Denmark Hill

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Denmark Hill
Fox on the Hill Pub in Denmark Hill
Fox on the Hill Pub in Denmark Hill
Coordinates 51 ° 28 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′  N , 0 ° 5 ′  W
OS National Grid TQ327760
Denmark Hill (Greater London)
Denmark Hill
Denmark Hill
administration
Post town LONDON
ZIP code section SE5
prefix 020
Part of the country England
London Borough Southwark
British Parliament Dulwich and West Norwood

Denmark Hill is the name of a street and an area in the London borough of Camberwell in the borough of Southwark, east of Brixton and north of Herne Hill .

history

Historic photo from 1905

The namesake for Denmark Hill was probably Prince George of Denmark (1653–1708), the husband of Queen Anne of Great Britain (1665–1714), who liked to hunt in the then hardly built-up area. Much of the Denmark Hill and Herne Hill lands were purchased by wealthy timber merchant Samuel Sanders in 1783. Shortly afterwards he had a mansion built there for himself. More houses were added by the middle of the 19th century, which with the exception of three buildings have disappeared again. These are on the site of what is now King's College Hospital .

During the Second World War , at 113 Grove Park Street, there was an important radio eavesdropping point for British intelligence , called Denmark Hill Y Station . It was located within the then police station of the Metropolitan Police of Denmark Hill.

Infrastructure

Today, in addition to King's College Hospital, King's College London with the Cicely Saunders Institute , William Booth College , Maudsley Hospital , Denmark Hill train station and Ruskin Park are located in the area of ​​Denmark Hill .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Denmark Hill  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Denmark Hill and Herne Hill in British History Online , accessed March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Nigel West: Historical Dictionary of British Intelligence. Scarecrow Press, 2014, p. 254, ISBN 0-8108-7897-6 .