White House, NW3

White House is a block on Spaniards End.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Cassandra Green Rudall Crescent, NW3 Added: 11 Sep 2020 14:34 GMT	Rudall Crescent, NW3 (- 1999) I lived at 2 Rudall Crescent until myself and my family moved out in 1999. I once met a lady in a art fair up the road who was selling old photos of the area and was very knowledgeable about the area history, collecting photos over the years. She told me that before the current houses were built, there was a large manor house , enclosed by a large area of land. She told me there had been a fire there. Im trying to piece together the story and find out what was on the land before the crescent was built. This website is very interesting. Reply
Julie Well Walk, NW3 Added: 22 Sep 2022 18:30 GMT	Well Walk, NW3 (1817 - 1818) The home of Benthy, the Postman, with whom poet John Keats and his brother Tom lodged from early 1817 to Dec., 1818. They occupied the first floor up. Here Tom died Dec. 1, 1818. It was next door to the Welles Tavern then called ’The Green Man’." From collected papers and photos re: No. 1 Well Walk at the library of Harvard University. Source: No. 1, Well Walk, Hampstead. \| HOLLIS for Reply
James Preston Rosslyn House Added: 28 Apr 2021 09:06 GMT	School Was this the location of Rosslyn House prep school? I have a photograph of the Rosslyn House cricket team dated 1910 which features my grandfather (Alan Westbury Preston). He would have been 12 years old at the time. All the boys on the photo have been named. If this is the location of the school then it appears that the date of demolition is incorrect. Reply
MARY RUSHTON-BEALES Willifield Way, NW11 Added: 25 Jan 2021 17:58 GMT	MY GRANDMA GREW UP HERE - 100 WILLIFIELD WAY MY GRANDMA WINIFRED AND HER BROTHERS ERIC AND JEFF LIVED AT 100 WILLIFIELD WAY. THEY WERE PART OF THE HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB SOCIAL EXPERIMENT. GRANDMA ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT WILLIFIELD WAY AND HER LIFE IN HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB WITH GREAT AFFECTION. SHE WAS CONVINCED THAT THEY HAD BETTER EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY LIVED THERE. NOT LONG AGO MY BROTHER AND I TOOK THE TRAIN TO THIS PART OF LONDON AND WALKED DOWN THE ROAD. THE HOUSE IS STILL THERE Reply
Graham Margetson Devonshire House Preparatory Sch Added: 9 Feb 2021 14:33 GMT	I lived at 4 Arkwright Road before it was the school My parents lived at 4 Arkwright Road. Mrs Goodwin actually owned the house and my parents rented rooms from her. Reply
Wellgarth Road, NW11 Added: 10 Dec 2020 23:51 GMT	Wellgarth Road, NW11 I lived at 15 Wellgarth Road with my parents and family from 1956 until I left home in the 70s and continued to visit my mother there until she moved in the early 80s. On the first day we moved in we kids raced around the garden and immediately discovered an air raid shelter that ran right underneath the house which I assume was added in the run-up to WW2. There was a basement room with its own entrance off the garden and right opposite where the air raid shelter emerged. In no time at all up high near the ceiling of this room, we discovered a door which, while we were little enough, we could enter by standing on some item of furniture, haul ourselves in and hide from the grownups. That room was soundproof enough for us kids to make a racket if we wanted to. But not too loud if my dad was playing billiards in the amazing wood-panelled room immediately above. We had no idea that we were living in such an historical building. To us it was just fun - and home! Reply
Gardnor Road, NW3 Added: 16 Nov 2022 12:39 GMT	The Pearce family lived in Gardnor Road The Pearce family moved into Gardnor Road around 1900 after living in Fairfax walk, my Great grandfather, wife and there children are recorded living in number 4 Gardnor road in the 1911 census, yet I have been told my grand father was born in number 4 in 1902, generations of the Pearce continue living in number 4 as well other houses in the road up until the 1980’s Reply
Kevin Pont Hampstead Added: 29 Aug 2023 15:25 GMT	The deepest station At 58m below ground, Hampstead is as deep as Nelson’s Column is tall. Source: Hampstead tube station - Wikipedia Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Matthew Proctor Blackheath Grove, SE3 Added: 7 Dec 2023 17:36 GMT	Blackheath Grove, SE3 Road was originally known as The Avenue, then became "The Grove" in 1942. From 1864 there was Blackheath Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on this street until it was destroyed by a V2 in 1944 Reply
Peter Gambia Street, SE1 Added: 4 Dec 2023 07:05 GMT	Gambia Street, SE1 Gambia Street was previously known as William Street. Reply
Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Kenwood House Kenwood House, also known as the Iveagh Bequest, is a former stately home situated on the northern border of Hampstead Heath.

Kenwood House

Spaniards Inn The Spaniards Inn lies in Hampstead Lane on the way from Hampstead to Highgate and on the edge of Hampstead Heath.

Spaniards Inn

NEARBY STREETS

Alfred House, N2 Alfred House is a block on Winnington Road.

Alfred House, N2

Brandon House, NW3 Brandon House is a block on North End Avenue.

Brandon House, NW3

Cardale House, NW3 Cardale House can be found on Kenwood Close.

Cardale House, NW3

Columbas Drive, NW3 Columbas Drive is a road in the NW3 postcode area

Columbas Drive, NW3

Compton House, N2 Compton House is a block on Winnington Road.

Compton House, N2

Corner House, NW3 Corner House is a block on Sandy Road.

Corner House, NW3

Erskine House, NW3 Erskine House is a block on Spaniards Road.

Erskine House, NW3

Granville House, NW11 Granville House is a block on Ingram Avenue.

Granville House, NW11

Hampstead Lane, NW3 Hampstead Lane connects Jack Straw’s Castle with Highgate.

Hampstead Lane, NW3

Heath End House, NW3 Heath End House is located on Spaniards Road.

Heath End House, NW3

Ilchester House, N2 Ilchester House is a block on Winnington Road.

Ilchester House, N2

Ingram Avenue, NW11 Ingram Avenue is a later road of Hampstead Garden Surburb.

Ingram Avenue, NW11

Jersey House, N2 Jersey House is a block on The Bishops Avenue.

Jersey House, N2

Kenwood Close, NW3 Kenwood Close is a road in the NW3 postcode area

Kenwood Close, NW3

Kenwood House, NW3 Kenwood House is a block on Kenwood Close.

Kenwood House, NW3

North End Avenue, NW3 North End Avenue runs south from North End.

North End Avenue, NW3

North End, NW3 North End is the road into the urban village of the same name.

North End, NW3

Pitt House, NW3 Pitt House is a block on North End Avenue.

Pitt House, NW3

President House, N2 President House is a block on Winnington Road.

President House, N2

Reddington House, N2 Reddington House can be found on Winnington Road.

Reddington House, N2

Ridge House, N2 Ridge House is a block on Winnington Road.

Ridge House, N2

Romney Close, NW11 Romney Close is in the Hampstead Garden Suburb part of the NW11 area

Romney Close, NW11

Spaniards Close, NW11 Spaniards Close is so-named as it is located behind the Spaniards pub.

Spaniards Close, NW11

Spaniards Court, NW11 Spaniards Court is a building on Ingram Avenue.

Spaniards Court, NW11

Spaniards End, NW3 Spaniards End lies behind the eponymous inn.

Spaniards End, NW3

Spaniards Road, NW3 Spaniards Road is so-named as it leads to the Spaniards Inn.

Spaniards Road, NW3

Stanhope House, N2 Stanhope House is a block on Winnington Road.

Stanhope House, N2

Terrace House, NW3 Terrace House is a block on North End Avenue.

Terrace House, NW3

The Limes, NW3 The Limes replaced the Hare and Hounds pub which previously stood here.

The Limes, NW3

Turners Wood, NW11 Turner’s Wood, built in 1916, was the final road of the original Hampstead Garden Suburb before the First World War brought work to an end.

Turners Wood, NW11

Wildwood Grove, NW3 Wildwood Grove was a terraced row begun in the 1860s.

Wildwood Grove, NW3

Wildwood Rise, NW11 Wildwood Rise is in an area of Hampstead Garden Suburb

Wildwood Rise, NW11

Winnington House, N2 Winnington House is a block on Winnington Road.

Winnington House, N2

Wyldes Close, NW3 Wyldes Close is on land which used to be Wylde’s Farm.

Wyldes Close, NW3

NEARBY PUBS

Bull and Bush 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 song ’Down at the old Bull and Bush’.

Bull and Bush

Hampstead Golf Club

Hare and Hounds The Hare and Hounds was the northernmost public house in Hampstead.

Hare and Hounds

Spaniards Inn The Spaniards Inn lies in Hampstead Lane on the way from Hampstead to Highgate and on the edge of Hampstead Heath.

Spaniards Inn

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North End

North End is a village-like area between Hampstead and Golders Green.

North End was the site of an Anglo-Saxon boundary points: Sandgate.

A wood called Wildwood, part of Eton College’s Wyldes estate in Hendon, probably originally extended across to the northern slopes of Hampstead Heath and by 1632 it marked the parish boundary.

Until around 1730 the ancient route across the heath to Hendon took a sharp westward turn, before turning north again. Its twists were presumably imposed by obstacles, probably dense woodland, at the location marked as Wildwood Corner around 1672.

About 1730 a cutting was made through the heath west of the old route, creating the modern North End Way (formerly Road), a more direct route to Hendon.

The area was the home of William Pitt the Elder in 1766–67. Wylde’s Farm has played host to William Blake and the ubiquitous Dickens. Some of its lands were bought in 1905 to become the Heath Extension. From 1906 to 1940 the farmhouse belonged to Raymond Unwin, architect of Hampstead Garden Suburb. In 1912 the dancer Anna Pavlova bought Ivy House, and lived here until she died in 1931.

North End was to have had the deepest tube station in London – at the Bull and Bush – but residents’ objections prevented it from ever opening. In the 1950s the partially built lower level was converted into an underground control centre for ‘floodgates’ on the deep tubes around central London. In case these gates should ever need to be used in a war situation the control room is allegedly ‘blast-protected’ – even against sustained nuclear attack.

Recent years have seen a growing number of modern properties in North End – to the distress of some residents who want to preserve its semi-rural charm.

LOCAL PHOTOS

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The Old Bull and Bush The Old Bull and Bush, near Hampstead Heath, gave its name to the music hall song "Down at the old Bull and Bush" sung by Florrie Forde. The interior was renovated to a modern, gastropub style in 2006. Until the introduction of the smoking ban in England in 2007, The Bull and Bush was one of the few completely smoke-free pubs in London. The earliest record of a building on the site is of a farmhouse in 1645. The farmhouse gained a licence to sell ale in 1721. William Hogarth drank here, and is believed to have been involved in planting out the pub garden. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1489504693 Licence:	Kenwood House (2023) Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1695301134 Licence:	Heath House, Hampstead Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1606219236 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead Lane From "Old and New London: Volume 5" (1878) Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1674146482 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Removing the ’Dick Turpin House and Stables’ which once stood close to the Spaniards Inn, Hampstead, January 1934. The building caused an even narrower traffic obstruction than the pub still does today TUM image id: 1660657715 Licence:
The Bishops Avenue’s name derives from the bishops of London, who owned a large hunting park in the area in the late Middle Ages. The Bishops Avenue, connects the north side of Hampstead Heath at Kenwood (Hampstead Lane) to East Finchley. It is considered to be one of the wealthiest streets in the world. The road is often referred to by its nickname of "Billionaires’ Row". Credit: Hidden London TUM image id: 1695295952 Licence:	Branch Hill Pond Credit: John Constable (1776-1837) TUM image id: 1484760836 Licence:	Whitestone Pond (1900s) TUM image id: 1484920765 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Turners Wood Credit: Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust TUM image id: 1556627244 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Police officer apprehends a boy for picking flowers on the Heath (1894) Credit: British Library TUM image id: 1683191361 Licence:

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Heath House, Hampstead
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The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead Lane From "Old and New London: Volume 5" (1878)
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Removing the ’Dick Turpin House and Stables’ which once stood close to the Spaniards Inn, Hampstead, January 1934. The building caused an even narrower traffic obstruction than the pub still does today
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Turners Wood
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