This is Millfield Lane, now a delightfully shady path running up the eastern side of the heath from Highgate West Hill , past the Ladies Bathing Pond, to Kenwood. But, way back, it formed the boundary between the Kenwood Estate and Fitzroy Farm. On the 1940 map above (found on the excellent London Inheritance – …
Flower night
No trees and no walks this evening, but flowers….. I have been gradually collecting images and I need to share! So I claim first place for my flame azalea in its pot in the garden. Not quite as lush as last year (for those who remember the Lawn Road garden blog) but then it got …
Dog pond
Yesterday’s walk which was sparklingly sunny, if with an icy wind, took me down by the boating pond and two keen swimmers – a tan one and a black a white one. The tan swimmer was just on his way back when I arrived and I watched him get out of the pond and then …
Back to trees
After the last few days of heavy architectural input, back to trees. First a long and peaceful walk through the wood below Kenwood on my side of the heath from a couple of weeks ago when some of the trees were still only just in bud. (If you want to see the video you will …
Architectural gems in Swains Lane
Continuing up Swains lane as promised…. Leaving the cemeteries behind, the road narrows into a little country lane… …which you would presume just led up to Highgate. And it does, but, round that bend are three houses built into the old West cemetery many years ago – as yet I have not discovered by whom …
Highgate cemeteries
Up till the middle of the 19th century, if you died in London you were buried in the parish graveyard or, if you were sufficiently rich or important, actually under the floor or in the walls of the parish church. Not only was this insanitary but, between 1800 and 1850 the population of London grew …