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=== The Manor hotel === The Manor hotel, formerly known as the Edgwarebury Hotel, is located on Barnet Lane.<ref>{{cite web |title=The hotel |url=https://www.themanorelstree.co.uk/the-hotel/ |website=The Manor Elstree |access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> The Tudor-style building dates back to 1540, was converted into a hotel in the 1960s, and has featured in many TV and film productions, such as the 1968 [[Hammer Horror]] classic, ''[[The Devil Rides Out (film)|The Devil Rides Out]]''. Notable guests have included [[Peter Sellers]], [[Tom Cruise]], [[John Cleese]] and [[Stanley Kubrick]].<ref>Derek Pykett, Freddie Francis, Simon Flynn, "Edgwarebury Corus Hotel", British Horror Film Locations, Publisher: McFarland, 2008, {{ISBN|0-7864-3329-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-7864-3329-2}}, 206 pages ([https://books.google.com/books?id=atktMkuOvPwC&dq=Edgwarebury&pg=PA156 page 156])</ref> It was the country home of armaments manufacturer and First Baronet [[Trevor Dawson|Sir (Arthur) Trevor Dawson]], (1866β1931).<ref name="trevordawson">Richard Davenport-Hines, 'Dawson, Sir (Arthur) Trevor, first baronet (1866β1931)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/46865, accessed 21 September 2011]</ref>
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