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1700
 
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The Banqueting House at Hampton Court is built with carving by Grinling Gibbons and a painted interior which is the work, at least in part, of Antonio Verrio See in Google maps   
Ceiling of Queen Anne's Drawing Room, by Verrio

1713
 
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Edward Proger dies in Bushy House at the age of 96 See in Google maps   
1713
 
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The Diana or Arethusa Fountain, decorated with bronze sculptures by Hubert Le Sueur, is placed in the centre of the round pond in Bushy Park See in Google maps   
1726
 
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North aisle of St Mary's Church is built, with vaults beneath, and school room (earlier building for Hampton School) and vestry room attached See in Google maps   
1753
 
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The first, highly decorative, Hampton Court Bridge with seven steep sided arches opens and replaces the ferry and the ford used in the drier season See in Google maps   
Design for the first Hampton Court Bridge in 1753

1754
 
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David Garrick, famous Shakespearian actor, leases and then buys what was known as Hampton House, now Garrick's Villa, as a country retreat and place to entertain friends See in Google maps   
Garrick's Villa, in 1784

1755-1756
 
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Garrick's Temple, designer unknown but possibly modelled on Lord Burlington's temple at Chiswick House, is built by David Garrick to entertain friends and house his Shakespeare mementos See in Google maps   
Garrick's Temple, in 1783

1758
 
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Garrick commissions from Roubiliac a statue of Shakespeare for a large niche in the Temple at Hampton. The original is now in the British Museum and an exact is replica in Garrick's Temple See in Google maps   
Shakespeare, by Roubiliac (detail), 1758
British Museum

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1760
 
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Hampton Court is effectively abandoned by George III as a Royal dwelling and gradually becomes occupied by "Grace and Favour" residents See in Google maps   
1778
 
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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 See in Google maps   
Painting of the second Hampton Court Bridge in 1864