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|country = England |map_type = Greater London |region= London |population= 33,751 |official_name= West Hampstead |london_borough= Camden |constituency_westminster= Hampstead and Kilburn |post_town= LONDON |postcode_area= NW |postcode_district= NW6 |dial_code= 020 |os_grid_reference= TQ255855 |coordinates = {{coord|51.5543|-0.1888|display=inline,title}} }} West Hampstead is an area in the London Borough of Camden in north-west London. Mainly defined by the railway stations of the same name, it is situated between Childs Hill to the north, Frognal and Hampstead to the north-east, Swiss Cottage to the east, South Hampstead to the south-east, Kilburn to the west and south-west, and Cricklewood to the north-west. The area is mainly residential with several small shops, restaurants, cafes, bakeries concentrated on the northern section of West End Lane and around West End Green. It is served by three stations: West Hampstead on the Jubilee line, West Hampstead Overground station and West Hampstead Thameslink station. HistoryThe village of West EndAn area, known as "le Rudyng" (indicating a woodland clearing) in the mid-13th century, had by 1534 come to be called West End. It was then a freehold estate belonging to Kilburn Priory, and was so called because it was at the west end of another, larger estate. Although it is possible that there was a dwelling on the estate prior to 1244, an estate house was certainly extant by 1646.[1] West End Lane (named as such by 1644) is still bent at a right-angle at the north and south ends where it connects to Finchley Road and Edgware Road respectively. This is because the lane used to form the boundary between a number of different estates.[1] By the early 17th century a number of houses were present, and by the middle of that century London merchants were building larger houses in the area, so turning a hamlet into the village of West End.[1] West HampsteadAt the beginning of the 19th century, there were three main large houses around the hamlet of West End: West End House, West End Hall and Lauriston Lodge which were later sold off for redevelopment with the arrival of the railways, which led to the transformation of the area from farmland into housing estates.[2] In 1879, the Metropolitan Railway adopted the name West Hampstead for its station on West End Lane, the main road through the area.[1] Notable buildings and sites
Transport links{{West Hampstead stations}}There are three railway stations named West Hampstead all within close proximity, as well as a number of other tube stations in the area. Numerous bus routes also pass through the district.
West Hampstead signal boxThe power signal box (PSB) for the northern end of the Thameslink route is in Iverson Road, West Hampstead, around the corner from the Thameslink station. The Network Rail signal box can be seen from the north end of the platforms on the left. As well as being a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week operational building, it also houses engineers and acts as a base for Mobile Operation Managers (MOMs). The upper floor of this box controls the signals and operation of the railway from Farringdon/St Pancras International as far as Sharnbrook (just north of Bedford Station). Before the demise of First Capital Connect (FCC), also located in the box (in the same room as the signalling panels) was FCC's Thameslink control (also known to staff as the Service Delivery Centre or SDC). FCC's services between London Blackfriars and Bedford were controlled from here. South of Blackfriars, FCC trains were either controlled by southeastern control (to Sevenoaks) or FCC's other SDC at Croydon (for services to Brighton and Sutton/Wimbledon). Information on the service status of the line, including the operation of the information screens, was also controlled from here. East Midlands Trains do not have controllers at West Hampstead however. Notable residentsThere are four English Heritage blue plaques in West Hampstead commemorating the historic personalities that have lived there.[4] The plaques mark the residences of painter David Bomberg at 10 Fordwych Road, conductor Sir Adrian Boult at 78 Marlborough Mansions on Cannon Hill, newspaper proprietor Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe at 31 Pandora Road, and ophthalmologist Dame Ida Mann at 13 Minster Road.[4] Other notable people{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
GalleryReferences1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book|title=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9 – Hampstead, Paddington|date=1989|pages=42–47|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22636|author=C R Elrington (Editor), T F T Baker, Diane K Bolton, Patricia E C Croot}} 2. ^The Streets of West Hamsptead, Camden History Society (1992). 3. ^[Camden History Society: The Streets of West Hampstead, Camden History Society (1992)] 4. ^1 {{cite web|title=Search Blue Plaques|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/#?showTotals=true&terms=%22West%20Hampstead%22&mode=BluePlaques|work=Blue plaques search – West Hampstead|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=6 September 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web|last1=Bose|first1=Mihir|title=The ins and outs of cricketer Steven Finn’s life|url=https://www.ft.com/content/15c07000-88b1-11e7-afd2-74b8ecd34d3b|website=Financial Times|accessdate=2 February 2018|date=31 August 2017}} 6. ^H Gustav Klaus: "Heinemann, Margot Claire (1913–1992)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 5 May 2014 Location in context{{Geographic Location|title = Neighbouring areas of London |Northwest = Cricklewood |North = Fortune Green |Northeast = Childs Hill |West = Kilburn |Centre = West Hampstead |East = Hampstead |Southwest = St John's Wood |South = South Hampstead |Southeast = Swiss Cottage }} External links
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