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Thornhill Square households as “Middle-class. Well to-do”, and those of Thornhill Crescent as "Fairly comfortable. Good ordinary earnings". However as the 20th century progressed, the area became run-down like much of Islington. The Thornhill family interest ceased with the death of
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dignitaries, indicating the prosperous status of the estate and its new residents. The ÂŁ6,500 cost exceeded the sum stated in the competition conditions and, on completion, debts of over ÂŁ2,000 were still outstanding.
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Thornhill in 1955, and there were rumours that the estate might be broken up and redeveloped. By 1959 about a third of the property in the surrounding square mile was condemned for
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and Francis B. Newman and it was built by Dove Brothers Ltd, who were a Barnsbury based construction company from 1781 to 1993. The church was consecrated in 1854 by the
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