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
The municipal governing body of the City of London. Officially the 'Mayor and...
Grimaldi lived at numerous addresses in the Clerkenwell area between 1794 and his death. This is the only one to have survived.
Marx lived at no 41 but this whole area has been redeveloped since Marx's time. And no, we have no idea what the strange pillar object is...
The war plaque is above the main entrance. The foundation stone for the Empire Memorial Sailors' Hostel is to the left of the front eleva...
Otto Schiff, CBE, 1875 - 1952, founder and director of the Jewish Refugees Committee, which was based here, 1933 - 1939. Erected by The A...
In our photo the plaque can just be seen between the bush and the right hand ground floor window.
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