Beauchamp Place Explained

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]

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Website: www.beauchamp-place.com

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Starren. Carolyn. The Kensington book. 2006. Historical Publications. London. 9781905286164. 15.
  2. Melissa Franklin Harkrider, Women, Reform and Community in Early Modern England, p. 47