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.
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.
[Melissa Franklin Harkrider, ''Women, Reform and Community in Early Modern England'', p. 47]
See also
*
List of eponymous roads in London
References
Website: www.beauchamp-place.com
External links
The Beauchamp Place Association*
Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Houses in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Tudor England
Seymour family
Knightsbridge
Shopping streets in London
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