Mill Lane, looking east (1900s)
Mill Lane, looking east (1900s)
Mill Lane is one of the major thoroughfares of West Hampstead.

Mill Lane was originally called Shoot-up-Hill Lane. The present name is derived from a mill which stood on the Edgware Road. It was burnt down in 1861, owing to the friction caused by the high velocity of the sails in a gale.

By the turn of the twentieth century, sections of Mill Lane had become filled with shops and small businesses.

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