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Canonbury
Canonbury (Greater London)
Canonbury

Canonbury shown within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ325845
London borough Islington
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district N1
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Islington South and Finsbury
London Assembly North East
List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°32′37″N 0°05′18″W / 51.5437, -0.0883

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In the north-west of the area is the New River Estate (formerly the Marquess Estate), a 1,200 dwelling council estate, completed in 1976 on 26 acres, and designed by Darbourne & Darke. A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U [1] A dark red brick, traffic free estate, it was praised as an example of municipal architecture, but achieved a bad reputation and has since been extensively redeveloped to improve security for residents. Much of it has recently been redeveloped following the change of name.

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Notable residents

Literary and artistic connections

George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh lived in Canonbury Square each quite early in their literary careers. Charles Dickens wrote a Christmas Story about a lamplighter in Canonbury, which features the Tower. For other uses see A Christmas Story (disambiguation A Christmas Story is a 1983 film based on the Short stories A lamplighter, historically was an employee of a town who lit Street lights generally by means of a wick on a long pole Lesley Forbes, the travel and detective story writer, and Gavin Menzies, who has argued cogently that China launched an expedition which travelled the world in 1421, both live in the area. Detective fiction is a branch of Crime fiction in which a Detective (or detectives either professional or amateur investigate a crime usually Murder Rowan Gavin Paton Menzies (born 1937 is a retired British submarine commander and amateur historian best known as the author of the controversial book 1421 The Year China China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National

Stella Rimington sometime head of MI5 lived at two addresses either side of the New River, but does not longer do so, and Cate Blanchett is a former resident. Dame Stella Rimington, DCB (born May 1935) was the Director-General (DG of MI5 from 1992 Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett (born 14 May 1969 is an Academy Award -winning Australian Actress and Stage director.

Places of interest

Canonbury Tower, Islington, January 2006
Canonbury Tower, Islington, January 2006

Groups in Canonbury

Politics

Sickert Court and part of the Marquess Estate January 2006
Sickert Court and part of the Marquess Estate January 2006

Transport and locale

Nearest places

Nearest railway stations

Nearest tube stations

Nearest bus routes

Bus Route 4 19 21 30 38 43 56 67 73
Bus Route 76 141 149 242 243 271 277 341 476

References

  1. ^ a b 'Islington: Growth: Canonbury', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 19-20 accessed: 3 May 2007
  2. ^ Statutory Instrument 1993 No. 1417 accessed 3 May 2007

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