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CHALK-FARM, a place of 32 acres in the northWestern suburbs of London, now partly occupied by the Northwestern railway and its depôt; adjacent to the Zoological Gardens and Primrose Hill, 3¼ miles NW of St. Pauls. It was notorious for duels fought on it; specially for one between Col. Montgomery and Capt. Macnamara in 1803.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place of 32 acres" (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels") |
| Administrative units: | London Ancient County |
| Place: | Chalk Farm |
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