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Frognal is a place in London in the London Borough of Camden between Hampstead and West Hampstead. It is also the name of the major road in the area.
History
The first reference to Frognal is as a tenement in the fifteenth century, probably on the site of Frognal House. By the seventeenth century it was a small settlement. By the nineteenth century it was joined into London, and infill continued in the twentieth century.
Frognal has a diverse architecture, with many architecturally interesting buildings.
In popular culture
Frognal is referred to in the first line of Robyn Hitchcock song "Listening to the Higsons".
References
- History of the County of Middlesex
- The Buildings of England London 4: North. Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner. ISBN 0-300-09653-4.
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