CONTENTS.

CHAPTER		PAGE
	INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER	[1]
I.	HAMPSTEAD AND THE HEATH	[20]
II.	THE WAYS TO HAMPSTEAD	[41]
III.	THE DESCENT OF THE MANOR	[60]
IV.	CHURCH ROW AND ST. JOHN’S CHURCH	[65]
V.	FROGNAL AND WEST END	[85]
VI.	WEST END TO CHILD’S HILL AND THE WEST HEATH	[107]
VII.	HEATH STREET TO THE UPPER FLASK AND SPANIARDS	[119]
VIII.	HOLLY-BUSH AND WINDMILL HILLS	[143]
IX.	NORTH END	[160]
X.	FINCHLEY ROAD, CHILD’S HILL, AND NEW END	[183]
XI.	THE VALE OF HEALTH	[194]
XII.	CAEN WOOD	[215]
XIII.	THE GEOLOGY OF THE HEATH	[236]
XIV.	THE PONDS AND WATER-WORKS	[241]
XV.	THE WELL WALK—THE EARLY PERIOD	[249]
XVI.	THE WELL WALK—THE SECOND PERIOD	[268]
XVII.	THE MODERN WELL WALK	[292]
XVIII.	HAMPSTEAD LATER ON	[304]
XIX.	A RETROSPECT	[319]
XX.	THE SUB-MANOR OF BELSIZE	[329]
XXI.	THE HAMLET OF KILBURN	[344]
	APPENDIX:
	HEATH HOUSE	[354]
	WENTWORTH PLACE, JOHN STREET	[357]
	VANE HOUSE	[359]
	POND STREET	[361]
	A FRAGMENT OF THE FLORA OF HAMPSTEAD	[362]
	BENEFACTORS OF HAMPSTEAD AND THE CHARITIES	[368]
	THE FATE OF A REFORMER	[374]
	THE STRUGGLE FOR THE HEATH	[377]
	INDEX	[384]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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A BIT OF OLD HAMPSTEAD, NEW END	[Frontispiece]
SOUTH END ROAD, 1840	[3]
TUMULUS	[5]
VIEW OF HIGHGATE AND PONDS	[7]
VIADUCT	[9]
JOHN EVELYN	[24]
HAMPSTEAD FROM PRIMROSE HILL	[44]
SIR RICHARD STEELE	[46]
ROSSLYN HOUSE	[51]
FIELDS NEAR POND STREET, 1840	[54]
SHEPHERD’S WELL	[55]
VANE HOUSE, 1800	[57]
CHURCH ROW, HAMPSTEAD	[66]
BACK VIEW OF HOUSES, CHURCH ROW	[68]
MRS. BARBAULD	[73]
AUSTIN DOBSON	[77]
PARISH CHURCH, HAMPSTEAD	[82]
FENTON HOUSE	[92]
PRIORY LODGE	[96]
VALE OF HEALTH, LOWER HEATH, 1840	[110]
LEG OF MUTTON POND	[114]
WEST END HOUSE	[117]
SWIFT	[121]
JACK STRAW’S CASTLE	[126]
FLAGSTAFF	[127]
THE SPANIARDS’ GARDEN	[128]
ERSKINE HOUSE	[130]
LORD ERSKINE	[133]
NORTH HEATH	[135]
FANNY BURNEY	[138]
BOLTON HOUSE	[144]
HOLLY-BUSH HILL, 1840	[149]
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS	[151]
JOANNA BAILLIE	[157]
GOLDSMITH	[161]
NORTH END FROM THE HEATH	[163]
FENTON HOUSE, 1780	[165]
FIRS	[169]
OLD COTTAGES, NORTH END	[173]
BULL AND BUSH, HAMPSTEAD	[174]
COTTAGES, NORTH END	[179]
MADAME PIOZZI	[185]
HARROW AND WELSH HARP, FROM HAMPSTEAD HEATH	[189]
SQUIRE’S MOUNT, ABOUT 1840	[192]
SHELLEY	[201]
W. HAZLITT	[202]
HIGHGATE PONDS AND SHEEP	[204]
COLERIDGE	[205]
CHARLES LAMB	[209]
LEIGH HUNT	[211]
THE VALE OF HEALTH	[213]
LORD W. MANSFIELD	[224]
THE SPANIARDS	[226]
CAEN WOOD HOUSE	[229]
HOGARTH	[230]
CHARLES MATHEWS’ HOUSE, HIGHGATE	[246]
OLD COTTAGES, NORTH END	[276]
WELL WALK	[294]
ASSEMBLY AND PUMP ROOMS, WELL WALK	[301]
DR. JOHNSON	[305]
JAMES BOSWELL	[308]
KEATS	[317]
OLD CHALK FARM	[322]
JUDGE’S WALK	[325]
PEPYS	[330]
BELSIZE LANE, 1850	[342]
THE GEORGE INN BEFORE 1870	[346]