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New HLSI short courses
A new summer initiative is being short courses, which we hope
launched by the Highgate Literary will appeal to all tastes. They FROM THE ARCHIVES
and Scientific Institution for range from the history of art
people who would like to sign up and literature to creative arts
for its popular courses but can’t activities, music and science.
commit because of their holiday They start in June following a We have a photograph which shows the Moss builders’ yard,
plans or work commitments. A four-week summer term for our and a building with chimneys which is part of the old farm
new collection of short summer existing courses.” Temple Fortune Farm outbuildings (below).
courses lasting just one, two or The courses are open to all,
three days includes a crash course with general enrolment starting Our archivists were contacted recently by the editor of The Cat.
in Italian for holidaymakers on March 19. Booking for She was curious about Jessey Wade, founder of the Cats’
and hands-on art classes. members is already open, and if Protection League. The 1911 census recorded Miss Wade as
The programme which ranges you want to be sure of a place, living at 3 Temple Fortune Farm. She was listed as head of the
through literature and science you are welcome to join the household, but had refused to fill in any details as part of the
to garden history, music and HLSI now. suffragists’ ‘No Vote, No Census’ campaign.
embroidery will run throughout Details of the courses are
June at the Highgate Literary available on the HLSI website,
and Scientific Institution (HLSI) www.hlsi.net or from the HLSI
in South Grove, Highgate. It office at 8340 3343, and there is
includes London walks and also a printed programme.
gallery visits.
The Chair of the HLSI
Education Committee, Anne Mr Ives, a clerk in the civil service, lived at number 1 Temple
Jamieson, said, “Our existing Fortune Farm; Miss Kelsall, a suffragist, lived at number 2; and
courses are incredibly popular Stuart Neame, a press photographer, lived at number 4 with his
in the autumn and winter wife (a vocalist) and one domestic servant. It seems unlikely that
months. We have over 300 Miss Wade was living in farm outbuildings, but where was this
students. But we know that Our records show Temple Fortune Farm on a map (above) dwelling? Was it part of the original farm complex and soon to
many people don’t want to dated 1822, and it is clearly marked as an existing building on be demolished?
commit to long courses in the Unwin’s 1905 plan for Hampstead Garden Suburb. We have a Our 1913 Street directory shows Mr Ives at 217 Hampstead
summer because of their copy of a lease dated 26th November 1906 under which the Way, Miss Kelsall at number 219 and Miss Wade at number 221.
holiday plans, and others can’t land, belonging to Eton College, was leased to William Charles Had they been re-housed? Perhaps the Temple Fortune Farm
take more than a day or two off Yells of Temple Fortune Farm. Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust addresses were for new buildings which were renamed and
work. So as an innovation we Ltd. subsequently acquired the land and Hampstead Tenants Ltd. numbered by 1913, numbers 1-3 becoming part of Hampstead
have reorganised our programme was to develop housing on it. They invited guests to the Way, and number 4 becoming number 7 Farm Walk. It is often
and devised a wide palette of ceremony of the cutting of the first sod, performed by Henrietta difficult to date plans and photographs; however, the HGST
Barnett on 2nd May 1907. Heritage Trail tells us that “Numbers 219 and 221 Hampstead
Five different routes to the farm were suggested. One was Way attract the eye with their brick staircase bays which extend
from Broad Street to Hampstead Heath using the North London above the upper floor creating the appearance of a turret.” They
Railway. The two and a half mile walk across the Heath from the can be seen to the right of our photograph of the builders’ yard.
station was described as charming in fine weather. Those with Fortunately, we were able to find an early photograph of 221
invitations were to be admitted through the gate of Temple Hampstead Way (below) and send it to the editor of The Cat.
Fortune Farm on Finchley Road.
By the time of the 1911 census most of the farm buildings
on the site had been demolished. Today’s residents of Farm Walk
still hit building remains when digging their gardens, and an
apple tree there is thought to pre-date the present buildings.
Round the corner in Hampstead Way, owners report finding the
remains of animal feeding bottles in their garden; they think
that it may have been the site of a pig sty.
In December 1908 the land immediately around the
I specialise in all domestic and farmhouse was let to William Moss and Sons and D.R. Paterson
commercial carpentry Ltd. for use as builders’ yards. On the drawing attached to the
to the highest possible standards Moss agreement (below) we see Farmyard Road where Farm
Walk is now. The farmhouse is coloured yellow, and the farm
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also managed with over 10 years buildings and sheds are coloured pink. One of a pair of semi-
of excellence detached farm cottages is coloured brown. The second cottage
was to be let with the Paterson yard.
Once we start looking in the Suburb Archives all sorts of
Call now for a free quotation things turn up.
For all your professional We found a couple of poems about Farm Walk from early
carpentry needs joshuabergercarpentry.com editions of the Town Crier.
We answer many enquires each year using the knowledge
and skills of our trustees together with the information in our
archives. If you have a query you are most welcome to make an
appointment and visit us. We also encourage people to use our
Thanks to the work of our census team, we know that the archives for their own research. Would you like to write an article
1911 census shows Farm Walk numbers 1- 6, Temple Fortune for Suburb News using our resources? Come and see the
Farm numbers 1- 4 and Farm Cottages numbers 1 and 2 . fascinating items we hold here in the Trust’s Offices on Finchley
Number 1 Farm Cottages was occupied by Charles Sibley, who Road. You may be able to help our team with new research.
was a horse-keeper in the building industry. He lived with his THE REVEREND ALAN WALKER
family, two labourers and a carman: carmen unloaded goods.
Number 2 Farm Cottages housed Arthur Abrahams (also a
horse-keeper), his family and two carmen.
The Hampstead
Garden Suburb Archives Trust
exists to preserve the history and culture of the Suburb
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