The Cross Keys Heritage: Dylan Thomas, J. M. W. Turner, Agatha Christie, John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Bob Marley, 1708 - 2012, celebrated figures drank here.
But not Dickens?
SW3, Lawrence Street, Cross Keys
This pub was first built in 1708 and is considered the oldest pub in Chelsea.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Cross Keys pub
Detective novelist and playwright. Born in Torquay, into a well-off family, ...
Robert Nesta Marley, singer, lyricist and Rastafarian icon. His reggae songs ...
Born Florence, Italy. Prolific American painter, specializing in portraits. A...
Poet. Born at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea, which is now a themed holiday renta...
Born (on St George's Day) in Covent Garden. Even as he became successful he r...
J. E. Howard FRS, 1807 - 1883, chemist who discovered anti-malarial use of quinine, lived nearby at 'Lords Meade'. Historic Buildings of ...
Jean Rhys, 1890 - 1979, writer lived here in flat 22, 1936 - 1938. English Heritage
London County Council George Grossmith, 1847 - 1912, actor and author, lived here.
The terrific A Vindication of the Rights of Mary has a whole page on this address, where, it is believed, Mary lived 1788 - 1791.
The wall plaque, for the tower, is on the south side. The other three are in the paved area around the tower, on three sides. 2013: The...
