Markham_Square

Markham Square

Markham Square

Garden square in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Markham Square is a garden square in Chelsea, London. It was laid out in 1836.[1][2] The square is accessed from the King's Road.

Gardens in Markham Square

A Congregational chapel that stood at the north end of the square was demolished in 1953.[2]

The 1965 TV special The Incredible World of James Bond filmed at Markham Square for fictional secret agent James Bond's flat.

In 2008, the square was the scene of a police siege after a resident (Mark Saunders, a lawyer) opened fire with a shotgun from a kitchen window. After a five-hour standoff, the gunman was shot dead by police.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Griswold, John (15 June 2018). Ian Fleming's James Bond: Annotations and Chronologies for Ian Fleming's Bond Stories. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781425931001 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    Christopher Hibbert; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay (9 September 2011). The London Encyclopaedia. Pan Macmillan. pp. 530–. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.
  3. [3]
    "Q&A: Police siege tactics at killing of Mark Saunders". BBC News. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

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