In a house on this site Samuel Pepys, diarist, was born, 1632 - 1703.
The Corporation of the City of London
Ralph Stephen draws our attention to the birth date on this plaque, 1632, when Pepys was actually born 23 February 1633. He surmises that the error is due to someone forgetting to make the correction necessary after 1753 when the start of the year was moved from March to January.
EC4, Salisbury Court
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Samuel Pepys - EC4
Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty. Born Salisbury Court, where his fath...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Samuel Pepys - EC4
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
From the Imperial College website: The Royal College of Science building was completed in 1906 ….. The building was designed by architect...
The Camden Palace was home to the Goon Show through the 1950s.
Greater London Council Sir Winston Churchill K.G., 1874-1965, prime minister, lived and died here.
The flower on the plaque looks to us like a chrysanthemum but we don't know if it has any special significance.
