The Camden Society was a text publication society founded in London in 1838 to publish early historical and literary materials, both unpublished manuscripts and new editions of rare printed books. It was named after the 16th-century antiquary and historian William Camden.
It was named after the first Earl Camden, Charles Pratt, who started the development of Camden Town in 1791. The earliest known settlement was on the high lands of Hampstead Heath and dates back to the Mesolithic age around 7000BC.
History. The route was created and developed in the 1820s. At the time, it ran through predominantly rural countryside, which remained the case until the mid-19th century. Holloway Prison opened on a former 10-acre (4.0 ha) field adjacent to Camden Road.
Camden is the cultural, shopping, alternative and music centre of London. You can visit the never ending Camden Markets and tour the streets of the outstanding neighbourhood of alternative life style in London.
Kentish Town was originally a small settlement on the River Fleet (the waterway is now one of London's underground rivers). It is first recorded during the reign of King John (1207) as kentisston. By 1456 Kentish Town was a thriving hamlet. In this period, a chapel of ease was built for its inhabitants.
In 1856 the family moved north, to the western part of Kentish Town. Their first address was 46 Grafton Terrace – then numbered 9 – which still stands. Later Marx lived at two houses in nearby Maitland Park Road, both now demolished.
The exclusive streets of South Grove and Bisham Gardens surrounding gothic Highgate Cemetery, where the average house price is up to £1.7million, are among the 10pc least deprived in the country.
A little to the north of King's Cross is one of the borough's oldest buildings, St Pancras Old Church in Pancras Gardens. Its exact origin is unknown but parts of it date from the 13th and 14th centuries, although older Roman tiles and bricks have been used in its construction.
Camden, in Greater London, is the second most expensive area as the average asking price is £1.28 million. It's a popular area as it's filled with shops, restaurants, and live entertainment and is also close to Primrose Hill, which offers amazing views of London.
The most widely accepted explanation of the name of Kentish Town is that it derived from 'Ken-ditch' meaning the 'bed of a waterway'. Kentish Town was originally a settlement along the River Fleet that once flowed through the area, and today runs underground.
The name "Camden Town" was derived from Camden Place, the seat of Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden who had owned and developed land in the area in the 1790s.
Following the 2022 election Camden London Borough Council comprised 47 Labour Party councillors (10 of which Labour and Co-operative councillors), 4 Liberal Democrat councillors, 3 Conservative Party councillors, and one for the Green Party.
Hampstead Heath Ponds are one of the two main sources of the River. Fleet. The ponds on Hampstead Heath were built by the Hampstead Water. Company, who dammed the Hampstead tributary to create reservoirs to. supply Kentish town and the West End.
Hawley Wharf transforms an underused piece of city in Camden Town into a busy mixed-use development, enhancing the area's strong identity and creating a vibrant new quarter for the benefit of the local community, users and visitors alike.
The Dickens family moved to London in 1814 and two years later to Chatham, Kent, where Charles spent early years of his childhood. Due to financial difficulties, they moved back to London in 1822, where they settled in Camden Town, a poor neighborhood of London.
Named after the 1st Earl Camden, Charles Pratt, Camden used to be part of the manor of Kentish Town, known to be the small wayside village of “Red Mother Cap”, which was the town's best-known pub.
Camden is known for its vibrant nightlife, but it also experiences higher levels of violent crime, particularly in and around the Camden Town area. violent crimes, particularly around Elephant and Castle.
Marx considered Great Britain the most important capitalist country of his time and a decisive factor in the possibility of a successful workers uprising in Europe. Let see it with his own words: Cologne, December 31, 1848.
MARX, Karl (1818-1883) Karl Marx settled in London in 1849 and remained in the city until his death in 1883. He is commemorated with a blue plaque at 28 Dean Street in Soho, where he worked on the first volume of Das Kapital.
Marx moved to London in early June 1849 and would remain based in the city for the rest of his life. The headquarters of the Communist League also moved to London.
