As Camden Town and the greater Borough of Camden itself started out as barely a grouping of a few houses alongside a main road, it was not until much later that they gained their names after their namesake, Sir Charles Pratt, the first Earl of Camden. Sir Pratt obtained the area of Camden Town through marriage in 1791, specifically the land that was once upon a time the manor of Kentish Town, but death claimed the man just three years later, in 1794. While the Borough of Camden did not become established until much later on April 1st, 1965, Camden Town slowly began to grow in popularity over the years. As the world made progress with the industrial revolution during the 19th century and railways and canals were built through the location and became adapted to serve a transportation function, they also brought with them new life. Still, Camden Town was deemed an unfashionable area until change struck again in 1973, when the old warehouses and similar buildings were transformed to serve as tourist destinations. It still contains a significant number of methods of transportation throughout in order to accommodate the large amount of tourism in the area, simply having switched over from shipping goods to transporting people over the years. Areas like the Camden Catacombs, which were initially built for the transportation of goods (and not to serve as an underground cemetery as the name would suggest) but could not be converted into stores or walkways due to public safety concerns, were either closed off to tourists or became submerged below the water level. Having housed a variety of popular figures over the years as well, Camden Town has made many appearances in various forms of media and is now a well-known name to those even outside of London.

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