Camden, inner borough of Greater
London, SE
England. Within the borough, residential Hampstead is popular with writers
and artists. John Keats, John Constable, George Du Maurier, H. G. Wells,
Kate Greenaway, and Karl Marx lived there. It is also known as a
piano-making center. Highgate Cemetery in Hampstead contains the graves of
George Eliot, Michael Faraday, Herbert Spencer, Christina Rossetti, and
Marx. Hampstead Heath, the ancient urban park, hilly, with woodlands,
meadows, and ponds, lies mainly in Camden and offers spectacular views of
the city. Holborn is the site of part of Bloomsbury, another artists and
writers area. Within Holborn also is the British Museum, the Univ. of London,
Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn (see Inns of Court), law courts, the Royal
College of Surgeons, and Hatton Garden, known for its trade in diamonds,
gold, and silver. Benjamin Disraeli was born in Holborn, which is
also the site of the Post Office Tower, one of London's tallest buildings.
St. Pancras has three famous railroad stations: Euston, King's Cross, and
St. Pancras.
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