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Hampton Cemetery was opened to serve the parish of Hampton when the parish churchyard of St Mary the Virgin was full. It is a modest cemetery laid out simply with a central wide tarmac path flanked by trees running north to south between the main entrance gates on Holly Bush Lane, where there is a brick lodge, and the gates on Broad Lane. A Columbarium Garden of Rest has a paved rectangular space that is walled on three sides with hexagonal plaques forming the back wall. There are some mature trees in the cemetery including cedar and the tombs are generally unspectacular.

Hampton Court Green today is open land with perimeter trees and path, a car park in the north-west. A belt of trees screens Hampton Court House to the north and to the west is Bushy Park. The hamlet at Hampton Court grew due to the influx of workers and artisans when the Palace was built for Cardinal Wolsey and later Henry VIII's extension. Originally the commonland extended to the river. In the 1760s the Ranger of Bushy Park took land for Hampton Court House and its gardens. In 1812 all claims on the Green by the Manor Court were foregone on condition that the King gave up his rights for commonland in Hampton, at which time it was agreed that no part of the Green could be built on and that no fences should be over 4 ft high. Apart from grazing, the Green was also used for archery and military purposes, and was famous as a place of recreation, with fairs and festivals, cricket matches and other sporting events, attracting thousands of people by the late C19th.

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Hampton Court House was built in 1757, designed for Mrs Anne Maria Donaldson, mistress of George Montagu Dunk, the 2nd Earl of Halifax, Ranger of Bushy Park and Chief Steward of Hampton Court Palace. Fine gardens were designed with the house by Thomas Wright, which included an ornamental lake and shell grotto. Later occupants in the C19th and early C20th made changes to the gardens. It remained in private occupation until it was sold to MCC in 1948, when part of the garden reverted to Bushy Park. It was used as a home for the elderly, a theatre and since 1998 has been a private independent school.

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Hampton Court became a royal palace from 1530 after Henry VIII took the house and grounds Cardinal Wolsey had transformed in the early C16th. The estate was enlarged and improved by successive monarchs, and pleasure gardens laid out by various Royal Gardeners, including William Talman, George London, Henry Wise, and Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. During the C18th and C19th Hampton Court became a popular place for visitors and a guide book was printed in 1817.

Situated between Kingston Bridge and the entrance to Hampton Court's Home Park is the Hampton Wick War Memorial Garden. The Memorial commemorates casualties of both World Wars, 47 of whom fought in WWI. It was unveiled on 3 May 1921 with the Church Lads Brigade and a bugler from the East Surrey Regimental Depot at Kingston in attendance. In 1933 the Memorial was floodlit using gas from the Hampton Wick Gas Co. The Memorial Garden is not only the venue for the annual extremely well attended Remembrance Sunday service but also a tranquil place to visit all year round.

Hickey's Almshouses were designed by architect Louis Vulliamy, a range of neo-Tudor style buildings with very high chimneys. At the front is a porter's lodge, built 1850-3 and substantial railings form the boundary with Sheen Road. A plaque over the entrance records that the almshouses were built 'for ten poor men and ten poor women by the bounty of William Hickey Esq. who by his Will bequeathed certain Lands and Houses in Richmond in Trust for Charitable Purposes'. Hickey (d.1728) is buried in the churchyard of Richmond Parish Church of St Mary. The almshouses are set back behind a large garden of lawns with a few trees. A central path leads from the entrance gate and continues around the perimeter, with some flowers planted inside the lodge entrance.

From 1782 Holly Road Burial Ground served the parish of St Mary, Twickenham but was full by 1835 at which point Oak Lane Cemetery was opened. It was officially closed in 1868 although some burials in family graves continued until c.1875. In 1930 196 monuments and tombstones naming 450 people could be read, but there were probably many more burials than this. In 1953 the burial ground was laid out as a public garden and called Holly Road Garden of Rest. It was later restored and replanted in 1991.

Houblon's Almshouses were founded in 1757 by Rebecca and Susanna Houblon, who vested the site for the almshouses and c.1 hectare of land at the rear, together with property in Harrow and Essex to endow the Almshouses. The walled almshouses were built in 1758, and are among the oldest to survive in Richmond. They comprise a range of three 2-storey blocks around 3 sides of a central garden. The pedimented entrance bay carries the inscription: 'These almshouses were erected and endowed by Mrs Rebecca and Mrs Susannah Houblon 1758'.

The land for Hounslow Cemetery was conveyed to Hounslow Burial Board in 1868 and the first portion was consecrated in February 1869. It was enlarged in the C20th when an additional area was consecrated in June 1921. Two further areas in the south-east portion of the ground were consecrated in May 1928 by the Lord Bishop of London, and an additional 5 acres consecrated in 1929. The two small cemetery chapels, divided by a porte-cochère, are in the oldest part of the cemetery. Between the graves is mown grass, with some trees including conifers generally found on the perimeter of the cemetery.

Jubilee Gardens were laid out in 1977 and at that time various names were suggested, including 'Mortlake Terrace Gardens'. This referred to J M W Turner's painting of the garden of The Limes, which he called Mortlake Terrace. However, a survey of local opinion favoured calling it Jubilee Gardens for the Queen's Jubilee in 1977. It is on the site of an old Barnes Council depot and near the site of famous tapestry works. It provides a good vantage point for the annual Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.

Kew Green today is a triangular space bisected by the busy Kew Road, largely grass with mature chestnuts and other trees mainly around its periphery. It has long been popular for its cricket matches. The focal point at the apex of the triangle is the fine entrance gate to the Royal Botanical Gardens, and to the south of the Green lies the parish church and walled churchyard of St Anne. In the north east corner is Kew Pond, an old horse pond.

King George's Field takes its name from King George V who originally gave the land to the borough. King George's Fields Foundation was set up as a memorial following the King's death in 1936, and provided funding for the creation or improvement of a great many playing fields before it was finally dissolved in 1965. The Foundation provided a grant of £2,000 to Ham Borough Council for the 13.5 acre site. The gate piers at the entrance have the standard heraldic stone plaques that denote all King George's Fields.