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...
Sir Alan Cobham, 1894 - 1973, aviator, was born here. English Heritage
The marriage was on a Friday but it's not clear what day the party took place.
These plaques were originally located on the buildings of the Teddington Studios in Broom Road. The studios were closed and demolished in...
Samuel Pepys, 1633 - 1703, diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty, lived here, 1679 - 1688. London County Council
No explanation for the choice of name is given and we are not aware that Darwin was associated in any way with Tower Hamlets.
Artist and writer. Fabian Benedict Peake was the younger son of Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) and Maeve Patricia Mary Theresa Peake née Gilmore (1918-1983). His birth was registered as Fabian Peake in...
This object is known as an armillary sphere, or astrolab - a skeletal celestial sphere showing the rotation of the heavenly bodies, aroun...
This was the first statue ever to be made from a photograph. There is a copy at Mowbray Park, Sunderland.
City of Westminster Sir Michael Balcon, 1896 - 1977, film maker, lived here, 1927 - 1939.
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