The relationship between squares – how the development of one may have effected another, sometimes be gleaned from a careful study of the dates they were conceived. Likewise, the publishing of key design or development theories may have changed the course of development practices. The following timeline is instructive. Dates are approximate, and generally represent the time a square was conceived or a book published.
| S Annuziata | 1419 |
| Alberti publishes | 1450 |
| Louvre – Cour Carre | 1551 |
| Palladio publishes | 1570 |
| Royal Exchange | 1570 |
| Villa Trissino | 1576 |
| Wallaton Hall | 1580 |
| Piazza d’Armee, Livorno | 1590 |
| Piazza Navona | 1600 |
| Place Royale | 1605 |
| Place Dauphine | 1607 |
| Lincoln Inn Fields | 1630 |
| Covent Garden | 1631 |
| Leicester Sq | 1635 |
| St Peter’s Piazza | 1656 |
| Vaux Le Vicompte | 1658 |
| Plague strikes London | 1665 |
| Bloomsbury Square | 1665 |
| London Fire | 1666 |
| Soho Sq | 1681 |
| St James Sq | 1684 |
| Red Lion Sq | 1684 |
| Place Victories | 1685 |
| Grosvenor Sq | 1695 |
| Berkeley Sq | 1698 |
| Place Vendome | 1698 |
| Place de Furstenberg | 1699 |
| Hanover Sq | 1714 |
| Leoni publishes Pal. | 1716 |
| Leoni publishes Alb. | 1726 |
| Queen’s Square | 1728 |
| Circus, Bath | 1754 |
| Royal Crescent Bath | 1767 |
| Hans Place | 1771 |
| Bedford | 1775 |
| Place du Marche Sainte Catherine | 1777 |
| Palais Royale | 1786 |
| Lansdown Crescent Bath | 1789 |
| Cadogan Place Upper | 1791 |
| Cadogan Place Lower | 1791 |
| Cadogan Place Overall | 1791 |
| Trevor Square | 1810 |
| Regent’s Park | 1812 |
| Park Crescent | 1812 |
| Brompton Sq | 1820 |
| Lowndes Sq | 1823 |
| Eaton Square east | 1824 |
| Eaton Square Overall | 1824 |
| Montpelier Sq | 1824 |
| Belgrave Square. . | 1826 |
| Wilton Crescent | 1826 |
| Eaton Sq mid | 1827 |
| Chesham Place | 1830 |
| Pelham Crescent | 1832 |
| Rutland Gate N | 1836 |
| Rutland Gate S | 1836 |
| Eaton Sq west | 1839 |
| Chester Sq East | 1840 |
| Chester Sq West | 1840 |
| Chester Square Overall | 1828 |
| Thurloe Sq | 1840 |
| Egerton Crescent | 1843 |
| Onslow Sq | 1844 |
| Ovington Sq | 1844 |
| Beaufort Gardens | 1860 |
| Ennismore Gardens | 1867 |
| Cadogan Square | 1877 |
| Lennox Gardens | 1882 |
| Egerton Place | 1891 |
| Ruskin Place | 1981 |
| Pummery Square | 1988 |
| Perserverance Park | 1995 |
| Aldea | 1996 |
London Squares 