The Edgar Wallace

The Edgar Wallace is a public house at 40–41 Essex Street, London WC2, at the corner with Devereux Court.

The Edgar Wallace in 2010

The pub dates back to 1777, and was originally The Essex Head.[1] The landlord then was Samuel Greaves, a former servant of the Thrale family where Samuel Johnson had lodged and Johnson and his friend Richard Brocklesby established the Essex Head Club in the tavern in 1783.[2]

It was renamed in 1975 to commemorate the crime writer Edgar Wallace's birth centenary.[3]

References

1. "Essex Street" in Christopher Hibbert; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay. (2010). The London Encyclopaedia. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. James Sambrook, "Essex Head Club (act. 1783–1794)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004–2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016. (subscription required)
3. Edgar Wallace, London. Robert Gale, Travels with Beer. Retrieved 17 November 2016.

External links

• "Essex Head, 40 & 41 Essex Street, Strand, St Clement Danes - A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St Clement Danes, London. The St Clement Danes , London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors". pubshistory.com. Retrieved 30 July 2017.