The site now covered by Essex Street and Devereux Court was once Essex House and grounds, named after Robert, Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth's favourite, who also led a rebellion against her which ended with him besieged in this house. In 1675 Nicholas Barbon laid out Essex Street.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Essex Street, House & grounds
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Essex Street & Essex Hall
This plaque was first erected at 7 Essex Street in 1962 and then re-erected h...
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1 memorial
John Murray Easton
Architect. Born in Edinburgh. Amongst his designs were: Aberconway House, Mayfair (1922), the Royal Horticultural Society's Lawrence Hall (1928); the British Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair in Ne...
1 memorial
Highbury Manor
It was built for the Lord of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem. The site may have been used by the Romans as a summer camp. It was destroyed by the mob led by Jack Straw during the Peasants' Revol...
1 memorial
Sir Herbert Baker
Architect. Born and brought up in Kent, trained as an architect in London. 1892 went to South Africa where he gained many important commissions. During a brief return to Britain in 1904 he married....
3 memorials
Chelsea Society
The Chelsea Society was founded by the Chelsea author Reginald Blunt (son of Gerald), with the aim of protecting the historical fabric of Chelsea and of influencing future environmental changes.
1 memorial