Hampstead

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Hampstead a place in the London Borough of Camden. It is is a hilly suburban development on the west side of Hampstead Heath and 4 miles (6.4 km) north west of Charing Cross.

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Although early records of Hampstead can be found in a grant by King Ethelred the Unready to the monastery of St. Peter?s at Westminster (AD 986) and it is referred to in the Domesday Book (1086), the history of Hampstead is generally traced back to the 17th century.

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Trustees of the Well started advertising the medicinal qualities of the chalybeate waters (water impregnated with iron) in 1700. Although Hampstead Wells was initially successful, its popularity declined in the 1800s due to competition with other London spas. The spa was demolished in 1882, although a water fountain was left behind.

London Borough of Camden: The London Borough of Camden is an inner-London borough created in 1965 to replace the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras....

Hampstead Heath: Hampstead Heath is a park in the north of London, covering 791 acres (3.2 km²). The name of the park comes from a rare heathland habitat. It has 25 main ponds and areas of ancient woodland, bog, hedgerows and grassland. Parts of the park have been designated as Sites of Special Scientific In...

Charing Cross: The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile....

Hampstead related Images and Photos (experimental)

Hampstead's Happy Heath 1897

Trifid Burr-Marigold painted at Hampstead 1st September 1861

Irene Macdonald Flo Rankin and Mary Macdonald at Elm Lodge Hampstead July 1863

Anti-Catholic and Anti- Authority Gordon Rioters Gather at the Spaniards Inn Hampstead London