Essex Street, London

The highwayman Tom Cox, who was hanged at Tyburn in 1691, was captured in the nearby St Clement Danes churchyard after one of his victims spotted him coming out of his lodgings in Essex Street.

[2] In the first half of the twentieth century, the street was known for its publisher's offices such as Chapman & Hall,[1] and Methuen & Co. (No.

[1] The Roman Catholic journal Merry England, edited by Wilfrid Meynell, was published from 43 Essex Street.

[8] The Cheshire Cheese, a public house at 5 Little Essex Street, stands on a site where there has been a tavern since the 16th century.

[1] It is a Grade II listed building, which was rebuilt in 1928 by the architect Nowell Parr, on the site of an earlier pub, for the 'Style & Winch' Brewery.