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HAMPSTEAD , a See also:north-western See also:metropolitan See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:London, See also:England, bounded E. by St Pancras and S. by St Marylebone, and extending N. and W. to the boundary of the See also:county of London. Pop. (1901), 81,942. The name, Hamstede, is synonymous with " See also:homestead," and the See also:manor is first named in a See also:charter of See also:Edgar (957-975), and was granted to the See also:abbey of See also:Westminster by See also:Ethelred in 986. It reverted to the See also:Crown in 1550, and had various owners until the See also:close of the 18th See also:century, when it came to See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Spencer See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson, whose descendants retain it. The borough includes the sub-manor of Belsize and See also:part of the See also:hamlet of Kilburn.
The See also:surface of the ground is sharply undulating, an elevated See also:spur extending See also:south-See also:west from the neighbourhood of See also:Highgate, and turning south through Hampstead. It reaches a height of 443 ft. above the level of the See also:Thames. The Edgware Road See also:bounds Hampstead on the west; and the borough is intersected, parallel to this thoroughfare, by See also:Finchley Road, and by Haver-stock See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, which, continued under the names of See also:Rosslyn Hill, High See also:Street, See also:Heath Street, and North End, crosses the Heath for which Hampstead is chiefly celebrated. This is a See also:fine open space of about 240 acres, including in its bounds the See also:summit of Hampstead Hill. It is a sandy See also:tract, in parts well wooded, diversified with several small sheets of See also:water, and to a See also:great extent preserves its natural characteristics unaltered. Beautiful views, both near and distant, are commanded from many points. Of all the public grounds within London this is the most valuable to the populace at large; the number of visitors on a See also:Bank See also:holiday in See also:August is generally, under favourable conditions, about 100,000; and strenuous efforts are always forthcoming from either public or private bodies when the integrity of the Heath is in any way menaced. As See also:early as 1829 attempts to See also:save it from the builder are recorded. In 1871 its preservation as an open space was insured after several years' dispute, when the See also:lord of the manor gave up his rights. An See also:act of See also:parliament transferred the ownership to the Metropolitan See also:Board of See also:Works, to which See also:body the London County See also:Council succeeded. The Heath is continued eastward in Parliament Hill (borough of St Pancras), acquired for the public in 1890; and westward outside the county boundary in Golders Hill, owned by Sir See also:Spenser See also:Wells, See also:Bart., until 1898. A See also:Protection Society See also:guards the preservation of the natural beauty and interests of the Heath. It is not the interests of visitors alone that must be consulted, for Hampstead, adding to its other attractions a singularly healthy See also:climate, has See also:long been a favourite residential See also:quarter, especially for lawyers, artists and men of letters. Among famous residents are found the first See also:earl of See also:Chatham, See also:John See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
Constable, See also:George See also:Romney, George du Maurier, See also:Joseph See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler, author of the See also:Analogy, Sir See also:Richard See also:Steele, John See also:Keats, the sisters See also:Joanna and See also:Agnes See also:Baillie, See also:Leigh See also:Hunt and many others. The See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St John (1747) has several monuments of eminent persons. Chatham's See also:residence was at North End, a picturesque quarter yet preserving characteristics of a rural See also:village; here also See also:Wilkie See also:Collins was See also:born. Three old-established inns, the See also:Bull and See also:Bush, the Spaniards, and See also:Jack See also:Straw's See also:Castle (the name of which has no See also:historical significance), claim many great names among former visitors; while the Upper See also:Flask See also:Inn, now a private See also:house, was the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:place of the See also:Kit-See also:Cat See also:Club. Chalybeate springs were discovered at Hampstead in the 17th century, and early in the 18th rivalled those of
Tunbridge Wells and See also:Epsom. The name of Well Walk recalls them, but their fame is lost. There are others at Kilburn.
In the south-See also:east Hampstead includes the greater part of See also:Primrose Hill, a public ground adjacent to the north See also:side of See also:Regent's See also:Park. The borough has in all about 350 acres of open spaces. The name of the sub-manor of Belsize is preserved in several streets in the central part. Kilburn, which as a See also:district extends outside the borough, takes name from a stream which, as the Westbourne, entered the Thames at See also:Chelsea. See also:Fleet Road similarly recalls the more famous stream which washed the walls of the See also:City of London on the west. Hampstead has numerous charitable institutions, amongst which are the North London consumptive See also:hospital, the See also:Orphan Working School, Haverstock Hill (1758), the See also:general hospital and the north-western See also:fever hospital. In Finchley Road are the New and See also:Hackney Colleges, both Congregational. The See also:parliamentary borough of Hampstead returns one member. The borough council consists of a See also:mayor, 7 aldermen and 42 councillors. See also:Area, 2265 acres.
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