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This magnificent 4 storey building stands at the junction with Prince Arthur Road.
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Located at the northern most end of Fitzjohns Avenue. The road becomes Heath Street at the junction with Perrin's Lane just behind the bus stop. Details about the school can be found on Ceridwen's [[650061]].
©Martin Addison
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Looking along Perrin's Court towards Hampstead High Street.
©Christine Matthews
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Shows the location of [[891810]].
©Mike Quinn
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©Chris Gunns
Dist:0.1km north<br/>This alley which runs between Hampstead High Street and Well Walk was the route along which people seeking the clean and cleansing waters of the famous chalybeate well, a short way to the east, would carry their flasks. Once lined with lowly cottages and crowded with washing lines and children playing hopscotch, it is now has bijou shops with highly desirable accommodation above and yet retains a friendly community spirit to which this popular Sunday bric-a-brac stall contributes.
©ceridwen
Dist:0.2km north<br/>From the junction with Rosslyn Hill NW3
©R Sones
Dist:0.2km north<br/>See [[891763]].
©Mike Quinn
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Prince Arthur Road is a turning off Hampstead High Street.
©Christine Matthews
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©Mike Quinn
Dist:0.2km north<br/>The Royal Sailors' Orphan Girls' School and Home was said to have been established in 1829 as a home in 1862 at Frognal House. In 1869 it moved to this new building at nos. 96-116 Fitzjohn's Avenue, designed by Edward Ellis. In 1871 two rooms served as a school, attended by 60 girls of all ages, whose subjects included domestic ones to prepare them for their future 'situations' as household servants. These orphans' asylums, as they were called, catered for the huge numbers of destitute children in Victorian Britain but the offspring of 'deserving' fathers such as soldiers and sailors attracted most attention (and royal patronage). Nevertheless this place always gives me a sense of sadness for the children who might have preferred to remain with their families rather than be institutionalized.
©ceridwen
Dist:0.2km north<br/>On the corner of Perrin's Lane. This is a new version of the previous shop a little further up the street and there at least another two cake shops close by, Hampstead being an area where there is always a demand for luxury goods.
©ceridwen
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Shows the location of [[891763]].
©Mike Quinn
Dist:0.2km north<br/>
©Mike Quinn
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Looking southwards down Perrin's Court.
©Christine Matthews

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