- District in west London, a key transport hub and commercial center on the River Themes bordering Shephard’s Bush.
- Main Center of London’s Polish Minority
- The community of Hammersmith was created in the 1660s, when Hammersmith's first parish church, which later became St Paul’s Church (not Cathedral), was built by Sir Nicholas Crispe who ran the brickworks in Hammersmith. According to one (slightly sketchy) source, the name means the place with the hammer smithy (surprising), and was first mentioned in 1294, but does not mention where or how. Incidentally, Sir Nicholas Crispe, responsible for funding many of the town’s projects, asked that his heart be displayed separately from his body in a glass case. “Miss Hartshorne, in her work on "Enshrined Hearts," tells us that Sir Nicholas left a sum of money for the especial purpose that his heart might be refreshed with a glass of wine every year, and that his singular bequest was regularly carried out for a century, when his heart became too much decayed.”
- Hammersmith also has a large municipal park called Ravenscourt Park located to the west of the center.
- The center of Hammersmith is served by two tube stations, both named Hammersmith. The station was opened on 9 September 1874 by the Metropolitan District Railway as the western terminus of the railway when it was extended from Earl's Court.
- History of Hammersmith Town from 1878: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45297: It is described as a place of hospitality and charity, aside from the time a mob decided to loot a nunnery. The Blythe mansion was thought to be haunted but it turns out smugglers and highway men had taken up residence there. There was also a highly colorful lady called The Margravaine, lavishly wealthy, guilty of many indiscretions, and a fan of plays, writing and performing in her own, on the stage in her backyard.
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