Site of the Navy Office in which Samuel Pepys lived and worked. Destroyed by fire 1673.
The Corporation of the City of London
EC3, Seeting Lane
This plaque is attached to a stone hidden in the bushes. But helpfully the man in the red t-shirt and red socks is marking its location and the tourists at the right are pointing at it, or possibly at the socks.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Pepys and Navy Office
Built on the site of Walsingham's mansion, this was the Navy Office in which ...
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:
Pepys and Navy Office
In addressing the 'square mile' concept Londonist has provided a potted histo...
Greater London Council Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher, 1841 - 1920, lived here as First Sea Lord, 1904 - 1910.
We find this building puzzling since in some ways it looks more modern than those around but it retains many characteristics that suggest...
Sir Edward Burne-Jones, 1833 - 1898, artist, lived here, 1865 - 1867. English Heritage
William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811 - 1863, novelist, lived here.
This plaque is identical to the one at the Community Hall.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
In 2021 Robert Turner sent us photos of a postcard showing a war memorial at the Chalk Farm bus garage. This had been found by his friend...
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
French resistance fighters in WW2. 470 SOE agents were sent on sabotage missions to occupied France where they fought with networks of French resistance fighters who played an important part in the...
