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Keats House, Hampstead, where John Keats wrote "Ode to a Nightingale". This is a list of notable people who have lived in Hampstead, an area of northwest London known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical, and literary associations.
Hampstead (/ ˈ h æ m p s t ɪ d,-s t ɛ d /) is an area in London, England, which lies 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Charing Cross, forming the northwest part of the London Borough of Camden, a borough in Inner London.
Harry Hallowes (born c. 1936, died 2016), also known as Harry the Hermit, was an Irishman who became famous for living in a camp on Hampstead Heath in north London. When property developers tried to evict him, he successfully claimed adverse possession.
The Old Bull and Bush is a Grade II listed public house at North End near Hampstead Heath in London, which gave its name to the music hall song "Down at the old Bull and Bush", sung by Florrie Forde.
From 1824 to 1828 it was rented by the painter John Linnell (painter) who befriended William Blake.Blake was a regular visitor to the house until his death in 1827. A portrait of Blake by Linnell shows him outside the house, with Hampstead Heath behind.
It was laid out on land that belonged to the Wells and Campden Charity Trust overseen by Henry Simpson Legg, achitect and surveyor of the Trust between 1882 and 1895.The creation and aesthetics of Gainsborough Gardens was influenced by the Bedford Park development in Chiswick, in south west London.