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...
We're pretty certain that the blue colour is vandalism, or guerrilla art, if you will.
Our photograph of the house is from English Heritage.
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A very sad plaque. Watts's home was somewhere in this area but his body was actually found near Westminster Bridge. We don't know on what...
