Hampstead
North London
The rich live here. I was going to take some snaps, but then I thought those are their private residences and I don’t want to put them up for all the world to see!
Hampstead was an Anglo-Saxon village. This period is from 410 to 1066 AD and is known as the Medieval period. Its name is derived from “ham” and “stede”, which is “homestead” in modern English.
It’s hilly which is lovely for a village.
Growing crops and grazing animals was the norm here, but the Great Plague in 1665 and the Great Fire of London in 1666 forced rich people to leave London for Hampstead, which developed.
In 1852, Hampstead got its very own railway station, and it evolved further.
I passed by this church, its spire looked splendid!
Famous writers such as Keats, D.H. Lawrence and Katherine Mansfield lived here, as well as John Constable, the artist.
