There is evidence of
Roman occupation.
Kingston Bridge, the first bridge linking the village with
Kingston upon Thames is dated from about 1219 and replaced the Roman
ford at this point.
Cardinal Wolsey is believed to have lived in Hampton Wick (in Lower Teddington Road) while waiting for
Hampton Court Palace to be built. The parish of Hampton was split in the century after this time to form Hampton Wick. Sir
Richard Steele also lived in Hampton Wick, in a house he whimsically called "The Hovel". He dedicated the fourth volume of
Tatler to
Charles, Lord Halifax "from the Hovel at Hampton Wick, April 7, 1711", around the time he became Surveyor of the Royal Stables at Hampton Court Palace, Governor of the King's Comedians, a
Justice of the Peace and a
knight. The Hampton Wick
Local Board was
established in 1863 with headquarters at the "idiosyncratic, tall, Dutch gabled"
Hampton Wick Local Board Office located at 45A High Street. It was built in 1884 by local architect Richard T. Elsam in an "exuberant"
Jacobean style. The building presently serves as private housing. Reverend
Frederick Champion de Crespigny was a
vicar of Hampton Wick who was also involved in many secular affairs, most notably at the Local Board where he was clerk. An excellent cricketer, he founded and presided the Hampton Wick Royal Cricket Club in
Bushy Park in 1863. De Crespigny resided at a now demolished
Gothic Revival Vicarage formerly located on Park Road, directly across from the Hampton Wick entrance to Bushy Park at Cobbler's Walk. The architect
Edward Lapidge both designed and donated the land for a church,
St John's Hampton Wick, built in 1831. Lapidge had been born in the village. He also designed the present Kingston Bridge. In 2010, after five years of closure, the church re-opened its doors under the
Church of England's church planting scheme. Services were resumed in December 2010. == Governance ==