11 Facts About Belsize Park

1.

Belsize Park is an affluent residential area of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden, England.

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2.

Belsize Park is in the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency whose present MP is Tulip Siddiq.

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3.

Name Belsize Park comes from the 17th-century manor house and parkland which once stood on the site.

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4.

Belsize Park House was rebuilt in 1746, after which additional large country houses had been built on the surrounding farmlands for wealthy lawyers and merchants.

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5.

Davidson developed his part of the Rosslyn lands, undertaking a mixed development of large semi-detached properties similar to Belsize Park, slowed by a lack of labour through both the substantial development of the neighbouring Maryon Wilson land and the 1860s housing rush.

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6.

Belsize Park is conveniently located in North London with several Tube and Overground stations nearby including:.

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7.

Belsize Park is referenced on Sleeper's 1995 debut album Smart in the song "Lady Love Your Countryside" with the lyrics "And we could spend our lives puking in Belsize Park".

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8.

Belsize Park is mentioned in the Hitchcock thriller, Dial M for Murder by the lead character Tony Wallace played by Ray Milland when coercing his accomplice, C A Swann into murdering his wife.

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9.

Belsize Park Village was recently the setting for a Direct Line Insurance advert featuring Harvey Keitel.

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10.

In 1871, Belsize Park was one of the clubs at the inaugural meeting of the Rugby Football Union, and therefore pioneers of the game of Rugby Union.

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11.

In 1878, Belsize moved to form Rosslyn Park RFC, becoming one of England's leading clubs.

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