Frognal
Coordinates: 51°33′14″N 0°10′56″W / 51.55389°N 0.18222°W
Frognal is an affluent area of Hampstead, North West London in the London Borough of Camden. Frognal is also the name of the major road in the area; the upper part of which (north of Church Row) forms the western edge of Hampstead Village.
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[edit] History
The first reference to Frognal is as a tenement in the 15th century, probably on the site of Frognal House. By the seventeenth century it was a small settlement. By the 15th century it was joined into London, and infill continued in the twentieth century.
William Page, historian and general editor of the Victoria County History, lived at Frognal Cottage (now 102 Frognal) from 1906 until 1922.[1]
The Labour Party leader Hugh Gaitskell lived here and ran a salon of influence, lived at no. 10 Frognal in the 1940s and as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1950.
General Charles de Gaulle lived from 1942 to 1944 in no. 99 Frognal.
Kathleen Ferrier (1912-53), the contralto, lived at Frognal Mansions, no. 97 Frognal, from 1942.
Charles Forte Restaurant and hotel owner (Trust House Forte) lived at Greenaway Gardens in Frognal,
Dennis Brain (1921-57), the horn player, lived at no. 37 Frognal.
Tamara Karsavina, the ballerina, lived at no. 108 Frognal in the 1950s.
E. V. Knox (1881-1971), the editor of Punch, lived at no. 110 Frognal from 1945.
Anton Walbrook, the actor, died at no. 69 Frognal in 1967.
Sir Bernard Spilsbury (1877-1947), the pathologist, died at no. 20 Frognal.
Frognal has a diverse architecture, with many architecturally notable buildings. The central area, lacking large council estates, has undergone less change than some other parts of Hampstead.
[edit] In popular culture
Frognal is referred to in the first line of Robyn Hitchcock song "Listening to the Higsons".
[edit] Nearest Places
Nearest Rail and Tube Stations
- Finchley Road & Frognal
- West Hampstead
- West Hampstead Thameslink
- West Hampstead tube station
- Hampstead tube station
- Finchley Road tube station
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Elrington, C.R. (ed.); Baker, T.F.T.; Bolton, Diane K; Croot, Patricia E.C. (1989). A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9. Victoria County History. pp. 33–42. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22635.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1998). London 4: North. The Buildings of England. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-300-09653-4.
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