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...
This stone records the opening of the bridge to the public. Another similar stone at the north-west corner of the bridge records the gif...
There are 10 memorials in this area around the the war memorial building in our photo. The two pier heads are to the right of the buildin...
Plaque unveiled by Don Wales, grandson of Sir Malcolm and nephew of Donald.
In our photo the plaque can be seen in the paving between the fair-haired woman with the backpack, and the woman with remarkably white tr...
King Henry VIII, 1491-1547. Close to this site stood the King’s Manor House. Part of its boundary wall adjoins Cheyne Studio.
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