Constable's Hampstead

I am a qualified City of London Guide and  a member of the City of London Guides Lecturers AssociationFormerly the Curator ofHampstead Museum, Burgh House, I have been creating and delivering walks in the Hampstead area for some 20 years.I love discovering interesting nuggets of London history and am fascinated in how places develop and change as well as archaeology and what lies beneath the ground. I am especially interested in the effect of the Blitz on London, artists and their connections with places and the stories of individual buildings.As well as guiding in the City and Hampstead / North London area, I also guide for theCity Lit; the National Trust's 2 Willow Road; and can give tours at the Victoria and Albert Museum, British Museum and National Gallery. I was also a  London Transport Museum’sHidden Londonguide. I also run heritage workshopsAttendance on any walk can only be guaranteed through pre-booking.  If you cannot pre-book here but wish to attend, you are welcome to do so, but youmustplease give me prior notice of your intention to attend.

Marilyn Greene, Footprints of London

The landscpe artist John Constable started rented houses in Hampstead in 1819 making it his permanent family home in 1827.  Discover the picturesque 18th century and Regency Hampstead that Constable was familiar with, where he lived, the houses and landscapes he painted, as well as his family tomb.  This talk is illustrated with pictures and his frank quotes from his letters to his friends about his art and feelings for Hampstead and his family as well as some reflections by his biographer, C.R. Leslie. 
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Hampstead Station

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Constable's Hampstead

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