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