Historical Dictionary of London

DEVONSHIRE SQUARE

At the east end of Devonshire Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention:Hatton, 1708.
It occupies the site of Devonshire House and Garden shown in O. and M. 1677, so called as being for some years the town house of the Earls of Devonshire, and formerly known as Fisher's Folly.
SeeDevonshire House and Fisher's Folly.