Hampton Hill's urban development was railway-fuelled building in an area that was since the Middle Ages the north of
Hampton ecclesiastical parish further away from the
River Thames. Distinguished from Hampton on all
street name signs, it is that part across the
Charles I-commissioned
Longford River, an artificial watercourse built to supply
Hampton Court, which forms the boundary between Hampton Hill and Hampton. Its lack of development is reflected by the fact only seven of this complete list of
listed buildings are actually buildings: • 167 High Street • 127 Uxbridge Road • Templeton Lodge • Brick Boundary Walls to Bushy Park • Stables & Garden Wall to Upper Lodge • Church of St James • Hampton Hill War Memorial (in St James' churchyard) • Monument At south-eastern end of
General Roy's Survey Base • Upper Lodge • Old Brew House, Bushy Park • Bushy Park – a Grade I listed park The oldest of the listed structures lie within the part of Bushy Park in the area; the Old Brew House may be late 17th century. Hampton Hill was
bombed a number of times during
the Blitz. The first major incident was in November 1940 when 63 Park Road was gutted when an abandoned
Wellington bomber crashed on it. On the next night much of Alpha Road was destroyed and five people died after a
Luftwaffe bomber dropped a
landmine on it. Subsequently, Hampton Hill had a number of lucky escapes with bombs and incendiaries either failing to explode or landing in Bushy Park, Fulwell Golf Course, and other open land, with the next major incident being in June 1944 when a
doodlebug exploded near Longford Close and killed one person. ==Geography==