Monkenholt

Monkenholt is a grade II listed building in Hadley Green Road, Monken Hadley.[1]

For the nearby Gothic house in New Barnet, see Monkenhurst.
Monkenholt.
Monkenholt in Hadley Green Road.

The house was once the home of Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the hospice movement.[2]

In 1971, the Angry Brigade exploded two bombs outside the house while it was the home of government minister Robert Carr. Carr and his family were unhurt but the house was badly damaged.[3][4]

References
  1. MONKENHOLT. Historic England. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. Blue plaque for hospice pioneer. Nick Jones, The Barnet Society, 8 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. Inside story: Monkenholt. Roger Wilkes, The Telegraph, 22 July 2000. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. BARNET 1971 - Robert Carr's House Bombed on Hadley Green. Independent Television News, 1971. You Tube. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

Media related to Monkenholt at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.