Weech Road, NW6

Weech Road is a street in Fortune Green, NW6

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Beckford's Estate Beckfords, belonging to the family of the same name, consisted of 15 acres north of Mill Lane and west of Fortune Green Lane.

Beckford's Estate

Cholmley Lodge Cholmley Lodge, a two storeyed stuccoed house, was built in 1813.

Cholmley Lodge

Cock and Hoop The Cock and Hoop Inn was standing on the corner of West End Lane and Fortune Green Road by 1723.

Cock and Hoop

Flitcroft Estate Flitcroft was a 50 acre estate at Fortune Green and West End, named after its owner in the 18th century.

Flitcroft Estate

Fortune Green Fortune Green was originally part of the district of Hampstead but became physically separated from it by the building of the new turnpike road (now Finchley Road) in the 1830s.

Fortune Green

Fortune Green Fortune Green lies to the north of the ancient village of West End.

Fortune Green

Hackney College The Village Itinerancy Society, a Congregationalist college, was transformed into Hackney Theological Seminary.

Hackney College

National School A National School was established in West End during 1844.

National School

New West End New West End was created in the 1840s on the Finchley Road.

New West End

Woodbine Cottage Woodbine Cottage was situated at the south-eastern corner of the Flitcroft estate.

Woodbine Cottage

NEARBY STREETS

Achilles Road, NW6 Achilles Road is a road in Fortune Green, NW6

Achilles Road, NW6

Agamemnon Road, NW6 Agamemnon Road runs from Ajax Road to Hillfield Road.

Agamemnon Road, NW6

Ajax Road, NW6 Ajax Road was first developed in 1886.

Ajax Road, NW6

Aldred Road, NW6 Aldred Road was named after Aldred, Archbishop of York.

Aldred Road, NW6

Ardwick Road, NW2 Ardwick Road was named Major Ardwick Burgess who developed the road.

Ardwick Road, NW2

Avenue Mansions, NW3 Avenue Mansions is a street in Hampstead.

Avenue Mansions, NW3

Berridge Mews, NW6 Berridge Mews is in Fortune Green, NW6

Berridge Mews, NW6

Bracknell Gardens, NW3 Bracknell Gardens is a street in Hampstead.

Bracknell Gardens, NW3

Bracknell Way, NW3 Bracknell Way is a road in the NW3 postcode area

Bracknell Way, NW3

Buckingham Mansions, NW6 Buckingham Mansions is a residential block in Fortune Green, NW6

Buckingham Mansions, NW6

Burgess Hill, NW2 Burgess Hill runs off of Finchley Road.

Burgess Hill, NW2

Burrard Road, NW6 Burrard Road runs north from Fortune Green Road.

Burrard Road, NW6

Cannon Hill, NW6 Cannon Hill is a road in Fortune Green, NW6

Cannon Hill, NW6

Cholmley Gardens, NW6 Cholmley Gardens is an unofficial road off of Mill Lane, Fortune Green, NW6

Cholmley Gardens, NW6

Croft Way, NW3 Croft Way is a street in Hampstead.

Croft Way, NW3

Croftway, NW3 Croftway is a street in Hampstead.

Croftway, NW3

Ferncroft Avenue, NW3 Ferncroft Avenue is a street in Hampstead.

Ferncroft Avenue, NW3

Fortune Green Road, NW3 Fortune Green Road is a street in Hampstead.

Fortune Green Road, NW3

Fortune Green Road, NW6 Fortune Green Road is the main road running through Fortune Green, NW6

Fortune Green Road, NW6

Gondar Gardens, NW6 Gondar Gardens is the westernmost street in Fortune Green, NW6

Gondar Gardens, NW6

Heath Drive, NW3 Heath Drive, one of the roads connecting Hampstead with the Finchley Road was originally West Hampstead Avenue.

Heath Drive, NW3

Hillfield Road, NW6 Hillfield Road is named for an old West Hampstead agricultural estate.

Hillfield Road, NW6

Hocroft Road, NW2 Hocroft Road is a street in Cricklewood.

Hocroft Road, NW2

Hollycroft Avenue, NW3 Hollycroft Avenue is a street in Hampstead.

Hollycroft Avenue, NW3

Ingham Road, NW3 Ingham Road is a street in Hampstead.

Ingham Road, NW3

Ingham Road, NW6 Weech Road is a street in Fortune Green, NW6

Ingham Road, NW6

Kidderpore Avenue, NW3 Kidderpore Avenue is a street in Hampstead.

Kidderpore Avenue, NW3

Kidderpore Gardens, NW3 Kidderpore Gardens is a street in Hampstead.

Kidderpore Gardens, NW3

Lyncroft Gardens, NW6 Lyncroft Gardens is a street in Fortune Green, NW6

Lyncroft Gardens, NW6

Lyndale, NW2 Lyndale is a road in the NW2 postcode area

Lyndale, NW2

Marlborough Mansions, NW6 Marlborough Mansions is a residential block in Fortune Green, NW6

Marlborough Mansions, NW6

Norman Terrace, NW6 Norman Terrace is a street in Fortune Green, NW6

Norman Terrace, NW6

Oakhill Avenue, NW3 Oakhill Avenue is a street in Hampstead.

Oakhill Avenue, NW3

Orestes Mews, NW6 Orestes Mews is a small cul-de-sac in Fortune Green, NW6

Orestes Mews, NW6

Palace Court, NW3 Palace Court is a street in Hampstead.

Palace Court, NW3

Parsifal Road, NW6 Parsifal Road runs from Finchley Road to Fortune Green Road.

Parsifal Road, NW6

Ranulf Road, NW2 Ranulf Road is a street in Cricklewood.

Ranulf Road, NW2

Redington Road, NW3 Redington Road is a street in Hampstead.

Redington Road, NW3

Rose Joan Mews, NW6 Rose Joan Mews is a small cul-de-sac in Fortune Green, NW6

Rose Joan Mews, NW6

Sarre Road, NW2 Sarre Road is a street in Cricklewood.

Sarre Road, NW2

Studholme Court, NW3 Studholme Court is a street in Hampstead.

Studholme Court, NW3

Ulysses Road, NW6 Ulysses Road is one of a series of streets named after the Trojan War.

Ulysses Road, NW6

Vernon Court, NW2 Vernon Court is a street in Cricklewood.

Vernon Court, NW2

Fortune Green

Fortune Green was originally part of the district of Hampstead but became physically separated from it by the building of the new turnpike road (now Finchley Road) in the 1830s.

The name of Fortune Green is derived from foran-tune meaning in front of the tun, probably an inn in the area.

Originally Fortune Green was a patch of manorial waste, now in the north of the ward, where local residents had the right to graze animals, dig turf and play sports. The Green dwindled considerably in the 19th century when the lord of the manor granted enclosure rights for about a third of the area.

Lying on the south-west side of the Finchley Road, Hampstead town council decided to build its overflow cemetery here in the 1840s.

The arrival of the Midland Railway in 1871 brought rapid development and many large houses were demolished in favour of higher density buildings. Victorian residential buildings display considerable variety in their design and detail and there are a number of large distinctive red brick mansion blocks, most of which have remained unaltered.

LOCAL PHOTOS

Today Frognal Grove is a housing estate which lies to west of Hampstead High Street. It was originally a Georgian mansion designed by Henry Flitcroft for himself and finished in 1750. It was famous for its impressive avenue of lime trees leading up to the entrance of the house. Credit: Artist: Maria Catherine Prestel (1747-94) TUM image id: 1118	Cock and Hoop, West End Green, 1881 TUM image id: 1123	West End Green TUM image id: 1167	West Hampstead Police Station TUM image id: 1206	Emmanuel Church of England Primary School TUM image id: 2393
Agriculture TUM image id: 2403	Laura Bell Thistlethwayte TUM image id: 2405	Cholmley Lodge on Fortune Green Lane. TUM image id: 2408	Hansom cab TUM image id: 2414	Hackney College at the turn of the twentieth century. TUM image id: 2457
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