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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Markham Square

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

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

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.

References

  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. ^ 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. ^ "Q&A: Police siege tactics at killing of Mark Saunders". BBC News. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

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