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Hampstead is a town and an ancient parish in Middlesex, forming a north-western suburb of London. Hampstead remained a small village until the late 17th century when it became a popular place for wealthy Londoners to built rural retreats. It grew further as a popular spa town in the 18th century. It saw its greatest period of growth following the arrival of the railways in the 1850s, becoming an affluent suburb of London known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical, political, and literary associations. From 1900-1965, for local government purposes, the ancient parish was the basis of the Hampstead metropolitan borough. Hampstead Town Hall (1878) is in the Italianate style. Hampstead Heath provides 800 acres of grassy public space with views over central London and includes the 17th century Kenwood House. Keats House, now a museum, was home to John Keats and in the garden of which he wrote Ode to a Nightingale. 2 Willow Road (1939) is a modernist house designed by and family home to Ernő Goldfinger. Hampstead is within the council area of Camden

Place Type: Town
Historic County: Middlesex
Lat, Long: 51.555841,-0.177081
Grid Reference: TQ264856
Police Area: Metropolitan
Council Area: Camden
Country: England

GBPNID: 19944
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Hampstead,_Middlesex_19944

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