 Henry VIII lived at Hampton Court 300 years before there were any Thames locks; these reached Teddington from upriver by 1810.Kingston Bridge was the only bridge above London Bridge and below the (at latest 1530s-built) Chertsey Bridge.Travelling from London to Hampton Court, instead of carriages through villages of Middlesex including the market town of Brentford monarchs down to the last regular visitor, George II, tended to be rowed up from Westminster to the palace.