[8][9] 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.

[10][11] The architect Edward Lapidge both designed and donated the land for a church, St John's Hampton Wick, built in 1831.

[14] Hence a character called Hugh Jampton in the 1950s BBC radio programme The Goon Show amongst many other similar examples.

[weasel words] Another use of the term appeared in the 2000s BBC TV series The Office when Tim Canterbury bemoans the quality of Slough's nightlife, recollecting a Tudor-themed club memorably displaying a punning notice stating "Don't get your Hampton Court" in the men's toilets.

The title of rocker Sammy Hagar's 1982 album Standing Hampton also relates to the same piece of rhyming slang.

[15] Ian Dury used the name, and the phrase "Hamptons don't leave fingerprints", in the song "Blackmail Man" on his 1977 album New Boots and Panties!!

[17] Hampton Wick was also the title of The Two Ronnies' first "classic serial" spoof drama in their first BBC series (1973).

[18] Hampton Wick is referenced by British singer-songwriter Jamie T in the title track of his 2009 EP Sticks 'n' Stones.

Equally, the A311 passes through the heart of the district forming its short, convenience High Street and provider further connections than another B road by the park to the larger commercial centre of Teddington, centred less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from Hampton Wick's railway station which is another economic hub of the area.