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Hampstead history


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The name comes from the Anglo-Saxon words ham and stede, which means, and is a cognate of, the Modern English “homestead” The name is also known as ham, stede or stede.

To 1900

Hampstead To 1900 photo

Early records of Hampstead can be found in a grant by King Ethelred the Unready to the monastery of St. Peter’s at Westminster in AD 986. Hampstead Wells was initially most successful and fashionable, but its popularity declined in the 1800s due to competition with other fashionable London spas. The spa was demolished in 1882, although a water fountain was left behind.

20th century

The average price of a property in Hampstead was £1.5 million in 2018. Cultural attractions in the area include the Freud Museum, Keats House, Kenwood House, Fenton House, the Isokon building, Burgh House and Hampstead Museum.

  

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