Swiss Cottage is, if you didn’t know, named after a pub.
In hope of teaching the community a bit more about the fascinating area intertwined with the Finchley Road, the senior archivist at the Camden Local Studies and Archives centre, Tudor Allen, will be giving a talk at the Primrose Hill Community Centre next week.
Tudor told this newspaper: “The talk will show how 200 years ago the area was still fields through which the River Tyburn ran, how its development began with the construction of the Finchley Road in the late 1820s, and how many notable buildings and institutions have enriched life there – from the Swiss Cottage tavern to Cosmo’s Restaurant.”
Head along on Wednesday, and you might just find out a little about some of Swiss Cottage’s famous ex-residents Sigmund Freud, T S Eliot, and Lillie Langtry.
The free talk starts at 2pm at the centre in Hopkinsons Place.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here