Hampstead
Americannoun
noun
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Ms. Lewin is particularly suspicious of Keats House in London’s Hampstead, where the poet lived for less than two years, hardly long enough to leave a material impression on his surroundings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Chan first came to the attention of staff for filming children at the nursery, in Finchley Road, West Hampstead, in May 2024.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
The Hampstead and Highgate MP described the process as "flawed and farcical from the beginning to the end".
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
Jones said that during the winter "only members of the Hampstead Heath Winter Swimming Club can use the pond, by long-standing arrangement".
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
And in the afternoon Mother took me to Hampstead Heath in a taxi and we sat on the top of a hill and looked at the planes coming into Heathrow Airport in the distance.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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