Canons, Middlesex

Historical Description

Canons, a property in Little Stanmore parish, Middlesex, 1½ mile NW of Edgeware. It belonged to the priory of St Bartholomew, went at the dissolution to the Losses, and passed to the Lakes and to the first Duke of Chandos, the " Timon " of Pope. A palace was built on it by the Duke of Chandos, and pulled down in 1747. Canons Park here was the residence of the sportsman O'Kelly, and figured in connection with his famous horse " Eclipse."