South Hampstead
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South Hampsteadis an affluent part of theLondon Borough of Camdenin inner northLondon.It is commonly defined as the area betweenWest End Lanein the west, theChiltern Main Line(south),Broadhurst Gardensnorth and north-west followed by a non-road line demarcating the south slopes ofHampsteadvillage, west ofBelsize Park,and north and west of the usually narrowly definedSwiss Cottageneighbourhood. It takes in some ofFitzjohns Avenueleading up to "the village" (of Hampstead), but the exact amount is an arbitrary measure.[n 1]The streets were laid out in theVictorian era.The area was not served by any railways untilLoudoun Road stationopened in 1879 on thestreet of that name.[1]
Notable residents and associated organisation
[edit]- T. S. Eliot,poet and winner of theNobel Prize in Literaturelived at 3 Compayne Gardens with his first wifeVivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot[2]
- Silvanus P. Thompson,physicist, who lived on Chislett Road (now Compayne Gardens)[3]
- Mina Loy,writer[4]
- Nahum Sokolow,author and Zionist statesman
- Frederick Rolfe,writer
- The 43 Group,an anti-fascist group of Jewish ex-servicemen afterWorld War IIwho broke up right wing marches and fought fascists in the streets, was founded here.
- Kylie Minogue,singer
- ETA,the Basque separatist group, andPLO,the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, used properties here as safe houses in the 1970s.
- Barry Humphries,Australian comedian known for playingDame Edna Everage[5]
- Natalie Imbruglia,singer[5]
- Simon Amstell,comedian
- Lindsay Anderson,film director
- Kathy Lette,comedian, author
- John Mortimer,barrister, writer and creator ofRumpole of the Bailey,lived at 3 Harben Road for ten years.
- Walter Sickert,artist[6]
- John Seymour Lucas,artist[6]
- Banister Fletcher (senior),architect and politician[6]
- Thomas Castaignède,rugby player[6]
- Turner Layton,musician[6]
- Ronald Frankau,comedian[6]
- Kim Philby,British intelligence officer and spy for theSoviet Unionas part of theCambridge Five[6]
South Hampstead High School,an independent girls' day school, is located at 3Maresfield Gardensin Hampstead.[7]
Nearby places
[edit]- Hampstead Village(to the north-east)
- Swiss Cottage(to the south-east) andPrimrose Hill(to the far south-east)
- Belsize Park(to the east)
- St John's Wood(to the south)
- West Hampstead(to the north-west)
- Finchley Roadwhere considered a neighbourhood (narrow linear area in the east continuing to the north)
- Maida ValeandKilburn(to the west)
Transport
[edit]Railway stations
[edit]
- South Hampstead railway station(London Overground)
- Swiss Cottage tube station(Jubilee line)
- Finchley Road tube station(Jubilee andMetropolitanlines)
- West Hampstead railway station(London Overground)
Notes
[edit]- ^The blurred boundary is caused by the northern, most well-known part of Finchley Road, which has two stations named Finchley Road, often being considered its own neighbourhood or sometimes "district", and complex road patterns leading up the hill to Hampstead in the north-east; South Hampstead Junior School is almost next to the Finchley Road stations onNetherhall Gardens,and South Hampstead High School is on a minor intersection of Fitzjohns Avenue, creating the above definition
References
[edit]- ^Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth.Hampstead; Building a Borough, 1650-1964.Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.p.220
- ^Turton, Jonathan (15 January 2015)."T. S. Eliot's" gloomy "West Hampstead home".Retrieved2 May2024.
- ^"Obituary"(PDF).The Journal of the Röntgen Society.XII(48). July 1916.
- ^"T. S. ELIOT IN NW6 – Peth's Staging Post".16 January 2015.Retrieved2 May2024.
- ^ab"Why It Matters: South Hampstead (Where?)".The Kentishtowner. 25 June 2012.Retrieved19 June2024.
- ^abcdefg"History".South Hampstead Conservation Area - A History.CRASH (Combined Residents’ Associations of South Hampstead).Retrieved19 June2024.
- ^"Welcome to South Hampstead High School | South Hampstead High School".Shhs.gdst.net.Retrieved11 June2017.
