Hampstead Garden Suburb - Quiz
  • 1. Where are the offices of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust located?
A) Downing Street
B) Finchley Road
C) Central Square
D) Golders Hill Park
  • 2. What must freeholders obtain from the Trust before altering the external appearance of their properties?
A) A local bylaw waiver
B) Approval
C) Parliamentary consent
D) A planning grant
  • 3. The scheme of management for the Suburb was approved pursuant to which act?
A) Public Health Act 1875
B) Leasehold Reform Act 1967
C) London Underground Act 1908
D) Hampstead Garden Suburb Act 1906
  • 4. Which specific garden change requires consent from the Trust?
A) Planting small flowers
B) Significant changes to gardens
C) Regular lawn mowing
D) Installation of patio furniture
  • 5. What act of Parliament was needed to allow Unwin to build houses in cul-de-sacs?
A) Leasehold Reform Act 1967
B) Public Health Act 1875
C) Hampstead Garden Suburb Act 1906
D) Chancery Division Act 1974
  • 6. Section 5 of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Act 1906 defines residential cul-de-sacs as being under what length?
A) 150 feet
B) 200 feet
C) 500 feet
D) 1000 feet
  • 7. Which of these is mentioned as a large open space in the Suburb?
A) Hyde Park
B) Kensington Gardens
C) Regent's Park
D) Central Square
  • 8. How many councillors represent the Garden Suburb ward on Barnet Council?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Four
D) One
  • 9. Who represents the constituency of Finchley and Golders Green as of 2024?
A) Sarah Sackman
B) Victor Blank
C) Harold Wilson
D) Peter Mandelson
  • 10. Which former resident of the Suburb was the first female cabinet minister?
A) Margaret Bondfield
B) Sarah Sackman
C) Myra Hess
D) Jean Henderson
  • 11. Frank Pick is known as the father of what?
A) The modern London Underground
B) British town planning
C) Hampstead Garden Suburb
D) The Labour Party
  • 12. Which former British Prime Minister lived in the Suburb prior to moving into Downing Street?
A) Harold Wilson
B) Constantine II
C) Robert Donat
D) Peter Mandelson
  • 13. The Public Health Act 1875 effectively enforced what type of street layout?
A) Cul-de-sac
B) Curvilinear
C) Circular
D) Grid-iron
  • 14. What is required before felling or pruning trees in the Suburb?
A) A permit from Barnet Council
B) A High Court Order
C) An Act of Parliament
D) Consent from the Trust
  • 15. The Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust is the freeholder of the majority of what?
A) Remaining leasehold properties
B) Commercial premises
C) Public parks
D) Parliamentary buildings
  • 16. Which London borough is Hampstead Garden Suburb located in?
A) Harrow
B) Islington
C) Barnet
D) Camden
  • 17. Who founded Hampstead Garden Suburb?
A) Henrietta Barnett
B) Sir Raymond Unwin
C) Ebenezer Howard
D) Barry Parker
  • 18. How many properties does the suburb consist of?
A) Just over 5,000
B) Just over 10,000
C) Just over 2,000
D) Exactly 500
  • 19. From whom did the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust Ltd purchase the land?
A) Eton College
B) The City of London
C) The Crown Estate
D) The London Borough of Barnet
  • 20. Which of the following is a feature of the houses in the suburb?
A) Separated by brick walls
B) Separated by concrete barriers
C) Separated by iron fences
D) Separated by hedges
  • 21. Who laid out the Central Square?
A) Sir Edwin Lutyens
B) Raymond Unwin
C) John Soutar
D) Barry Parker
  • 22. What is the approximate population of the suburb?
A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 25,000
D) 16,000
  • 23. Which of these is a school located in the suburb?
A) Henrietta Barnett School
B) The Institute
C) Toynbee Hall
D) Eton College
  • 24. When did the residents' association introduce a penalty system for noisy equipment?
A) 2016
B) 2006
C) 2015
D) 2014
  • 25. What is notably absent from the suburb?
A) Public houses
B) Trees
C) Public parks
D) Schools
  • 26. What happened to The Institute in 2016?
A) It closed down
B) It merged with a school
C) It was renovated
D) It moved to Barnet
  • 27. Which architect was appointed by the trust in 1906?
A) Samuel Barnett
B) Raymond Unwin
C) Ebenezer Howard
D) John Soutar
  • 28. Where is the open-air arena located?
A) Little Wood
B) Hampstead Heath
C) Market Place
D) Central Square
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