Canonbury is a residential area within the London Borough of Islington, which until the early 19th century was predominantly open land then gradually it was developed as a suburb. This would be the perfect place to rendezvous with one of our beautiful and enchanting
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This is an area of London which is not only full of historic places to visit but is rich in entertainment, restaurants and bars providing a busy and exciting nightlife.
In 1976 a 1,200 dwelling council estate was completed, this was a traffic free estate and originally was complimented on its design but unfortunately it gained a bad reputation and has since been redeveloped to improve the estate from a security point of view for the residents.
There are many Art Galleries, beautiful walks and interesting places to see in and around the area.
There are many famous people linked with Canonbury such as Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex who served as King Henry VIII chief minister from 1532 to 1540 and he was one of the strongest advocates of the English Reformation.
Also another of Canonbury’s famous residents was Francis Bacon, 1st and only Viscount of St.Alban. Francis Bacon was famous as a scientist, lawyer, philosopher, statesman, jurist and author. Serving both as Lord Chancellor of England and Attorney General, unhappily his political career ended in disgrace but he was always influential as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific revolution.
More recently famous residents have been English actress Dame Flora McKenzie Robson who was very well known as a character actress playing such roles as Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland (1972).
Early in their literary careers, George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh lived in Canonbury Square, also the travel and detective storywriter Lesley Forbes lived in the area. A Christmas Story written by the famous Charles Dickens was a story about a lamplighter in Canonbury and the Canonbury Tower was featured in this story. The well known environmental organisation Greenpeace UK have their offices in Canonbury Villas, so as you can see this area is rich with notable personalities and organisations.