Sunday 31 August 2014

Parish Lock up

Walking through the streets of Hampstead I came across this unusual doorway and windows.









I then had to find Holly Walk to have a look at the Watch House mentioned above and here it is:



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11 comments:

  1. I have to say I found this whole area fascinating - I wonder how wealthy you have to be to live there!

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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  2. Interesting piece of history. Worth visiting.

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  3. I didn't realize that the phrase "lock-up" was a noun with a place, actual bars on the window. Very interesting! :-)

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  4. Looks like it would be impossible to break out of that lock-up. Very secure.

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  5. Only thing I miss living on this side of the pond...the history

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  6. It makes me claustrophobic to think of being locked up in a garden wall. I guess I will just behave myself!

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  7. Brrr, a bad place to be locked up.

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  8. Nice brick work, but I wouldn't want to be locked in either!

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  9. Great discovery. Thanks for sharing.

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  10. What great old buildings. My city didn't exist back then!

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  11. Wow! I'm glad I don't need to spend any time in that first one - although it's rather charming on the outside, I bet the inside is miserable...

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