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Camden Town has existed only since the 1790s. Until then, the area north of Tottenham Court was given over to open land and fields. This green expanse was crossed by the (now vanished) Fleet river.

A few scattered farms and two coaching inns, the "Mother Red Cap" (now the "Worlds End") and the "Southampton" (now "Edwards"), marked a dangerous landscape frequented by highwaymen. Many an unfortunate ended his days swinging from the gibbet near what is today Camden Town underground station. The name Red Cap was derived from the story of an unfortunate old lady who lived near the inn during the seventeenth century and was reputed to have practised witchcraft. In fact, there's little to suggest that poor Mother Red Cap was anything but entirely innocent.

Charles Pratt (Earl of Camden) is usually credited with the establishment of Camden Town. As the first of a number of wealthy individuals involved in the development and urbanization of this part of London, his initial building programme focused on land on the east side of Camden High Street. Pratts role in shaping the area is marked by a street bearing his name in the heart of modern Camden Town.

The arrival of canals and then railways transformed the whole region; the Grand Union canal was completed in 1820; the first line to the Euston terminus opened in 1837.

By 1850, sleepy, rural Camden had been enveloped by the expanding metropolis and Camden Road railway station opened in that year. Railway and canal construction brought the first Irish settlers to Camden. This process was accelerated after 1840 by terrible famine in Ireland. By the end of the 19th century soot and grime from major railway terminals to the south covered a Camden High Street busy with shops, trams and horse-drawn buses.

Even then, Camden Town was a centre for shopping and entertainment. Bowmans department store was very popular, and two big "Music Halls", the Camden Theatre (since 1982 the Camden Palace) and the Bedford regularly attracted big stars and large audiences.

The opening of Camden Town Underground station in 1907 marked the final integration of once rural Camden into the wider City.

During the Second World War the railway termini were an important target and the area around Mornington Cresent was badly damaged by bombing. Post-war, the gradual restoration of Camden Town coincided with its emergence as centre of Greek-Cypriot settlement in London. Camden is still cosmopolitan. Today, the area south of Camden High Street boasts Londons largest Bengali/Bangladeshi community.

This cosmopolitanism is an important part of Camden Towns popularity as a centre for the Arts, media, fashion and music. A great place to live, work, shop and play.

History Headlines

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