Hampstead
Hampstead shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ265855
London borough	Camden
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	NW3
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
European Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Hampstead and Highgate
London Assembly	Barnet and Camden
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Coordinates: 51°33′15″N 0°10′28″W / 51.5541, -0.1744

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History

Although early records of Hampstead can be found in a grant by King Ethelred the Unready to the monastery of St. Ethelred II ( c. 968 – 23 April 1016 also known as Æthelred II, Aethelred II, Ethelred the Unready, Æthelred the Unready 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. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey

Trustees of the Well started advertising the medicinal qualities of the chalybeate waters (water impregnated with iron) in 1700. Chalybeate is a word meaning "containing Iron " Chalybeate waters are also known as Ferruginous waters Although Hampstead Wells was initially most successful and fashionable, its popularity declined in the 1800s due to competition with other fashionable London spas. The spa was demolished in 1882, although a water fountain was left behind.

Hampstead started to expand following the opening of the North London Railway in the 1860s (now the London Overground with passenger services operated by Transport for London), and expanded further after the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway opened in 1907 (now part of London Underground's Northern Line) and provided fast travel to central London. The North London Railway (NLR was a railway company that opened various lines connecting the north of London to the East and West India Docks, the core London Overground (LO is a Commuter rail service in London UK. Transport for London ( TfL) is the local government body responsible for most aspects of the Transport system in Greater London in England. The London Underground is a Metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire The Northern line is a deep-level tube line on the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

Much luxurious housing was created during the 1870s and 1880s, in the area that is now the political ward of Frognal & Fitzjohns. Much of this housing remains to this day.

During the 20th Century, a number of notable buildings were created. These include:

• Hampstead tube station (1907), incidentally the deepest station on the entire Underground network;
• Isokon building (1932)
• Hillfield Court (1932)
• 2 Willow Road (1938)
• Hampstead Theatre (1962)
• Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre (1964)
• Swiss Cottage Central Library (1964)
• Royal Free Hospital (1974)

Of these, the Hampstead Theatre relocated in 2003 to the present Swiss Cottage site (increasing capacity from 140 to 325 seats) and the Swiss Cottage leisure centre was closed for rebuilding in 2003 and reopened in 2006. Hampstead tube station is a London Underground station in Hampstead Village in North London, NW3 1QG The Isokon building in Lawn Road Hampstead, London is a concrete block of 34 flats designed by Architect Wells Coates for Molly and Jack Hillfield Court is a famous Art deco residential Mansion block in Belsize Park, in the London Borough of Camden, built in 1932 2 Willow Road is part of a terrace of three houses in Hampstead, London designed by architect Ernő Goldfinger and built in 1938. Hampstead Theatre is a Theatre in the vicinity of Swiss Cottage, in the London Borough of Camden. The Swiss Cottage Central Library is the central library of the Public library service in the London Borough of Camden, and is housed in an architectural landmark The Royal Free Hospital is a large Teaching hospital in London, England. Hampstead Theatre is a Theatre in the vicinity of Swiss Cottage, in the London Borough of Camden. Swiss Cottage is a landmark of north-west London in the London Borough of Camden.

Cultural attractions in the area include the Freud Museum, Keats' House, Kenwood House, Fenton House, The Isokon building, and the Camden Arts Centre. The Freud Museum is situated at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, London. Keats House is a museum in Hampstead in North London, England. Kenwood House (also known as the Iveagh Bequest) is a former Stately home, in Hampstead, London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath Fenton House is a 17th century merchant's house in Hampstead in North London which belongs to the National Trust, bequeathed to them in 1952 by Lady The Isokon building in Lawn Road Hampstead, London is a concrete block of 34 flats designed by Architect Wells Coates for Molly and Jack The Camden Arts Centre is a Grade II listed building sited in the London Borough of Camden, London, England, between the areas of Hampstead The large Victorian Hampstead Library and Town Hall was recently converted and extended as a creative industries centre.

Though now considered an integral part of London, Hampstead has retained much of its village atmosphere and charm, with Hampstead High Street playing a vital role in the day to day life of a Hampsteadian.

On 14 August 1975 Hampstead entered the UK Weather Records with the Highest 155-min total rainfall at 169 mm. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Incumbents Monarch - HM Queen Elizabeth II Prime Minister - Harold Wilson, Labour Party Events The UK Weather Records note the most extreme Weather ever recorded in the United Kingdom, such as the most and least hours of sunshine and highest wind speed Rain is Liquid precipitation. On Earth it is the condensation of atmospheric Water vapor into drops heavy enough to fall often making it to As of July 2006 this record remains.

Mark Pevsner, the grandson of Sir Nicholas Pevsner, famously described Hampstead as "a large collection of roads and passages which don't go in straight lines, houses of different ages, many of them good architecture but more often it's just the way they fit together, full of nice vistas and surprises. Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, ( January 30, 1902 &ndash August 18, 1983) was a German-born British scholar of Hampstead is a huge collection of twists and turns. "^[2]

Politics

Hampstead became part of the County of London in 1889 and in 1899 the Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead was formed. The County of London was a ceremonial county and administrative county of England from 1889 to 1965 The Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead was a Metropolitan borough of the County of London from 1900 to 1965 when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough The borough town hall on Haverstock Hill, which was also the location of the Registry Office, can be seen in newsreel footage of many celebrity civil marriages. In 1965 the metropolitan borough was abolished and is former area merged with that of the Metropolitan Borough of Holborn and the Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras to form the modern-day London Borough of Camden. The Metropolitan Borough of Holborn was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London between 1900 and 1965 when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough The Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras was a Metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1900 and 1965 when it was amalgamated with the Metropolitan The London Borough of Camden ( is a borough of London, England, which forms part of Inner London.

Hampstead is part of the Hampstead and Highgate constituency and since 1992 the member of parliament has been the former actress Glenda Jackson of the Labour Party. Hampstead and Highgate redirects here For the "Ham and High" newspaper see Hampstead & Highgate Express. Glenda May Jackson, CBE, (born 9 May, 1936) is a British actress and Politician, currently Labour The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the

The area has a significant tradition of educated liberal humanism, sometimes referred to (occasionally disparagingly) as "Hampstead Liberalism".

The area is also home to the left-wing Labour magazine, Tribune and the satirical magazine the Hampstead Village Voice. Tribune is a Democratic socialist weekly currently a magazine though in the past more often a newspaper published in London.

Notable current and former residents

Hampstead has long been known as a residence of the intelligentsia, including writers, composers, and intellectuals, actors, artists and architects — many of whom created a bohemian community in the late 19th century. In the 1930s it became base to a community of avant garde artists and writers and was host to a number of émigrés and exiles from Nazi Europe.

Famous past inhabitants have included:

• Sir Kingsley Amis— novelist and poet^[3]
• Martin Amis—writer; son of Kingsley
• Sir Alan Ayckbourn - playwright
• Sir A. J. Ayer — philosopher, philanderer
• Michael Ayrton – artist, sculptor, painter
• Nigel Balchin – writer, psychologist
• Sir Arnold Bax — impressionist composer ^[4]
• Cecil Beaton — society man, fashion photographer, style icon^[5]
• John S. Beckett — musician, composer and conductor
• Sybille Bedford — writer, essayist ^[6]
• Sir Isaiah Berlin— philosopher, historian of ideas, man of letters^[7]
• Sir John Betjeman—poet^[8]
• William Blake — poet, painter, writer, mystic^[9]
• Arthur Bliss — composer
• Dirk Bogarde — actor ^[10]
• Arthur Boyd — Australian painter and sculptor^[11]
• Marcel Breuer — modernist Hungarian architect and refugee
• Sir Richard Burton — explorer^[12]
• Richard Burton—Hollywood actor^[13]
• Lord Byron — poet^[14]
• Elias Canetti — nobel prize winning novelist^[15]
• John le Carré — author^[16]
• Dame Agatha Christie — author^[17]
• Lord Clark— art-historian
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge— romantic poet and philosopher^[18]
• John Constable — artist ^[19]
• Peter Cook — writer and comedian^[20]
• Milein Cosman — artist
• Charles Dickens — author^[21]
• Jacqueline du Pré — cellist^[22]
• Daphne du Maurier^[23]
• Sir Edward Elgar — composer^[24]
• T. S. Eliot — poet
• Sir William Empson— poet and renowned man of letters^[25]
• Marianne Faithfull^[26]
• Ian Fleming — author, creator of James Bond^[27]
• John Fowles — novelist, lived on Church Row for many years^[28]
• Anna Freud^[29]
• Lucian Freud — artist
• Sigmund Freud — psychoanalyst and philosopher^[30]
• Naum Gabo — artist^[31]
• John Galsworthy—Nobel Prize winning novelist^[32]
• Hugh Gaitskell — renowned leader of the Labour Party (1955-63)^[33]
• Ernő Goldfinger — architect^[34]
• Sir Ernst Gombrich — art historian, man of letters ^[35]
• Walter Gropius — architect and designer^[36]
• Thom Gunn — poet^[37]
• Audrey Hepburn — actress
• Barbara Hepworth^[38]
• Freddie Highmore— actor
• Elizabeth Jane Howard— novelist and actress ^[39]
• Sir Andrew Huxley — nobel laureate ^[40]
• Aldous Huxley — novelist, spiritualist
• Leigh Hunt — romantic poet^[41]
• Mahomed Ali Jinnah founding father of Pakistan and a notable barrister ^[42]
• Samuel Johnson— poet, aphorist, essayist, biographer, lexicographer, wit - typically known as 'Dr Johnson' ^[43]
• John Keats — poet^[44]
• Hans Keller — musician and writer^[45]
• Lillie Langtry^[46]
• Doris Lessing nobel prize winning novelist^[47]
• D. H. Lawrence — author^[48]
• Berthold Lubetkin^[49]
• Anna Mahler — sculpturess and daughter of composer Gustav Mahler^[50]
• Ramsay MacDonald— former Prime Minister ^[51]
• Lord Yehudi Menuhin — violinist, conductor, child-prodigy, virtuoso ^[52]
• A. A. Milne — author of "Winnie the Pooh"^[53]
• Sir Jonathan Miller^[54]
• Lee Miller — photographer, fashion model, actress, war correspondent ^[55]
• Piet Mondrian^[56]
• Henry Moore — sculptor^[57]
• Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky — expressionist painter^[58]
• Florence Nightingale — humanitarian^[59]
• George Orwell — author^[60]
• Peter O'Toole —^[61]
• Lady Jane Bailey Paget^[62]
• Anna Pavlova — ballerina^[63]
• Sir Roger Penrose — mathematician, theoretical physicist, philosopher, attended UCS^[64]
• Roland Penrose — artist and curator, surrealist, founder of the ICA^[65]
• J. B. Priestley — author^[66]
• Charles Saatchi— billionaire advertising executive and sponsor of the contemporary arts^[67]
• Percy Bysshe Shelley— poet and romantic ^[68]
• Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke — Governor of the Seychelles, 1947–1951^[69]
• Stephen Spender — poet, man of letters, grew up in Frognal Gardens and schooled at UCS^[70]
• Robert Louis Stevenson ^[71]
• Marie Stopes —world-renowned feminist and campaigner for birth-control ^[72]
• Elizabeth Taylor— actress ^[73]
• Eric Thompson — actor, producer, father of Sophie Thompson and Emma Thompson; married to Phyllida Law. Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE ( April 16, 1922 &ndash October 22, 1995) was an English Novelist, Martin Louis Amis (born 25 August 1949 is an English Novelist, Essayist and Short story Writer, the son of writer Kingsley Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE ( April 16, 1922 &ndash October 22, 1995) was an English Novelist, Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (born 12 April 1939 is a popular and prolific English playwright Sir Alfred Jules ("Freddie" Ayer ( October 29, 1910 &ndash June 27, 1989) better known as A Michael Ayrton (b 20 February 1921 – d 17 November 1975) was an English artist and writer known as a painter printmaker Nigel Balchin ( 3 December 1908 – 17 May 1970) was an English Novelist and Scriptwriter particularly known Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO ( 8 November 1883 &ndash 3 October 1953) was an English Composer and poet Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton ( 14 January 1904 &ndash 18 January 1980) was an English fashion and portrait Photographer John Stewart Beckett ( 5 February, 1927 - 5 February, 2007) was an Irish musician composer and conductor cousin of the famous writer and playwright Sybille Bedford (née von Schoenebeck ( 16 March[[ 911]] &ndash 17 February[[ 006]] was a German -born English writer Sir Isaiah Berlin, OM (6 June 1909 &ndash 5 November 1997 was a philosopher and historian of ideas regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers of the twentieth century Sir John Betjeman, CBE ( 28 August 1906 &ndash 19 May 1984 was an English poet writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 was an English poet, painter, and Printmaker. Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, CH, KCVO ( 2 August 1891 - 27 March 1975) was a British composer Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde ( 28 March, 1921  &ndash 8 May, 1999) better known by his Stage name Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd AC OBE (20 July 1920 – 24 April 1999 was a member of the prominent Boyd artistic dynasty in Australia with many relatives Marcel Lajos Breuer ( 21 May 1902 Pécs, Hungary &ndash 1 July 1981 New York City) Architect and Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 &ndash 20 October 1890 was an English Explorer, Translator, writer Richard Burton, CBE (10 November 1925 &ndash 5 August 1984 was a Welsh multiple award-winning Actor. Elias Canetti ( 25 July 1905, Rousse, Bulgaria – 14 August 1994, Zurich, Switzerland) was a John le Carré is the Pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English Kenneth McKenzie Clark Baron Clark, OM, CH, KCB, FBA ( July 13, 1903 &ndash May 21, 1983) was an Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 21 October 1772 &ndash 25 July 1834) was an English Poet, Critic and philosopher John Constable ( 11 June 1776 &ndash 31 March 1837 Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 &ndash 9 January 1995 was an English Satirist, Writer and Comedian. Milein Cosman (b1921 is an Artist who is principally renowned for her studies of musicians in action such as Britten, Stravinsky, and Furtwaengler Jacqueline Mary du Pré, OBE ( January 26, 1945 &ndash October 19, 1987) was an English cellist, today acknowledged Daphne du Maurier Lady Browning DBE ( 13 May, 1907 – 19 April, 1989) (ˈdæfnɪ du ˈmɒɹieɪ was a British Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Sir William Empson ( 27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English Literary critic Marianne Faithfull (born December 29 1946) is an English Singer, Songwriter, actress and Diarist whose Ian Lancaster Fleming ( May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, Journalist and Second World War James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story John Robert Fowles ( March 31, 1926 &ndash November 5, 2005) was an English Novelist and Essayist. Anna Freud ( December 3, 1895 – October 9, 1982) was the sixth and last child of Sigmund and Martha Freud Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH (born 8 December 1922 is a British painter of German Origin Sigmund Freud (ˈziːkmʊnt ˈfʁɔʏt born Sigismund Shlomo Freud (May 6 1856 &ndash September 23 1939 was an Austrian Psychiatrist who founded Naum Gabo KBE, born Naum Neemia Pevsner ( August 5 1890 - August 23 1977) was a prominent Russian sculptor John Galsworthy OM (ˈgɔːlzwɝːðɪ ( 14 August, 1867 — 31 January, 1933) was an English Novelist and The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell ( 9 April 1906 &ndash 18 January 1963) was a British politician leader of the Labour Party from 1955 Ernő Goldfinger ( November 11, 1902 – November 15, 1987) was a Hungarian -born Architect and designer of Furniture Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE ( 30 March 1909 &ndash 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born Art historian Walter Adolph Georg Gropius ( May 18, 1883 &ndash July 5, 1969) was a German Architect and founder of Bauhaus Thom Gunn ( 29 August 1929 - 25 April 2004) was an Anglo-American poet Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress Dame Barbara Hepworth DBE (January 10 1903 &ndash May 20 1975 christened Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth) was a major British Alfred Thomas Highmore (born 14 February 1992) known professionally as Freddie Highmore, is an English actor Elizabeth Jane Howard (born 26 March 1923, London) is an English novelist Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley, OM, FRS (born 22 November 1917, Hampstead, London) is an English physiologist Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 &ndash 22 November 1963 was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. James Henry Leigh Hunt ( October 19, 1784 &ndash August 28, 1859) was an English critic essayist poet and writer Muhammad Ali Jinnah Urdu: (December 25 1876 – September 11 1948 was a Pakistani politician and leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson) (18 September Hans Keller (1919-1985 was an Austrian -born British Musician and Writer who made significant contributions to Musicology and Lillie Langtry ( 13 October 1853 &ndash 12 February 1929) born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a highly successful British Doris May Lessing, CH, OBE (née Tayler; born 22 October 1919) is a British Writer, author of works such David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930 was an English writer of the 20th century whose prolific and diverse output included Novels short Berthold Romanovich Lubetkin ( December 14 1901 — October 23 1990) was a Russian émigré architect who pioneered modernist Anna Justine Mahler ( 15 June 1904 – 3 June 1988) was an Austrian Musician and Sculptor. James Ramsay MacDonald ( 12 October 1866 &ndash 9 November 1937) was a British politician and twice Prime Minister of the United This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Yehudi Menuhin Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (April 22 1916 – March 12 1999 was an American -born Violinist and conductor who spent Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller, CBE (born 21 July 1934) is a British Neurologist, Theatre and Opera director Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller Lady Penrose ( 23 April 1907 - 21 July 1977) was an American photographer. Pieter Cornelis (Piet Mondriaan, after 1912 Mondrian, (pronounced Dutch pit 'mɔndrian later pit 'mɔndɹiɔn ( March 7, 1872 &ndash February Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986 was an English artist and sculptor. Marie-Louise von Motesiczky ( October 24, 1906 &ndash June 10, 1996) was an Austrian Jewish painter. Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (in her own pronunciation ˈflɒɾəns ˈnaɪtɪŋgeɪl 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910 who came to be known as "The Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T Anna Pavlovna Pavlova (А́нна Па́вловна Па́влова (&ndash 23 January, 1931) was a famous Russian Ballerina of the late Sir Roger Penrose, PhD, OM, FRS (born 8 August 1931) is an English Mathematical physicist and Emeritus The Gower' redirects here - for the geographical area of that name see Gower peninsula University College School', known generally as UCS Sir Roland Penrose ( 14 October 1900 – 23 April 1984) CBE, Kt, was an English artist historian and poet John Boynton Priestley, OM ( 13 September, 1894 &ndash 14 August, 1984) was an English Writer and broadcaster Charles Saatchi (born June 9, 1943) ( Arabic: تشارلز ساعاتجي) was the co-founder with his brother Maurice of the global Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4 1792 – July 8 1822 ˈpɝːsɪ ˈbɪʃ ˈʃɛlɪ was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke (1893-1976 KBE, CMG, MC, MD, FRCP, DPH, DTM&H, CStJ Barrister Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE, ( 28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) was an English Poet, Novelist The Gower' redirects here - for the geographical area of that name see Gower peninsula University College School', known generally as UCS Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in Marie Stopes ( October 15, 1880 – October 2, 1958) was a Scottish author Eugenicist, campaigner for Women's rights Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Eric Norman Thompson ( November 9, 1929 - November 30, 1982) was an English Actor, producer and Television Sophie Thompson (born 1 January 1962) is an award-winning British actress perhaps best known for playing Stella Crawford in EastEnders Emma Thompson (born April 15 1959 is an Academy Award - Emmy Award - BAFTA Award - and Golden Globe -winning Anglo-Scottish Actress Phyllida Ann Law who divorced after World War II. She was married to Eric Thompson until his death in 1982
• Evelyn Waugh — author^[74]
• H. G. Wells — author^[75]
• Richard Wollheim — renowned philosopher of art
• William Wordsworth — poet^[76]
• Thierry Henry — football player^[77]
• Sir Neil Shields— financier^[78]
• Saul Hudson (Slash) — musician
• Bob Hoskins — actor

Hampstead is currently and has been recently home to:

• Constantine II of Greece— the (now deposed) King of Greece^[79]
• Alfred Brendel— world-famous classical pianist^[80]
• Stephen Kovacevich—world-famous classical pianist, best known for his Brahms sonatas^[81]
• Rachel Weisz^[82]
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Ki Longfellow, novelist
• Russell Crowe
• Peter O'Toole
• Freddie Highmore
• Boy George
• Michael Foot^[83]
• Stephen Fry — writer, actor, comedian and filmmaker
• Hugh Grant
• Hugh Laurie
• George Michael
• Jonathan Ross
• Ricky Gervais
• Tim Burton
• Helena Bonham-Carter— actress ^[84]
• Stephen Merchant
• Jeremy Irons
• Sienna Miller
• Jamie Oliver - TV Chef
• Jude Law
• Fiona Bruce
• Brad Pitt
• Michael Palin
• Tim Roth
• Sting
• Freddie Ljungberg - Footballer
• Ralph Fiennes
• Aliaksandr Hleb
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Emma Thompson
• Francesc Fabregas
• Kate Winslet
• Chris Evans
• Russell Brand - comedian, actor, dj and tv presenter. 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Stephen Kovacevich (born October 17 1940 who has also been known as Stephen Bishop and Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich is an American classical Pianist and Johannes Brahms ( pronounced ˈbʁaːms (May 7 1833 &ndash April 3 1897 was a German Composer Rachel Hannah Weisz ( "vice" born 7 March, in 1970 or 1971 is an Academy Award -winning English Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (born September 27 1972 is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - and double Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Ki Longfellow (born as Pamela Longfellow) is an American Novelist and Playwright. Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964 is an Academy Award - BAFTA - Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning New Zealand and Peter O'Toole (born 2 August 1932) is an Irish and British actor who achieved instant stardom in 1962 playing T Alfred Thomas Highmore (born 14 February 1992) known professionally as Freddie Highmore, is an English actor Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd 14 June 1961 in Eltham London) is an English Singer-songwriter, who was part of the English New Michael Mackintosh Foot (born 23 July 1913 is a British politician and writer Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957 is an English Humorist, Writer, Wit, Actor, Novelist, filmmaker Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960 is a British Actor and Film producer. 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Sienna Rose Miller (born December 28, 1981) is an American -born English Actress, Model, Socialite, and part-time James Trevor 'Jamie' Oliver, MBE (born 27 May 1975 frequently Nicknamed The Naked Chef, is an English Celebrity chef. Jude Law (born 29 December 1972 is an English Actor. He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987 and had his first TV role in 1989 Fiona Elizabeth Bruce (born 25 April 1964 in Singapore) is a British Journalist and Television presenter. William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943 is an English Comedian, actor writer and Television presenter best known for being one of the members Tim Roth (born Timothy Simon Smith; 14 May 1961 is an English film Actor and director. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951) better known by his Stage name Sting, is a three time Academy Award Karl Fredrik " Freddie " Ljungberg (ˈfreːdrɪk ˈjɵŋˌbærj (born 16 April 1977 in Vittsjö Hässleholm) is a professional Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes ( "rafe fines" born 22 December 1962) is a British Actor. 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• David Walliams - Little Britain comedian
• Jon Culshaw - BBC Radio 4 comedian
• Rachel Stevens - S Club 7
• Jon Sopel
• Robin van Persie
• Theo Walcott
• Myleene Klass - TV Presenter
• Geri Halliwell - Spice Girls
• Melanie Chisholm - Singer
• Emma Bunton - Spice Girls
• Patrick Viera - Footballer
• Jake Maskall
• Richard Wilson
• Liam Gallagher - Oasis
• Craig David
• Sacha Baron Cohen - aka Ali G & Borat
• Mark Banin - Poker Player
• Sarah Harding - Girls Aloud

Sites

Bridge on Hampstead Heath

To the north and east of Hampstead, and separating it from Highgate, is London's largest ancient parkland, Hampstead Heath, which includes the well-known and legally-protected view of the London skyline from Parliament Hill. David Walliams (born David Williams, August 20, 1971) is an English Comedian and Actor, best known for his partnership Little Britain is a character-based comedy Sketch show first appearing on BBC radio and then television Jonathan Peter Culshaw (born 2 June 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire) is a British impressionist and Comedian Rachel Lauren Stevens (born 9 April, 1978) is an British Singer, actress and occasional model. Jon Sopel (born 22 May 1959, London, England) is a leading television presenter and correspondent for the BBC. Robin van Persie (born August 6 1983 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League team Theo James Walcott (born 16 March 1989 is an English footballer who currently plays for Arsenal and the England national football Myleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978 is an English Actress, Singer, model, Pianist, radio and television Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell (born 6 August 1972 is an English pop Singer-songwriter, Children's author, Actress The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994 Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974 in Whiston, Merseyside) also known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an Emma Lee Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English pop Singer, Songwriter, and occasional actress. The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994 Patrick Vieira (born June 23, 1976 in Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese -born French - Cape Verdean international Jake Maskall (born in 1971 Essex, London, England) is an English television film and theatre actor For other people named Richard Wilson see Richard Wilson (disambiguation Ian Colquhoun Wilson, better known as Richard Wilson, William John Paul "Liam" Gallagher (born September 21, 1972 in Burnage, Manchester) is the lead singer of the British rock band Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is an English R&B Singer-songwriter. Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971 is a British Jewish Comedian, Writer and Golden Globe -winning Actor most noted Ali G ( AKA Ali stair Leslie G raham was a satirical Fictional character invented and played by English Comedian Mark " Prince Charles " Banin is a semi-professional poker player and television presenter on Poker Night Live and Sky Poker. Sarah Nicole Harding (born 17 November 1981 in Ascot) is an English singer in the Girl group Girls Aloud, and model. Girls Aloud are a British Girl group created by ITV1 Talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002 Highgate is a suburb of North London on the north-eastern corner of Hampstead Heath. Hampstead Heath (locally known as "the Heath" is London 's largest ancient parkland covering 3 The Heath, a major place for Londoners to walk and "take the air", has three open-air public swimming ponds; one for men, one for women, and one for mixed bathing, which were originally reservoirs for drinking water and part of the River Fleet. Hampstead Ponds or Highgate Ponds. are three large freshwater swimming ponds — two designated single sex and one for mixed bathing — fed by the River Fleet A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use The River Fleet is the largest of London 's subterranean rivers It formerly flowed on the surface

Local activities include major open-air concerts on summer Saturday evenings on the slopes below Kenwood House, book and poetry readings, fun fairs on the lower reaches of the Heath, period harpsichord recitals at Fenton House, Hampstead Scientific Society and Hampstead Photographic Society. Kenwood House (also known as the Iveagh Bequest) is a former Stately home, in Hampstead, London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath

The largest single place of employment in Hampstead is the Royal Free Hospital in Pond Street, but many small businesses based in the area have international significance. The Royal Free Hospital is a large Teaching hospital in London, England. George Martin's Air recording studios, in converted church premises in Lyndhurst Road, is a current example, as Jim Henson's Creature Shop was, before it relocated to California. Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 is a British record producer arranger and Composer. Jim Henson's Creature Shop is a company founded in 1979 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets.

The area has some remarkable examples of architecture, one being the Isokon building in Lawn Road, a Grade I listed experiment in collective housing, once home to the likes of Agatha Christie, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson and Walter Gropius. The Isokon building in Lawn Road Hampstead, London is a concrete block of 34 flats designed by Architect Wells Coates for Molly and Jack A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986 was an English artist and sculptor. Benjamin Lauder Nicholson OM, ( 10 April 1894 &ndash 6 February 1982) known as Ben Nicholson, was an English Walter Adolph Georg Gropius ( May 18, 1883 &ndash July 5, 1969) was a German Architect and founder of Bauhaus It was recently restored by Notting Hill Housing Trust.

Museums

• Fenton House
• Freud Museum
• Hampstead Museum / Burgh House
• Keats' House
• Kenwood House

Places of Interest

• Everyman Cinema
• Hampstead Theatre
• Pentameters Theatre

Pubs

Hampstead is well known for its traditional pubs, such as the Holly Bush (which was gas lit until recently), the Spaniard's Inn (where highwayman Dick Turpin took refuge), The Old Bull and Bush and Ye Olde White Bear. Fenton House is a 17th century merchant's house in Hampstead in North London which belongs to the National Trust, bequeathed to them in 1952 by Lady The Freud Museum is situated at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, London. Keats House is a museum in Hampstead in North London, England. Kenwood House (also known as the Iveagh Bequest) is a former Stately home, in Hampstead, London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath The Everyman, in Hampstead, London, England was first opened as a cinema on 26 December 1933 Hampstead Theatre is a Theatre in the vicinity of Swiss Cottage, in the London Borough of Camden. The Pentameters Theatre was founded in 1968 and is still run by artistic director Leonie Scott-Matthews a well known Hampstead resident The Spaniards Inn lies on Spaniards Road on the way from Hampstead to Highgate, on the edge of Hampstead Heath near Kenwood House in For other meanings see Dick Turpin (disambiguation. Richard (Dick Turpin ( September 21, 1705 in Hempstead The Old Bull and Bush is a Grade II listed Public house near Hampstead Heath in London which gave its name to the Music hall Jack Straw's Castle on the edge of the Heath has now been converted into residential flats. Others include:

• Freemasons Arms
• The Duke of Hamilton
• Ye Olde White Bear
• The Holly Bush
• The Three Horseshoes
• King William IV
• The Magdala, where Ruth Ellis killed her lover. Freemasons Arms is a fairly common name for British Pubs One such is a Shepherd Neame Pub on Great Queen Street in London. William IV (William Henry 21 August 1765 &ndash 20 June 1837 was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until Ruth Ellis ( October 9 1927 — July 13 1955) was a British Murderess who was the last woman to receive the Death penalty

Restaurants

Hampstead has an eclectic mix of restaurants ranging from French to Thai. Notable and longstanding are The Gaucho Grill, Jin kichi, Tip Top Thai, Al Casbah and Le Cellier du Midi.

Schools

Main article: List of schools in Hampstead

Hampstead underground station

Transport

Nearest places

• Belsize Park
• Chalk Farm
• Childs Hill
• Frognal
• Golders Green
• Highgate
• Primrose Hill
• Regent's Park
• South Hampstead
• St John's Wood
• Swiss Cottage
• West Hampstead

Nearest tube stations

• Hampstead tube station
• Belsize Park tube station
• Swiss Cottage tube station
• Construction of North End tube station was started but not completed

Nearest railway station

• Hampstead Heath railway station

Nearest hospital

• Royal Free Hospital

Hampstead High Street sign

The Heath

References

External links

• Hampstead Village Online
• London's Literary Village
• The Heath and Hampstead Society
• The Hampstead Scientific Society
• Camden Council
• Hampstead Theatre