Hampstead

Hampstead is a district of London, England, about  north-west of Charing Cross. It is part of the London Borough of Camden and is in North London. It is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for the large and hilly parkland Hampstead Heath. Some of the most expensive housing in the London area, or indeed anywhere in the world is in Hampstead, with large houses selling for up to £50m (2008).Most expensive new home is sold for £35m, By Gary Cleland, Published: 3:25PM GMT 8 January 2008, Daily TelegraphLuxury mansion is sold for £50m Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 18:57 GMT, BBC The village of Hampstead has more millionaires within its boundaries than any other area of the United Kingdom.Wade, David, "Whatever happened to Hampstead Man?"  Telegraph.co.uk, 8 May 2004 (Retrieved 18 June 2009)

Hampstead has long been known as a residence of writers, composers, ballerinas, intellectuals, actors, artists and architects, many of whom created a bohemian community in the late 19th century. After 1917, and again in the 1930s, it became base to a community of avant garde artists and writers and was host to a number of émigrés and exiles from the Russian Revolution and Nazi Europe.

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