Hampstead

Well Passage runs between this road and Well Walk . A reminder of the days when Hampstead was a fashionable spa.

to Well Rd

Well Passage runs between this street and Well Road . Name derived from the Chalybeate Well - a reminder of the days when Hampstead was a fashionable spa.

Appropriately situated in Well Walk . The well commemorates the bequest by the Earl of Gainsborough, then an infant, through his mother The Hon Susanna Noel of six acres of land for the perpetual benefit of the poor of the Parish of Hampstead (see the inscription ). The water supplying this well is part of the groundwater of the River Fleet which also supplies Hampstead Ponds. Chalybeate water is high in iron content and its health-giving properties led to Hampstead's brief popularity as a spa in the early eighteenth century. Grade II listed

Close-up of inscription on the Chalybeate Well , Well Walk, Hampstead. Commemorating the bequest by the Earl of Gainsborough, then an infant, through his mother The Hon Susanna Noel of six acres of land for the perpetual benefit of the poor of the Parish of Hampstead. Note that travellers are exhorted first to think of the benefactor and then, almost as an afterthought, praise the lord!

Junction of Christchurch Hill and Willow Rd, Hampstead. I suppose I could have taken the rubbish out before taking the photo - but then where would I have put it?

Erno Goldfinger's house, owned by the National Trust. Will visit someday when it's less crowded.