In 1811, Hampstead vestry bought a 2½ acre field on the east side of Holly Walk for a churchyard, which it made from only the southern portion.
Most of the cottages which line Holly Walk date from 1813.
St Mary’s Catholic Church was built in 1796 by and for refugees who fled their homeland during the French Revolution.
Beyond the church a plaque on the wall of number 9 Holly Place, named The Watch House, advises that “in the 1830s the newly formed Hampstead Police Force set out on its patrol and nightly watch from this house.”
