Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MUSWELL-HILL

MUSWELL-HILL, a hamlet in Hornsey parish, and a chapelry partly also in Clerkenwell parish, Middlesex. The hamlet lies between the Great Northern and the Midland railways, 1 mile W N W of Hornsey r. station, and 5½ N N W of St. Pauls, London; includes straggling lines of houses, with numerous villas; and has a post-office under Hornsey, London N. The chapelry was constituted in 1843; was taken mainly from Hornsey parish; and includes only a detached portion of Clerkenwell. Pop. in 1861, 919. Houses, 161. Pop. of the Hornsey portion, 877. Houses, 154. The surface isundulating and hilly; and the higher parts, particularlyat the Grove, command very fine views. The Grove wasvisited by Dr. Johnson; and the grounds were laid outby his companion, Topham Beauclerk. A cottage, at the foot of the same hill, was the residence and the death-place of Newland, the Bank of England cashier; and also the residence of the poet Moore, at the timewhen he wrote his " Lalla Rookh." The recently formed Alexandra Park is here; and was expected to rival Sydenham, but has received some check. A mineralspring likewise is here, and was formerly in much repute. A cell to Clerkenwell priory stood near the mineralspring. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of London. Value, £296.* Patron, the Bishop of London. The church was built in 1842. There is a school forgirls and infants.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Clerkenwell Vest/CP/AP       Middlesex AncC
Place: Muswell Hill

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