Well Walk

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Wells Tavern seen from Well Walk. Wells Tavern from Well Road.jpg
Wells Tavern seen from Well Walk.
1892 monument commemorating the historic Hampstead Wells. Chalybeate Well, Hampstead (9501589606).jpg
1892 monument commemorating the historic Hampstead Wells.
Georgian era houses in the street. 32 and 34 Well Walk, Hampstead, June 2021.jpg
Georgian era houses in the street.

Well Walk is a street in Hampstead, England located in the London Borough of Camden. It runs southwestwards from Hampstead Heath to Flask Walk which then continues on towards the centre of Hampstead Village around the Hampstead tube station. It takes its name from the historic Hampstead Wells. [1]

Established in 1698 as a public wells, the area rapidly grew in popularity and a pump room was built along with an assembly room. Usage at the wells declined in the nineteenth century and the building was demolished, but is commemorated by a memorial fountain opposite it erected in 1882. [2] Wells Passage is a footpath that follows uphill from the fountain to the headspring in what is now Well Road. [3] The Wells Tavern was established in 1850, replacing an older public house known as The Green Man. [4] Burgh House is located just off the western end of the street in New End Square. Gainsborough Gardens runs southwards from the street.

Many of the buildings in the street are now Grade II listed generally dating from the early and late nineteenth century with some dating from the eighteenth. [5] [6] [7] [8] Notable former residents included the artist John Constable, who lived in the street from 1827 until his death in 1837 and whose house is now Grade II* listed, and early Socialist politician Henry Hyndman. [9] Both are now commemorated with blue plaques. [10] [11]

In 1774 Roman pottery was discovered in the street, suggesting that a Roman road may have run through Hampstead. [12]

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Holly Hill is a street in Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. It runs northwards from a junction with Hampstead High Street and Heath Street, Hampstead heading uphill to a grassy triangle named Holly Bush Hill where it meets Windmill Hill and Hampstead Grove by the entrance to Fenton House. It takes its name from a grove of holly bushes which stood on the hill until the 1940s. In the eighteenth century it was known as Cloth Hill, likely because local laundresses using Hampstead Wells hung their clothes out on the Holly Bushes to dry. Holly Mount turns eastwards off the street and forms a cul-de-sac, although there are steps linking it to Heath Street below. Holly Mount contains the The Holly Bush pub, which was once linked to the nearby assembly rooms. Notable residents of Holly Hill have included the artists George Romney and Derek Hill, both commemorated with blue plaques. A number of properties are now Grade II listed. Romney's House at 5 Holly Bush Hill is Grade I listed. Running uphill to the west is Mount Vernon which also features notable historic properties and Holly Walk.

References

  1. Bebbington p.138
  2. Wade p.36-37
  3. Wade p.38
  4. Wade p.39
  5. "KLIPPAN HOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1379171 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  6. "NUMBER 46 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND WALL, Non Civil Parish - 1379170 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  7. "NUMBERS 21 AND 23 AND WALLS AND GATE PIERS, Non Civil Parish - 1379164 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  8. "MANATON LODGE, Non Civil Parish - 1379163 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  9. "NUMBER 40 AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, WALLS AND GATES, Non Civil Parish - 1379169 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  10. "John Constable | Painter | Blue Plaques". English Heritage.
  11. "Henry Mayers Hyndman | Politician | Blue Plaques". English Heritage.
  12. Wade p.11

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