London is a city with so much history that it's written into the buildings, the streets and even several feet underground. When we examine the history of a city, we look at its architecture, its layout, the people who built it and the ground it's built on.
One thing we often forget is that there are
green spaces in a city, and that they may be as old or even older than the buildings that surround them. We visit, photograph and read about landmarks like St. Paul's Cathedral or the Tower of London, and we forget about the ancient heritage of
St. James's Park or, in this case,
Hampstead Heath.
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View of Hampstead Pond no.1 from Parliament Hill |