Shaftesbury Place

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

East out of Aldersgate Street at No.34, in Aldersgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).


First mention: Horwood, 1799.

Named after the Earl of Shaftesbury, whose house, built by Inigo Jones, stood here, formerly called Thanet House (q.v.), pulled down 1882.

London Lying-in Hospital afterwards occupied the site.

The George Inn (q.v.) occupied part of the site in the 16th and 18th centuries.

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