Building    From 1720 

Cannon Hall

Categories: Law

A Queen Anne mansion. The name probably refers to the whole estate at the time, not just the house. About 1730, when the house was used as a court, a lock-up was built into the garden wall.
Gerald Du Maurier lived here with his family including his daughter Daphne. Used as a location for the black comedy film Bunny Lake is Missing, 1965.

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Cannon Hall

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Parish Lock-up

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Stanley Bean Atkinson

Stanley Bean Atkinson

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Lieutenant Commander James Dawbarn Young, R.N.V.R.

Lieutenant Commander James Dawbarn Young, R.N.V.R.

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Thomas Godfrey Baynes

Thomas Godfrey Baynes

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Watch House in Hampstead

Watch House in Hampstead

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1 memorial

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A. Chamberlain

A. Chamberlain

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

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1 memorial
Samuel Palmer (artist)

Samuel Palmer (artist)

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2 memorials
Borough of Holborn

Borough of Holborn

Incorporated into Camden in 1965.

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1 memorial