Fortune Green

Fortune Green
Fortune Green
 Fortune Green shown within Greater London
London borough Camden
Ceremonial county Greater London
RegionLondon
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district NW2, NW6
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
EU Parliament London
UK ParliamentHampstead and Highgate
London Assembly Barnet and Camden
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Coordinates: 51°33′20″N 0°11′40″W / 51.555556°N 0.194444°W / 51.555556; -0.194444

Fortune Green is a small area in West Hampstead, London Borough of Camden.

Lying on the south-west side of the Finchley Road, Hampstead town council decided to build its overflow cemetery there in the 1840s. A guide to the cemetery, with short biographies of selected grave occupants with map of their location and illustrations of the more prominent monuments was published in 2000.[1][2]

It now lies in the London Borough of Camden.

Nearby places

References

  1. Colloms, Marianne and Weindling, Dick (2000). The Good Grave Guide to Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune Green. Camden History Society, London.
  2. Camden History Society website


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