Lists of people from the London Borough of Camden

Last updated April 21, 2023

The London Borough of Camden was created in 1965 from the former area of the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and St Pancras, which had formed part of the County of London.^[1] The borough was named after Camden Town, which had gained its name from Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden in 1795.^[2] Since the 17th century, many famous people have lived in its various districts and neighbourhoods.

Bloomsbury residents

Bloomsbury is an area of central London between Euston Road and Holborn, developed by the Russell family in the 17th and 18th centuries into a fashionable residential area. It is notable for its array of garden squares,^[3] literary connections (exemplified by the Bloomsbury Group), and numerous hospitals and academic institutions.

Camden Town residents

Camden Town is located 2.4 miles (3.9 km) north-northwest of Charing Cross and is one of the 35 major centres identified in the London Plan.^[4] Its industrial heritage has made way for retail, tourism and entertainment, including a number of markets and music venues that are strongly associated with alternative culture.

Hampstead residents

Hampstead has long been known as a residence of the intelligentsia, including writers, composers, and intellectuals, actors, artists and architects — many of whom created a bohemian community in the late 19th century. In the 1930s it became base to a community of avant garde artists and writers and was host to a number of émigrés and exiles from Nazi Europe. Hampstead has more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area of the United Kingdom.^[5]

Haverstock residents

Haverstock is an area and electoral ward in the Borough of Camden. It is centred on Haverstock Hill and Chalk Farm, with Gospel Oak to the north; Kentish Town to the east; Camden Town to the south, and Swiss Cottage to the west. The area to the west of the hill, with the NW3 Belsize Park/Hampstead post code, is very wealthy, while the Queen's Crescent NW5 area to the east of the hill is home to Queen's Crescent Market.

Highgate residents

Highgate is an area of North London on the north-eastern corner of Hampstead Heath. Until late Victorian times it was a distinct village outside London, sitting astride the main road to the north. The area retains many green expanses including the eastern part of Hampstead Heath, three ancient woods,^[6] and Waterlow Park. Part of Highgate lies in the London Borough of Camden. The remainder lies in the London Boroughs of Haringey and Islington

Kentish Town residents

Kentish Town is first recorded during the reign of King John (1207) as kentisston. By 1456 Kentish Town was recognised as a thriving hamlet, and in this period a chapel of ease is recorded as being built for the inhabitants. Kentish Town was a prime site for development as the Kentish Town Road was a major route from London northwards. Probably its most famous resident was Karl Marx who lived at 9 Grafton Terrace from 1856.

Primrose Hill residents

Primrose Hill located on the north side of Regent's Park. The for which it is named has a clear view of Central London to the south-east, as well as Belsize Park and Hampstead to the north. Friedrich Engels, political philosopher and co-author of The Communist Manifesto spent his last years at 122 Regent's Park Road.^[7]

Somers Town residents

Somers Town, named after the Somers family who owned the land, is an area of London south of Camden Town. It has been strongly influenced by the three mainline north London railway termini: Euston (1838), St Pancras (1868) and King's Cross (1852), together with the Somers Town railway and canal goods depot (1887), where the British Library now stands.

Tufnell Park residents

Tufnell Park straddles the border of the London Borough of Islington and the London Borough of Camden. Its most infamous resident was Dr Crippen who lived at 39 Hilldrop Crescent and murdered his wife there.

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Chalk Farm is a small urban district of north London, lying immediately north of Camden Town, in the London Borough of Camden.

Hampstead is an area in London, which lies four miles northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from the A5 road 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.

Highgate is a suburban area of north London at the northeastern corner of Hampstead Heath, 4+1⁄2 miles north-northwest of Charing Cross.

Kentish Town is an area of northwest London, England in the London Borough of Camden, immediately north of Camden Town. Less than four miles north of central London, Kentish Town has good transport connections and is situated close to the open spaces of Hampstead Heath.

St Pancras is a district in north London. It was originally a medieval ancient parish and subsequently became a metropolitan borough. The metropolitan borough then merged with neighbouring boroughs and the area it covered now forms around half of the modern London Borough of Camden. The area of the parish and borough includes the sub-districts of Camden Town, Kentish Town, Gospel Oak, Somers Town, King's Cross, Chalk Farm, Dartmouth Park, the core area of Fitzrovia and a part of Highgate.

Camden Town, often shortened to Camden, is an area in the London Borough of Camden, around 2.5 miles (4.1 km) north of Charing Cross. Historically in Middlesex, it is the administrative centre of the borough and identified in the London Plan as one of 34 major centres in Greater London.

Gospel Oak is an inner urban area of north west London in the London Borough of Camden at the very south of Hampstead Heath. The neighbourhood is positioned between Hampstead to the north-west, Dartmouth Park to the north-east, Kentish Town to the south-east, and Belsize Park to the south-west. Gospel Oak lies across the NW5 and NW3 postcodes and is served by Gospel Oak station on the London Overground. The North London Suburb, Gospel Oak, has many schools around it.

Swiss Cottage is an area of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden, England. It is centred on the junction of Avenue Road and Finchley Road and includes Swiss Cottage tube station. Swiss Cottage lies 3.25 miles (5.23 km) north-northwest of Charing Cross. The area was named after a public house in the centre of it, known as "Ye Olde Swiss Cottage".It was visited by Queen Victoria’s fourth child.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hampstead and Highgate (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983–2010

Hampstead & Highgate was a parliamentary constituency covering the northern half of the London Borough of Camden which includes the village of Hampstead and part of that of Highgate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holborn and St Pancras (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards

Holborn and St Pancras is a parliamentary constituency in Greater London that was created in 1983. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 by Sir Keir Starmer, the current Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition.

Belsize Park is a residential area of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden, England.

The London Borough of Camden is in percentage terms the second-greenest of the Inner London boroughs. It contains most of the swathe of land Hampstead Heath and many smaller green spaces. The Central London part of the borough, south of Euston Road, is characterised by its elegant garden squares with large instances: Tavistock Square and Bedford Square. In this part runs the Regent's Canal around the top edge of Regent's Park, a little of which is in Camden, including all of associated Primrose Hill. Highgate Cemetery is in Camden but Highgate Wood is in the neighbouring borough of Haringey.

The A400 road is an A road in London that runs from Charing Cross to Archway in North London. It passes some of London's most famous landmarks.

Haverstock is an area of the London Borough of Camden: specifically the east of Belsize Park, north of Chalk Farm and west of Kentish Town. It is centred on Queens Crescent and Malden Road. Gospel Oak is to the north, Camden Town to the south.

The London Borough of Camden is a London borough in Inner London. Camden Town Hall, on Euston Road, lies 1.4 mi (2.3 km) north of Charing Cross. The borough was established on 1 April 1965 from the area of the former boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and St Pancras—which together, prior to that date, had comprised part of the historic County of London.

The 2010 Camden Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Camden London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

Camden London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. Camden is divided into 18 wards, each electing three councillors.

The 2022 Camden London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Camden London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

References

↑ Vision of Britain – Camden LB Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001)
↑ Guide to London Squares Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 8 March 2007.
↑ Mayor of London (February 2008). "London Plan (Consolidated with Alterations since 2004)" (PDF). Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02.
↑ Wade, David, "Whatever happened to Hampstead Man?" Telegraph.co.uk, 8 May 2004 (Retrieved 18 June 2009)
↑ Walk London: Capital Ring Section 11, Hendon Park to Highgate Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Plaque #213 on Open Plaques – Accessed July 2010

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[1] Vision of Britain – Camden LB Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Mills, A., Oxford Dictionary of London Place Names, (2001)

[3] Guide to London Squares Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 8 March 2007.

[london_plan_f08-4] Mayor of London (February 2008). "London Plan (Consolidated with Alterations since 2004)" (PDF). Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-02.

[Tel080504-5] Wade, David, "Whatever happened to Hampstead Man?" Telegraph.co.uk, 8 May 2004 (Retrieved 18 June 2009)

[6] Walk London: Capital Ring Section 11, Hendon Park to Highgate Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine

[7] Plaque #213 on Open Plaques – Accessed July 2010

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