The emperor Claudius catches up with the Roman army, waiting at the Thames for him to lead the final victory over the English tribes

London develops as a prosperous trading centre, at the hub of the network of Roman roads in Britain

Alfred captures London from the Danes, pressing them back into the region of Danelaw where their rule is, for the moment, tolerated

A 'chapelry' exists by now in Petersham, probably occupying the same site as a Saxon church mentioned in the Domesday Book

Construction begins on London Bridge, the first stone bridge to be built across a tidal waterway

A documentary reference to Kingston Bridge is first recorded in 1193; it has stone revetments but a flimsy wooden structure in constant need of repair

A small rectangular flint chapel is built on the site of the present St Mary's church in Barnes

St Mary's chapel in Barnes is enlarged

The fishery at ‘Kaiho-juxta-Braynford’, which may be the origin of Kew Pond, first appears in the accounts of St Swithin’s Priory at Winchester

The earliest recorded incumbent of St Mary's Church in Twickenham, William Browne, is presented.

The Vicars of St Mary's Church in Hampton are known back to 1342 and the old Church possibly existed from c.1250

Edward III begins to transform a royal manor by the Thames at Richmond into a building that can for the first time be called a palace

After four years of captivity in Bordeaux and London, the French king John II is released for a promised ransom of 3 million gold crowns

Wat Tyler, leader of the Kentish rebels, meets Richard II at Smithfield - before being struck and wounded by the Lord Mayor of London

Anne of Bohemia, the wife of Richard II, dies of plague at Richmond and in his distress the king orders the palace to be demolished

Soon after his accession Henry V begins construction of a new royal palace at Richmond

Sir William de Milbourne, the first known resident of Milbourne House, dies and is buried in the Barnes parish church of St Mary’s

Sir John Saye, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Edward IV, becomes the first recorded resident of Barn Elms, the manor house of Barnes

Caxton establishes the first English printing press in London, after working in the new trade in Bruges

The two royal princes, Edward V and his younger brother, are confined in the Tower of London by their uncle - soon to be Richard III

A tower is added to St Mary's in Barnes

When Henry VII is in Richmond for Christmas, fire breaks out in his lodging and destroys much of the palace

John Williams, a brewer, acquires half an acre of land beside the Thames in Mortlake and builds on it a house subsequently known as Cromwell House

A number of noblemen and wealthy merchants build their villas around Kew Green, including Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, closely associated with Queen Elizabeth I. The only villa to survive from this period is the present Kew Palace built in the Dutch style for Samuel Fortrey.

The manor of East Sheen and West Hall is carved out of the manor of Mortlake, including all that part of Kew that now lies between the river, the A316 and the District railway