Greenhill, Camden Explained

Greenhill is an area of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden in Greater London. The name is topographically derived.^[1]

The name was applied to a housing estate built here in 1869,^[2] to a block of mansion flats built in 1936, and to the local Greenhill Road. Dame Edith Sitwell lived in Greenhill flats from 1961 until shortly before her death in 1964, now marked by an English Heritage blue plaque.^[3]

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51.555°N -0.175°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Story of Greenhill Books - Link House . 17 July 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090830015632/http://www.greenhillbooks.com/ghabout.html . 30 August 2009 . dead .
2. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22633 British History Online - Hampstead
3. Web site: Edith Sitwell, blue plaque. 25 February 2024 . English Heritage.