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Leicester House, Westminster. Coordinates: 51°30′40″N 00°07′50″W. Leicester House in an engraving of 1748. Leicester House was a large aristocratic townhouse in Westminster, London, to the north of where Leicester Square now is.
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Coordinates: 51.5104°N 0.1301°W. Leicester Square ( / ˈlɛstər / ⓘ LEST-ər) is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England. It was laid out in 1670 as Leicester Fields, which was named after the recently built Leicester House, itself named after Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester.
Leonard Cowie | Published in History Today Volume 23 Issue 1 January 1973. The building of Leicester House in the seventeenth century heralded the expansion of London north-westwards beyond Charing Cross. The pictorial map made about 1570, attributed to Ralph Agas, shows all the land between the churches of St Martin-in-the-Fields and St Giles ...
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Trafalgar Square, London’s most iconic square is mere paces away from Leicester Square. On it, you’ll find The National Gallery, The National Portrait Gallery, Nelson’s Column, the famous Lion Sculptures, St Martin’s in the Fields as well as Britain’s smallest police station. There you were thinking it was just another overhyped spot.
Essex House was a house that fronted the Strand in London. Originally called Leicester House, it was built around 1575 for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and was renamed Essex House after being inherited by his stepson, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, after Leicester's death in 1588.
