Beauchamp Place (pronounced "Beecham Place",) is a fashionable shopping street in the Knightsbridge district of London. Previously known as Grove Place until 1885, it has since evolved into a well-known shopping street.
It was once better known for its brothels and lodging houses, but since the Edwardian era, antique shops and high-end fashion boutiques have dominated the street.[1]
Beauchamp Place originally referred to a 16th-century mansion belonging to the Seymour family, whose titles included Viscount Beauchamp. It belonged to Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp, who became the Earl of Hertford and was the son of a Lord Protector of England.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Starren, Carolyn (2006). The Kensington book. London: Historical Publications. p. 15. ISBN 9781905286164.
- ^ Melissa Franklin Harkrider, Women, Reform and Community in Early Modern England, p. 47
Website: www.beauchamp-place.com
External links
[edit]- The Beauchamp Place Association
Media related to Beauchamp Place at Wikimedia Commons
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