Norway House and Yard - Spencer Walk, London, UK
N 51° 33.378 W 000° 10.619
30U E 695693 N 5715467
This black plaque indicates that Norway House and Norway Yard once stood on this site. The plaque is located in Spencer Walk, a narrow passage that is entered from Hampstead High Street that lies to the south west.
Waymark Code: WMT7X4
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/11/2016
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The black plaque has raised white lettering that advises:
On this site stood
Norway House and Norway Yard.
By the beginning of the 19th century this fine house
set in its own large garden, had become a famous boarding
academy for young gentlemen. We know that in 1805 the school
was run by Bidmead & Johnson, but by 1840 control was in the hands
of James Hessey. There is a story in Mary Hill’s “Hampstead
in Light and Shade” of bread and apples being smuggled in to
the hungry pupils by a kindly maidservant. The house and garden
underwent further changes of use before being swept away in
1931 to make room for a garage. At a point nearby coaches
set-off for London when Hampstead
was a country town.
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund