Download or read book The Heath written by Hunter Davies and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging portrait of Hampstead Heath – a place rich not just in natural wonders but in history and monuments, emotions and memories, people and places. 'I enjoyed every inch of the way, from Parliament Hill to the Pergola... A late-life little masterpiece' Ferdinand Mount 'A love letter, both to the Heath and to his late wife' Islington Tribune 'An affectionate book which blends personal anecdote, history and interviews' Ham & High The eight hundred acres of Hampstead Heath lie just four miles from central London; and yet unlike the manicured inner-city parks, it feels like the countryside: it has hills and lakes, wild spots and tame spots. Hunter Davies has lived within a stone's throw of Hampstead Heath for more than sixty years and has walked on it nearly every day of his London life. For him, it is not just a place of recreation and relaxation but also a treasure-house of memories and emotions. In The Heath, he visits all parts of this, the largest area of common land in Britain's capital city: from Kenwood House to the Vale of Health, from Parliament Hill to Boudicca's Mound, and from the Ladies Bathing Pond to the fabulous pergola. As he walks, Davies talks to the diverse array of individuals who frequent the Heath: regulars; visitors; dog walkers; stall holders at the weekly farmer's market; famous faces having their morning stroll; twenty-first-century hippies spreading peace, love and happiness.
Download or read book Hampstead Garden Suburb written by Mervyn Miller and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hampstead Garden Suburb, described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as 'the most nearly perfect example of the unique English invention the Garden Suburb', celebrates its centenary in 2007. Founded by Dame Henrietta Barnett, after a long campaign to protect the open land north of Hampstead Heath from indiscriminate development, the Suburb was planned by Raymond Unwin, with Edwin Lutyens responsible for the Central Square with its twin churches and institute. Unwin, with his partner Barry Parker, had recently planned Letchworth, the first garden city, while Lutyens, after a decade of designing country houses, was anxious to participate in the 'high game' of classical architecture and civic design. The built environment of the Suburb encapsulates a unique blend of Arts and Crafts informality and meticulously detailed Queen Anne and Georgian style.
Download or read book The Topography and Natural History of Hampstead in the County of Middlesex written by John James Park and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The topography and natural history of Hampstead written by John James Park and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hampstead Highgate in 50 Buildings written by Lucy McMurdo and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration of the architectural heritage, treasures and landmarks of Hampstead and Highgate from across the centuries.
Download or read book Sweet Hampstead and Its Associations written by Caroline A. White and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hampstead is an area in London, which lies 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the London Borough of Camden, a borough in Inner London which for the purposes of the London Plan is designated as part of Central London. Even in the year 1900, when this book was published, the area has already been well-known for its associations with the intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical, and literary greats.
Download or read book Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Hampstead Holburn and St Pancras written by Mark Aston and published by Wharncliffe. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths In Hampstead, Holburn and St Pancras the chill of evil is brought close to home as each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity in cases of murder, deceit and pure malice in this corner of London. From crimes of passion to opportunistic killings and coldly premeditated acts of murder, the full spectrum of criminality is recounted, bringing to life the sinister history of this part of the capital over the last 400 years.
Download or read book Hampstead Highgate Through Time written by Robert Bard and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Hampstead and Highgate have changed and developed over the last century.
Download or read book Henrietta Barnett of Hampstead Garden Suburb written by Micky Watkins and published by New Generation Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The feminist social reformer Henrietta Barnett (1851-1936) is best known as the moving spirit behind the creation of London's Hampstead Garden Suburb. Yet, as Micky Watkins shows in this lively biography, the Suburb was only the final achievement of a long and varied career of social engagement, much of it spent among the worst slums of London's East End. Octavia Hill, John Ruskin, Walter Crane, Beatrice Webb, Arnold Toynbee and Herbert Spencer, as well as innumerable East Enders - often riotously immune to attempts at their 'improvement' - people this vivid account.A woman of immense energy, Henrietta's role in both Toynbee Hall and the Whitechapel Art Gallery was central to their foundation and continued success, and she spent the latter half of her life in realising her dream project of building Hampstead Garden Suburb.Henrietta's work in town planning won the admiration of the American feminist Jane Addams, and in the USA she was feted by Henry Ford, Dale Carnegie and John Rockefeller. Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources, Micky Watkins traces Henrietta's ground-breaking achievement in building in North London the utopian Hampstead Garden Suburb to house all classes and conditions of people, as an antidote to the East End slums. Her Suburb has influenced town planning all over the world.
Download or read book Detective Crew The Hampstead Mystery The Mystery of the Downs written by Arthur J. Rees and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "The Hampstead Mystery" – High Court Justice Sir Horace Fewbanks is found murdered in his own home in Hampstead. A butler with a shady past is the first suspect, but there are several other characters who turn attention there way with suspicious behavior. Scotland Yard detectives are in charge of the case, but the Judge's daughter hires a famous private investigator Crew who shows up and runs a parallel investigation."The Mystery of the Downs" – Harry Marsland is caught in a sudden storm and he is forced to seek shelter in a nearest house that happens to be at a Cliff Farm. He is welcomed in by a woman who was expecting someone else. Before the storm is over, they are alarmed by a noise from the upstairs, especially because there was supposed to be nobody else in the house. They get upstairs and find a farm's owner dead of a gunshot wound. When the storm is over the police inspectors arrive, and soon after them the famous private detective Crew is on the scene too.
Download or read book Hampstead Heath from the Thomas Barratt Collection written by Michael Hammerson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and charming look at the history of Hampstead Heath, from the original collection of Thomas Barratt.
Download or read book The Hampstead Mystery written by Arthur J. Rees and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High Court Justice Sir Horace Fewbanks is found murdered in his own home in Hampstead. A butler with a shady past is the first suspect, but there are several other characters who turn attention there way with suspicious behavior. Scotland Yard detectives are in charge of the case, but the Judge's daughter hires a famous private investigator Crew who shows up and runs a parallel investigation.
Download or read book The Hampstead Mystery written by John R. Watson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Hampstead Mystery" by John R. Watson, Arthur J. Rees. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Hampstead Wells or directions for the drinking of those waters with an appendix relating to the original of springs in general etc written by John SOAME and published by . This book was released on 1734 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On Hampstead Heath written by Marika Cobbold and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fuji from Hampstead Heath written by Gonnoské Komai and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Geology of the Country Around Aylesbury and Hemel Hampstead written by Robert Lionel Sherlock and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
