1000 on trees and shrubs, acquired from the local nurseryman Richard Butt for his estate in Kew | |
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| 1737 |
| | | Prince Frederick marries Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and together they develop an increasing interest in botany and their gardens in Kew | |
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| 1742 |
| | | Charity schools, one for boys and one for girls, are opened briefly on Kew Green, supported by local subscribers led by Prince Frederick | |
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| 1757 |
| | | After the death of Prince Frederick in 1751, his widow Princess Augusta establishes the botanical gardens at Kew. | |
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