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West Hampstead


West Hampstead is located in Greater London

West Hampstead

West Hampstead



West Hampstead shown within Greater London

Population 33,751 
OS grid reference TQ255855
London borough
  • Camden
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region
  • London
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district NW6
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London

EU Parliament London
UK Parliament
  • Hampstead and Kilburn
London Assembly
  • Barnet and Camden


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UK

England

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51°33′15″N 0°11′20″W / 51.5543°N 0.1888°W / 51.5543; -0.1888Coordinates: 51°33′15″N 0°11′20″W / 51.5543°N 0.1888°W / 51.5543; -0.1888

West Hampstead is an area in the London Borough of Camden in north-west London. Mainly defined by the railway stations of the same name, it is situated between Childs Hill to the north, Frognal and Hampstead to the north-east, Swiss Cottage to the east, South Hampstead to the south-east, Kilburn to the west and south-west, and Cricklewood to the north-west. The area is mainly residential with several small shops, restaurants, cafes, bakeries concentrated on the northern section of West End Lane and around West End Green. It is served by three stations: West Hampstead on the Jubilee line, West Hampstead Overground station and West Hampstead Thameslink station.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 The village of West End


    • 1.2 West Hampstead




  • 2 Notable buildings and sites


  • 3 Transport links


    • 3.1 West Hampstead signal box




  • 4 Notable residents


    • 4.1 Other notable people




  • 5 Gallery


  • 6 References


  • 7 Location in context


  • 8 External links





History




A map showing the West End ward of Hampstead Metropolitan Borough as it appeared in 1916.



The village of West End


An area, known as "le Rudyng" (indicating a woodland clearing) in the mid-13th century, had by 1534 come to be called West End. It was then a freehold estate belonging to Kilburn Priory, and was so called because it was at the west end of another, larger estate. Although it is possible that there was a dwelling on the estate prior to 1244, an estate house was certainly extant by 1646.[1] West End Lane (named as such by 1644) is still bent at a right-angle at the north and south ends where it connects to Finchley Road and Edgware Road respectively. This is because the lane used to form the boundary between a number of different estates.[1]


By the early 17th century a number of houses were present, and by the middle of that century London merchants were building larger houses in the area, so turning a hamlet into the village of West End.[1]



West Hampstead


At the beginning of the 19th century, there were three main large houses around the hamlet of West End: West End House, West End Hall and Lauriston Lodge which were later sold off for redevelopment with the arrival of the railways, which led to the transformation of the area from farmland into housing estates.[2] In 1879, the Metropolitan Railway adopted the name West Hampstead for its station on West End Lane, the main road through the area.[1]



Notable buildings and sites




  • Hampstead Cemetery on Fortune Green Road, opened in 1876[3]


  • Hampstead Synagogue on Dennington Park Road, built on the site of Lauriston Lodge, opened in 1892.


  • Emmanuel Church, West Hampstead on the corner of Lyncroft Gardens, opened in 1903.

  • West Hampstead Fire Station was opened in 1901[1] and is still operating, responding to over two thousand emergency calls a year. Its service area covers 12 square miles (31 km2), including Hampstead, West Hampstead, Kilburn, Cricklewood and parts of Golders Green.

  • Hampstead Cricket Club moved to Lymington Road in 1877.


  • Decca Studios on Broadhurst Gardens. Now used as rehearsal space by the English National Opera. David Bowie recorded his first single and the Rolling Stones their first album in the studios. They were also known for being where the Beatles failed their audition with Decca Records on 1 January 1962, before they signed with Parlophone.


  • Klooks Kleek on West End Lane. Now operating as the Railway Pub was a jazz and rhythm n’ blues club within the then Railway Hotel. Notable acts include Cream, Ten Years After, Stevie Wonder, Buddy Guy and Rod Stewart.

  • The Sherriff Centre on Sherriff Road, a highly unusual community centre featuring the first ever main-branch post office set within a church in the UK.



Transport links









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Stations in West Hampstead

Legend








Up arrowChiltern Main Line to Birmingham


















Up arrowLU Jubilee and Metropolitan lines



















Up arrowThameslink and Midland Main Line
























Left arrowNorth London line to Richmond





































London Overground London Overground station

National Rail Thameslink station


























West Hampstead
(on West End Lane)
































Jubilee LineLU Jubilee line station















































Jubilee LineMetropolitan Line Finchley Road
OSI: London Overground





























Finchley Road
(MR) (1868–1927)


























London Overground Finchley Road & Frognal
OSI: Jubilee LineMetropolitan Line




















Right arrowNorth London line to Stratford



















Down arrowThameslink and Midland Main Line


















Down arrowLU Jubilee and Metropolitan lines

















Down arrowChiltern Main Line to Marylebone


OSI = Out of station interchange


There are three railway stations named West Hampstead all within close proximity, as well as a number of other tube stations in the area. Numerous bus routes also pass through the district.



  • Tube: West Hampstead tube station, on the Jubilee line. Nearby is Finchley Road tube station, on the Jubilee and Metropolitan lines.

  • Trains: West Hampstead Thameslink station on the cross London Thameslink route, and West Hampstead Overground station on the North London Line.

  • Buses: 139 (Golders Green to Waterloo via Oxford Street, 24 hours), 328 (Golders Green to Chelsea via Notting Hill), and C11 (Brent Cross Shopping Centre to Archway via Hampstead Heath).



West Hampstead signal box


The power signal box (PSB) for the northern end of the Thameslink route is in Iverson Road, West Hampstead, around the corner from the Thameslink station. The Network Rail signal box can be seen from the north end of the platforms on the left. As well as being a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week operational building, it also houses engineers and acts as a base for Mobile Operation Managers (MOMs). The upper floor of this box controls the signals and operation of the railway from Farringdon/St Pancras International as far as Sharnbrook (just north of Bedford Station). Before the demise of First Capital Connect (FCC), also located in the box (in the same room as the signalling panels) was FCC's Thameslink control (also known to staff as the Service Delivery Centre or SDC). FCC's services between London Blackfriars and Bedford were controlled from here. South of Blackfriars, FCC trains were either controlled by southeastern control (to Sevenoaks) or FCC's other SDC at Croydon (for services to Brighton and Sutton/Wimbledon). Information on the service status of the line, including the operation of the information screens, was also controlled from here. East Midlands Trains do not have controllers at West Hampstead however.



Notable residents


There are four English Heritage blue plaques in West Hampstead commemorating the historic personalities that have lived there.[4] The plaques mark the residences of painter David Bomberg at 10 Fordwych Road, conductor Sir Adrian Boult at 78 Marlborough Mansions on Cannon Hill, newspaper proprietor Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe at 31 Pandora Road, and ophthalmologist Dame Ida Mann at 13 Minster Road.[4]



Other notable people





  • Gerry Anderson – publisher, producer, director and writer


  • Joan Armatrading – singer and musician, lived here in her early days


  • Camila Batmanghelidjh – businesswoman, charity leader and author


  • Sacha Bennett – filmmaker


  • Dirk Bogarde – actor


  • Paul Brightwell – actor


  • Jim Carter – actor


  • Gus Dudgeon – record producer, lived at Kings Gardens and worked at Decca Studios in Broadhurst Gardens


  • Maurice Feild – artist


  • Steven Finn – England and Middlesex County Cricket Club player[5]


  • Marina Fiorato – author


  • Stephen Fry – actor and television presenter


  • Angela Griffin – actress and television presenter


  • Margot Heinemann, British Marxist writer, leading member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), born at 89 Priory Road[6]


  • Chaka Khan – singer


  • Phyllida Law – actress


  • Doris Lessing – author


  • Matt Lucas – comedian and actor


  • Bill Nighy - actor


  • Slash – guitarist for Velvet Revolver and former guitarist for Guns N' Roses


  • Henry Spinetti – drummer, session musician and brother of the actor Victor Spinetti


  • Dusty Springfield – singer, born here


  • Imelda Staunton – actress


  • Emma Thompson – actress, comedian and screenwriter


  • Eric Thompson – actor, television presenter and producer


  • Sophie Thompson – actress


  • Johnny Vegas – actor, comedian


  • Alec and Evelyn Waugh – authors, who grew up in Hillfield Road.


  • Greg Wise - actor




Gallery






  • West End Green, near the northern end of West End Lane







  • Shops on West End Lane







  • Shops, Library on West End Lane







  • West Hampstead tube station







  • West Hampstead London Overground station







  • West Hampstead Thameslink station






References





  1. ^ abcde C R Elrington (Editor), T F T Baker, Diane K Bolton, Patricia E C Croot (1989). A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9 – Hampstead, Paddington. pp. 42–47.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link) .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ The Streets of West Hamsptead, Camden History Society (1992).


  3. ^ [Camden History Society: The Streets of West Hampstead, Camden History Society (1992)]


  4. ^ ab "Search Blue Plaques". Blue plaques search – West Hampstead. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 September 2014.


  5. ^ Bose, Mihir (31 August 2017). "The ins and outs of cricketer Steven Finn's life". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 February 2018.


  6. ^ H Gustav Klaus: "Heinemann, Margot Claire (1913–1992)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 5 May 2014




Location in context




External links



  • Hampstead Scientific Society

  • Hampstead Synagogue










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