Up to Hampstead to Keats' house, the place where he lived from 1819 to 1821, at a time when Hampstead was mostly fields, accessible from London by stagecoach, the nearest stagecoach stopping point being the location of the present Royal Free Hospital. Keats had moved there to nurse his younger brother Tom who was dying of TB - and contracted it himself. The house, to which he moved after Tom's death, was owned by a friend, and was originally divided into two houses - the other part being occupied by the Brawne family, including young Fanny Brawne, to whom he became engaged. Very informative guide, and a moving experience, especially after yesterday's talk. Keats came down with TB here and left from here on his trip to Rome in the hope of a cure in a warmer climate - though no one who has been in Rome in midwinter would have held out a great deal of hope.
JAWORSKI TRAVELS