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4 unusual facts about Kentish Town


George Alexander Anstey

George Alexander Anstey (1814–1895) was born at Kentish Town, London.

George Stack

He then became curate at St Paul's, Wood Green, and in 1983 was appointed Parish Priest of Our Lady, Help of Christians in Kentish Town.

Ludicrous Lollipops

The band's career was given a boost when the NME's Steve Lamacq wrote a couple of favourable reviews and mentioned the band to the London A&R crowd who frequented the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town.

Mohamed Nur

He also established and ran the Kentish Town Somali Welfare Association, the first such Somali community organization in Kentish Town.


Tobias Hill

Tobias Hill was born in Kentish Town, in North London, to parents of German Jewish and English extraction: his maternal grandfather was the brother of Gottfried Bermann, confidant of Thomas Mann and, as owner of S. Fischer Verlag, German literature's leading publisher-in-exile during the Second World War.


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