Cultural References
- Hampstead is referred to in the song "Young Conservatives" by The Kinks and in "Cross Eyed Mary" by Jethro Tull.
- Hampstead is referenced in a Monty Python sketch where a famous playwright (with a northern accent and working-class look) sarcastically remarks to his son (who works in a mine): "Hampstead wasn't good enough for you, eh? You had to go poncin' off to Barnsley".
- Hampstead is referred to in the hit Bollywood film "Desi Boyz".
- Hampstead is the location of Lucy Westenra's tomb in Bram Stoker's "Dracula." Lucy, being un-dead, lured children to Hampstead Heath at night to drink their blood. During the course of their investigation, Drs. Van Helsing and Seward dined at Jack Straw's and caught a cab near Spaniard's Inn.
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