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1998
 
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Garrick's Temple is restored and opens to the public and houses an exhibition on David Garrick's life See in Google maps   
Garrick's Temple under snow in 1986

1999
 
Place or Object  
The lawn and gardens surrounding Garrick's Temple are re-landscaped and replanted to replicate something of its appearance in Garrick's day See in Google maps   
2000
 
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Kingston Bridge is again widened to include two bicycle lanes, a bus lane and wider pavements See in Google maps   
2001
 
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Dial House becomes the home of the Bishop of Kensington. See in Google maps   
2002
 
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For the Queen's Jubilee Mark Edwards builds an eight-oared royal shallop, Jubilant, a replica of an eighteenth-century original owned by the National Maritime Museum See in Google maps   
Jubilant, replica of an 18th-century royal shallop

2002
 
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All Saints is converted into a private house See in Google maps   
2002
 
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Mark Edwards builds a working version of a seventeenth-century wooden submarine, by Cornelius Jacobszoon Drebbel, which is rowed underwater in the BBC programme Building the Impossible See in Google maps   
Replica of a 17th-century submarine


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2002
 
Place or Object  
The west end of the Barn Church in Kew is redesigned by Keith Murray to accommodate the Darby Room (named after the vicar, Nicholas Darby), a gallery and ancillary facilities for community use See in Google maps   
Wedding reception in Barn Church, Kew


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2003
 
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The Public Records Office and the Historic Manuscripts Commission come together to form The National Archives See in Google maps   
2003
 
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Permission is granted for 3 concerts a year at Twickenham rugby ground and the Rolling Stones play the first concert. See in Google maps