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Hampstead
This trendy and
cultured north London town has been habitated for a very
long time indeed. Prehistoric tribes lived here and Boudicca
is reputed to be buried here. The name probably derives from
a Saxon farmer who put up his 'homestead' in a clearing of
the forest. This high land north of London was all thick
forest. Before the Norman conquest the land was given by
King Ethelred to Westminster monastery and the abbot erected
a gallow here... continued
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Hampstead was
an established village in the 1600's and during the great plague it
was invaded by fleeing Londoner's. In 1701 a pump room was built in
Well Walk to increase the supply of well water that had taken favour
with many of London's taverns and from then on fashionable society
began to migrate. Hampstead retains much of its village quality and
old world charm. It is full of restaurants opening and closing down.
Hampstead Heath covers 800 acres and offers one of the few havens of
wild (well semi wild) ground accessible by the London
underground.....
Spaniards: In 1584 a beacon was
erected to warn Londoners of an invasion by the Spanish Armada and in
1780 the landlord of the Spaniards warded off rioters heading for
.... home at Kenwood by giving them free drinks - giving the army
time to arrive and arrest them.
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Hampstead
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