Heathpool is a residential suburb of
Adelaide
Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei ...
, Australia, east of the city, in the
City of Norwood Payneham St Peters
The City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters is a metropolitan local government area of South Australia. It covers the inner eastern suburbs of Adelaide. It is divided into five wards: Torrens, Payneham, West Norwood/Kent Town, Kensington (each ele ...
.
History
It was one of three large properties in the
Marryatville
Marryatville is a small suburb about east of Adelaide CBD, Adelaide's central business district, in the local council area of City of Norwood Payneham St Peters. Comprising low- to medium-density housing, two large schools, a church and severa ...
area, and named by early settler George Reed, after his home in
Hethpool,
Northumberland
Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottish border, border with Scotland. It is bordered by the North Sea to the east, Tyne and Wear and County Durham to the south, Cumb ...
.
The house at 11 Northumberland Avenue was owned by
Henry Woodhouse Crompton for many years.
References
Further reading
Much of the early history of Kensington, Marryatville and Heathpool are described in this article, which has been split by the scanning process on Trove (and is followed by other articles related to the area):
* (Part one of single article)
* (Part two of Kensington and Marryatville article)
Suburbs of Adelaide
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