Hampstead

[ hamp-stid, -sted ]

/ ˈhæmp stɪd, -stɛd /

a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.

Example sentences from the Web for hampstead

He himself said that he only wrote for fun, to pass time, but no matter, he was turned into a heavy Hampstead cult.

What It Was Like to Watch the Beatles Become the Beatles—Nik Cohn Remembers |Nik Cohn |February 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It's in the garden of their house, which is on the edge of Hampstead Heath.

Literary City: Deborah Levy’s London |Henry Krempels |February 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
In Hampstead, he leapt onto the counter of the jam-packed Beantown Cafe so that curious voters could see him speak.

Jon Huntsman’s Timely Jump Before New Hampshire’s Presidential Primary |Patricia Murphy |January 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Romance can be found in a quiet spot in Rome, and in searching for ghosts in the Hampstead streets.

Adventures of An Unromantic Biographer |Daisy Hay |July 21, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

One day I abandoned my paper-filled study to wander the streets of Hampstead, where several of my subjects had lived.

Adventures of An Unromantic Biographer |Daisy Hay |July 21, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Henry talks of a drive to Hampstead, which may interfere with it.

Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters |William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
Hampstead of course obeyed his father's injunctions, and went down to Trafford instantly, leaving his sister alone at Hendon Hall.

Marion Fay |Anthony Trollope
Crocker had hardly got beyond the grounds when Hampstead did in truth return.

Marion Fay |Anthony Trollope
Anything more unlike the popular conception of an asylum than the establishment at Hampstead can scarcely be imagined.

The Silent House |Fergus Hume
But when one lives in Hampstead one has to forego many delightful friendships; and then he grew to be such a tremendous swell!

The Martian |George Du Maurier

Hampstead

/ (ˈhæmpstɪd) /

a residential district in N London: part of the Greater London borough of Camden since 1965; nearby is Hampstead Heath, a popular recreation area