The Watch House
In the 1830's the newly formed Hampstead Police Force set out on its patrol & nightly watch from the house.
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
British History Online points out that this plaque incorrectly names the Hampstead Police Force since, by the time they moved into this building the Hampstead police had already became part of S division of the Metropolitan police force.
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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Watch House
British History Online provides a quite detailed history of the police force ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Watch House
The Hampstead Plaque fund was set up, many years ago, by Ralph Wade and has b...
The plaque is no longer there and actually looks like it was not intended to be permanent since it was attached to wooden battens rather ...
Anna Laetitia Barbauld, 1743 - 1825, poet and writer, lived in this house from 1802 and died here. London Borough of Hackney
Martina Bergman Ősterberg 1849-1915, Pioneer of Physical Education for Women, lived and worked here.
The plaque was not there when we first visited the site. We have returned several times over the years in case a replacement has been ere...
In our photo you can see, at first floor level, a row of wall tie plates. This blue plaque has every appearance of being one of those, c...
Comedian and actor. Born Alfred Hawthorne Hill in Southampton. In his teens he worked as a milkman, an experience which he later put to good use in his hit song 'Ernie - The Fastest Milkman in the ...
