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Sir Cecil Beaton, photographer and designer, was born and lived here until 1911

Herbert Asquith – British Prime Minister 1908 – 16

This lock-up is one of the very few left in London and is a D.O.E. listed building of historic interest.

Women’s College – opened 1882

First home of the Hampstead Police force.

Sir William Walton composed music in several classic styles including two Coronation Marches.

Francis Topham was an English painter and engraver.

Marie Carmichael Stopes was an author, campaigner, palaeobotanist, a campaigner for eugenics and a pioneer of women’s rights.

Novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer.

Artist – mural and portrait painter