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| 1930-1933 |
| | | Starting in 1930, the fourth Hampton Court Bridge is constucted, slightly downstream from the previous bridge, of ferro-concrete faced with red brick and portland stone in the Wren style | |
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| 1933 |
| | | A public outcry over the building of Temple House joined onto Garrick's Temple runs very high. The Council purchases the site for public recreation and demolishes the house | |
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| 1933 |
| | | The fourth Hampton Court Bridge, designed by Edwin Lutyens, is opened by the Price of Wales, on 3 July 1933, who also opens Chiswick Bridge and Twickenham Bridge on the same day | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Early tests of the Dambusters' bouncing bomb are carried out at the National Physical Laboratory's ship tank | |
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| 1955 |
| | | The first accurate caesium clock is developed at the National Physical Laboratory | |
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| 1969 |
| | | Garrick's Villa, now listed Grade 1, is reconverted into nine flats | |
|  | Garrick's Villa and part of the garden in 1984
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| 1970 |
| | | Extensive repairs are carried out to the roof beams and walls at St John's where dry rot has penetrated and the organ is rebuilt | |
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| 1973 |
| | | Thames Water Authority takes over from the Metropolitan Water Board and Hampton waterworks becomes part of Thames Water which is later privatised | |
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| 1986 |
| | | A terrible fire destroys much of the King's State Appartments, third floor and roof of the South Front of Hampton Court | |
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| 1992 |
| | | After years of restoration and re-interpretation the King's State Apartments at Hampton Court reopen in July 1992 | |
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