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Beauchamp Place

Coordinates: 51°29′52″N 0°09′54″W / 51.4977°N 0.1650°W / 51.4977; -0.1650
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Beauchamp Place, 2008
Beauchamp Place, 1977

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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References

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

Website: www.beauchamp-place.com

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51°29′52″N 0°09′54″W / 51.4977°N 0.1650°W / 51.4977; -0.1650