Chelsea
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London borough	Kensington & Chelsea
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Statue of Thomas More on Cheyne Walk. Chelsea Old Church in background. (January 2006)

Crosby Hall on Cheyne Walk. Parts of this building date back to the time of Richard III, its first owner. But it is not native to Chelsea — it is a survivor of the Great Fire of London. It was shipped brick by brick from Bishopsgate in 1910 after being threatened with demolition. (January 2006)

Chelsea is an area of west London bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above Sloane Square tube station. The modern eastern boundary can be said to be Chelsea Bridge Road and the lower half of Sloane Street, including Sloane Square. To the north and northwest, the area fades into Knightsbridge and South Kensington, but it is safe to say that the area north of the King's Road as far northwest as the Fulham Road is part of Chelsea. Image File history File links Greater_london_outline_map_bw. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... 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Cheyne Walk (pronounced Chaynee) is the most historic street in Chelsea, a bit of picturesque old London. Most of the houses were built in the early eighteenth century. ... Lots Road Power Station, viewed from the River Thames Lots Road Power Station was a coal-fired power station adjacent to the River Thames in Lots Road near Victoria railway station in London, England which supplied electric power to the London Underground system. ... Chelsea Harbour is a development on the western boundary of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ... The River Westbourne is a river in London, England. ... Sloane Square tube station is a London Underground station in Sloane Square, Chelsea. ... Chelsea Bridge Road is the modern eastern boundary of Chelsea, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ... Sloane Street is a street in London which connects Knightsbridge to Sloane Square and forms the boundary between the exclusive districts of Belgravia and Chelsea. ... Sloane Square is a small hard landscaped square on the boundaries of the fashionable London districts of Belgravia and Chelsea. ... Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles... The junction with Old Brompton Road and Pelham Street, outside South Kensington tube station. ... Kings Road is a major east-west street in Londons Chelsea. ... Fulham Road is a street in London, England, that runs from the A219 road in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, through Chelsea to Brompton Road and the A4 in Brompton, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ...

The district is now part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. From 1900, and until the creation of the Greater London in 1965, it formed the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea in the County of London. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (often abbreviated to RBKC) is a London borough in the west side of central London. ... Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... The Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1899 and 1965, when it was amalgated with the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington to form the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ... The County of London (in red), super imposed upon todays Greater London area, to show the difference in size with post-1965 Borough boundaries The County of London was an administrative county of England from 1888 to 1965. ...

Note also that Stamford Bridge, the famous headquarters of the Chelsea Football Club, though close to the west end of the King's Road, is actually in nearby Fulham, which therefore hosts two Premiership teams. Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham that is home to Chelsea Football Club. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues, previously also known as the Pensioners), founded in 1905, is a Premier League football team that plays at Stamford Bridge football ground in west London. ... For the place in Adelaide, South Australia see Fulham, South Australia Fulham is an area of London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, located 3. ... For the Scottish equivalent see Scottish Premier League The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays Premiership in England and the Barclays English Premier League or just simply The EPL internationally) is a league competition for football clubs located at the top of the English football league system...

Chelsea originated as a school for cock sucking and porn industry The word 'Chelsea' probably means cunt Anglo-Saxon Cealc-h3ð = "chalk wharf". The first record of the Manor of Chelsea precedes the Domesday Book and records the fact that Thurstan, governor of the King's Palace during the reign of Edward the Confessor, gave the land to the Abbot and Convent of Westminster. Abbot Gervace subsequently assigned the manor to his mother, and it passed into private ownership. Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... The Needles,situated on the Isle Of Wight, are part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation. ... Metung Wharf on Bancroft Bay, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, Australia A wharf is a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, roughly parallel to and alongside navigable water, where ships are loaded and unloaded. ... A line drawing entitled Domesday Book from Andrew Williamss Historic Byways and Highways of Old England. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Henry VIII acquired the manor of Chelsea from Lord Sandys in 1536, (Chelsea Manor Street is still extant). Both Catherine Parr and Anne of Cleves lived in the Manor House, Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth I) was a resident, and Sir Thomas More lived more or less next door at Beaufort House. James I established a theological college on the site of Chelsea Royal Hospital (which was founded by Charles II). Silver groat of Henry VIII, minted c. ... Catherine Parr (c. ... Anne of Cleves, painted by Hans Holbein the Younger Queen Anne of England née Anne of Cleves (September 22, 1515–July 16, 1557) also known as The Flanders Mare (see below)—was the fourth queen consort of Henry VIII of England from January 6, 1540 to July 9, 1540. ... Elizabeth I redirects here. ... There are also several institutions named Thomas More College. ... James VI and I (James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 – March 27, 1625) was King of Scots, King of England, and King of Ireland. ... Figure Court of Royal Hospital Chelsea The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age, located in the Chelsea region of central London. ... Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 30 January 1649 (de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. ...

By 1694, Chelsea — always a popular location for the wealthy, and once described as "a village of palaces" — had a population of 3,000. Even so, Chelsea remained rural and served London to the east as a market garden, a trade that continued until the 19th century development boom when the district was finally absorbed into the metropolis. The street crossing what was know as Little Chelsea, Park Walk, linked the Fulham Road to the King's Road and continued to the Thames and Local Ferry down Lover's Lane, renamed Milmans Street in the 18th century. Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation in World War II, which took place in September 1944. ...

The King's Road was named for Charles II, recalling the king's private road from St James's Palace to Fulham, which was maintained until the reign of George IV. One of the more important buildings in the King's Road is Chelsea Town Hall, a fine neo-classical building containing important frescos. Part of the building contains the Chelsea Public Library. Almost opposite is the Odeon Cinema, with its iconic facade, which carries high upon it a large sculptored medalion of the now almost forgotten William Friese-Greene, who claimed to have invented celluloid film and cameras before any subsequent patents. Main entrance of St Jamess Palace, London St Jamess Palace is one of Londons oldest and most historic palaces. ... For the place in Adelaide, South Australia see Fulham, South Australia Fulham is an area of London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, located 3. ... George IV (George Augustus Frederick) (12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 29 January 1820 until his death. ... Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ... Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas. ... Odeon Cinemas are a chain of cinemas in the United Kingdom. ... William Friese-Greene (September 7, 1855–May 5, 1921) (born William Edward Green) was a portrait photographer and prolific inventor. ...

According to Encyclopædia Britannica "the better residential portion of Chelsea is the eastern, near Sloane Street and along the river; the western, extending north to Fulham Road, is mainly a poor quarter". This is no longer the case, with parts of Fulham such as Parson's Green attracting equally high house prices and being deemed desirable places to live. The areas to the west (and particularly around Cadogan Square) is actually now far more desirable. The Encyclopædia Britannica is an encyclopedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. ... Fulham Road is a street in London, England, that runs from the A219 road in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, through Chelsea to Brompton Road and the A4 in Brompton, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ... Parsons Green looking south along the New Kings Road Parsons Green is an area in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. ...

The memorials in the churchyard of Chelsea Old Church (All Saints), near the river, illustrate much of the history of Chelsea. These include Lord and Lady Dacre (1594-1595); Sir John Lawrence (1638); Lady Jane Cheyne (1698); Francis Thomas, 'director of the china porcelain manufactory'; Sir Hans Sloane (1753); Thomas Shadwell, Poet Laureate (1692). Sir Thomas More's tomb can also be found there. Chelsea Old Church (All Saints) is an Anglican church on the corner of Chelsea Embankment and Old Church Street. ... Daughter of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, and later the wife of Charles Cheyne, Viscount Newhaven, Lady Jane Cavendish (1621-1669) was a noted poet and playwright. ... Francis Thomas Francis Thomas (February 3, 1799 – January 22, 1876) was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland, serving from 1831 until 1835 and from 1861 until 1871. ... Hans Sloane. ... Thomas Shadwell Thomas Shadwell (c. ... A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events. ... There are also several institutions named Thomas More College. ...

Chelsea was once famous for the manufacture of Chelsea buns (a Chelsea bun is made from a long strip of sweet dough tightly coiled, with currants trapped between the layers, and topped with sugar). Chelsea is still famous for its "Chelsea China" ware, though the works, the Chelsea porcelain factory — thought to be the first workshop to make porcelain in England — were sold in 1769, and moved to Derby. Examples of the original Chelsea ware fetch high values. The Chelsea has hot buns! was first created in the eighteenth century at the Bun House in Chelsea, an establishment favoured by Hanoverian royalty and demolished in 1839. ... Dough Dough is a paste made out of any cereals (grains) or leguminous crops by grinding with small amount of water. ... A Zante currant is a variety of small, sweet, seedless grape named for the Ionian island Zakynthos. ... The Chelsea porcelain factory (established around 1743) is thought to be the first in England. ... “Fine China” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Derby (disambiguation). ...

The best-known building is Chelsea Royal Hospital for invalid soldiers, set up by Charles II (supposedly on the suggestion of Nell Gwynne), opened in 1694. The beautifully proportioned building by Wren stands in extensive grounds. There was also until recently the Duke of York's Barracks off the King's Road, now a shopping mall. Chelsea Barracks, at the end of Lower Sloane Street, is still in use - primarily by ceremonial troops of the Household Division. Figure Court of Royal Hospital Chelsea The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age, located in the Chelsea region of central London. ... Nell Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), was born Eleanor Gwynne, (February 1650 - 14 November 1687), the most famous of the many mistresses of King Charles II, was called pretty, witty Nell by Samuel Pepys. ... Sir Christopher Wren, (20 October 1632–25 February 1723) was a 17th century English designer, astronomer, geometrician, and the greatest English architect of his time. ... The Duke of Yorks Barracks were military barracks in Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ... It has been suggested that Retail park be merged into this article or section. ... Chelsea Barracks is a British Army barracks located approximately three-quarters of a mile from Buckingham Palace in central London. ... Household Division is term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings, or those military groupings that provide functions associated directly with the Sovereign. ...

Chelsea Bridge from the south bank.

Chelsea's modern reputation as a centre of innovation and influence originated in a period during the 19th century when the area became a veritable Victorian artists' colony (see 'Borough of artists' below). It also became prominent once again as one of the centres of 1960s 'Swinging London' (see 'Swinging Chelsea' below). Image File history File links Chelsea_Bridge,_River_Thames,_London,_England. ... Image File history File links Chelsea_Bridge,_River_Thames,_London,_England. ... Chelsea Bridge from the south bank. ... Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer (top left) in Adam Adamant Lives! (cover of VHS video, 1991) Swinging London is a catchall term applied to a variety of dynamic cultural trends in the United Kingdom (centred in London) in the second half of the 1960s. ...

The borough of artists

Chelsea once had a reputation as London's bohemian quarter, and likes to think of itself as the haunt of artists, radicals, painters and poets. Little of this seems to survive now: the comfortable squares off the King's Road are homes to the English military establishment, investment bankers and film stars, and more recently the pop singer Kylie Minogue. The term Bohemian was first used in the nineteenth century to describe the non-traditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, musicians, and actors in major European cities. ... The Establishment is a slang term (chiefly in British and Commonwealth English) for a traditional conservative ruling class and its institutions. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (born May 28, 1968) is a Grammy and ARIA Award winning Australian dance-pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ...

Oscar Wilde's house in Tite Street, Chelsea

In fact it has always reflected an odd mixture of the English upper class, and the cultural ever-so-slightly-avant-garde. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (960x1280, 266 KB)Photo taken by User:Adam Carr, June 2002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (960x1280, 266 KB)Photo taken by User:Adam Carr, June 2002 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. ... Oscar Wildes house at 34 Tite Street, now commemorated with a blue plaque. ... Upper class refers to the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ...

Chelsea's reputation stems from a period in the 19th century when it became a sort of Victorian artists' colony: painters such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, J.M.W. Turner, James McNeill Whistler, William Holman Hunt, and John Singer Sargent all lived and worked here. There was a particularly large concentration of artists in the area around Cheyne Walk (pronounced Cheynee) and Cheyne Row, where the Pre-Raphaelite movement had its heart. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (May 12, 1828 - April 10, 1882) was an English poet, painter and translator. ... J. M. W. Turner, English landscape painter The fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, painted 1839. ... Self portrait James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 14, 1834 – July 17, 1903) was an American-born, British-based painter and etcher. ... William Holman Hunt - Self-Portrait. ... Self Portrait, oil painting, 1907 John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925) was the most successful portrait painter of his era, as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist. ... Cheyne Walk (pronounced Chaynee) is the most historic street in Chelsea, a bit of picturesque old London. Most of the houses were built in the early eighteenth century. ... The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. ...

Chelsea was also home to writers such as George Meredith, Algernon Swinburne, Leigh Hunt, and Thomas Carlyle. Jonathan Swift lived in Church Lane, Richard Steele and Tobias Smollett in Monmouth House. Carlyle lived for 47 years at No. 5 (now 24) Cheyne Row. After his death, the house was bought and turned into a shrine and literary museum by the Carlyle Memorial Trust, a group formed by Leslie Stephen, father of Virginia Woolf. George Meredith, OM (February 12, 1828 – May 18, 1909) was an English novelist and poet. ... Algernon Swinburne, Portrait by Rossetti Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. ... An artists rendering of James Henry Leigh Hunt James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 - August 28, 1859) was an English essayist and writer. ... The most familiar view of Carlyle is as the bearded sage with a penetrating gaze. ... Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer( first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet, famous for works like Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapiers Letters, The Battle of the Books, and... Sir Richard Steele (bap. ... Tobias Smollett Tobias George Smollett (March 19, 1721 - September 17, 1771) was a Scottish author, best known for his picaresque novels, such as Roderick Random and Peregrine Pickle. ... Sir Leslie Stephen (November 28, 1832 – February 22, 1904) was an English author and critic, the father of two famous daughters, Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. ... Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was an English novelist and essay writer who is regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. ...

Virginia Woolf set her 1919 novel Night and Day in Chelsea, where Mrs. Hilbery has a Cheyne Walk home. Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Night and Day (1919) is a novel by Virginia Woolf. ...

In a curious book, Bohemia in London by Arthur Ransome which is a partly fictional account of his early years in London, published in 1907 when he was 23, there are some fascinating, rather over-romanticised accounts of bohemian goings-on in the quarter. The American artist Pamela Colman Smith, the designer of A.E. Waite's Tarot card pack and a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, features as "Gypsy" in the chapter "A Chelsea Evening". Cover of Arthur Ransomes autobiography Arthur Mitchell Ransome (January 18, 1884 – June 3, 1967), was a British author and journalist, best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of childrens books, which tell of school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk... Death, the tarot card, from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck Pamela Colman Smith (February 16th 1878 - september 18th 1951) was an artist, illustrator, and writer. ... Arthur Edward Waite in the early 1880s Arthur Edward Waite (October 2, 1857 - May 19, 1942) was an occultist and co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. ... Visconti-Sforza tarot deck The tarot is a set of cards featuring 21 trump cards and a special card called The Fool, in addition to the usual suit (face and pip) cards found in ordinary playing cards. ... Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, in Egyptian costume, performs a ritual of Isis (not a Rite of the Golden Dawn). ...

A central part of Chelsea's artistic and cultural life was Chelsea Public Library, originally situated in Manresa Road. Its longest serving member of staff was Armitage Denton, who joined in 1896 at the age of 22, and he remained there until his retirement in 1939. He was appointed Chief Librarian in 1929.

The Chelsea Collection is a priceless anthology of prints and pictures of old Chelsea. Begun in 1887, it contains works by artists as notable and diverse as Rossetti and Whistler. During his time at the Library, Armitage Denton built the Collection assiduously, so that by the time of his death in July 1949 it numbered more than 1,000 items. At the end of the 20th century, the Collection totalled more than 5,000 works, and it continues to grow. The Chelsea Collection is a priceless anthology of prints and pictures of old Chelsea. ...

Swinging Chelsea

Chelsea shone again, brightly but briefly in the 1960s Swinging London period and the early 1970s. The Swinging Sixties was defined on the King's Road which runs the length of the area and both the Beatles and Rolling Stones members Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards lived here at one time. In the 1970s the "World's End" of the King's Road was home to Vivienne Westwood's boutique "SEX", and saw the birth of the punk movement. Elvis Costello even sang `I don`t want to go to Chelsea`. Then Youth culture decamped forever, the Goths moving to the newly fashionable quarter of Camden Town and the hippies to Notting Hill. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer (top left) in Adam Adamant Lives! (cover of VHS video, 1991) Swinging London is a catchall term applied to a variety of dynamic cultural trends in the United Kingdom (centred in London) in the second half of the 1960s. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Woodstock: the iconic Sixties event The Sixties in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969 (see: 1960s), but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past 20 years. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was a founding member, lead and rhythm guitarist and backing singer in the English rock group, The Rolling Stones. ... Sir Michael Phillip Mick Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. ... Keith Richards (a. ... Dame Vivienne Westwood DBE (born Vivienne Isabel Swire in Tintwistle, Cheshire, on 8 April 1941) is an English fashion designer largely responsible for modern punk and new wave fashions. ... SEX was a boutique run by Malcolm McLaren & Vivienne Westwood at 430 Kings Road in London. ... Punks at a music festival The punk subculture is a subculture based on punk rock. ... Declan Patrick MacManus (born August 25, 1954, in London), better known by his stage name, Elvis Costello, is an English musician, singer, and songwriter of Irish ancestry. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Clan of Xymox - Goth band circa 2004 A German Goth with rosary beads and alchemical symbol on forehead. ... Camden Town is an area of north London in the London Borough of Camden. ... Hippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy) were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native American religious culture, and were otherwise at odds with traditional middle class Western values. ... For the film, see Notting Hill (film). ...

Typical street in Chelsea

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The King's Road remains the major artery through Chelsea and a very busy road, however, despite its continuing reputation as a shopping mecca, it is now home to many of the same shops found on any other UK high street, (Gap, Virgin Megastore, and McDonald's for example). Sloane Street and Knightsbridge are overtaking Bond Street as London's premier shopping destinations; housing a variety of high end fashion or jewellery (for example Cartier, Gucci and Graff) etc. (see Knightsbridge). It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Main Street. ... Gap, Incorporated (NYSE: GPS) is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California and founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris Fisher. ... Virgin Megastores is a chain of record shops scattered throughout the world, established by Richard Branson. ... McDonalds Corporation (NYSE: MCD) is the worlds largest chain of fast-food restaurants, primarily selling hamburgers, chicken, french fries, milkshakes and soft drinks. ... Sloane Street is a street in London which connects Knightsbridge to Sloane Square and forms the boundary between the exclusive districts of Belgravia and Chelsea. ... Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles... An arcade in Old Bond Street Bond Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. ... hello ... The House of Gucci, better known as simply Gucci is an Italian iconic fashion and leather goods label. ... Anton Graff Colonel Graff Gerald Graff Hyrum Graff Kasimir Graff Van de Graff Van de Graff generator Place names De Graff De Graff, MN De Graff, OH Graff (Lunar crater) See also Graf (disambiguation), Graf, Graph This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the... Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles...

Sights

• Kings Road
• Old Church Street
• Carlyle's House
• Turner's House
• National Army Museum
• Peter Jones
• A number of good antique and art shops off Sloane Square and Pimlico Road.
• The Number 11 Bus, London – one of the great bus journeys of the world.
• Chelsea Physic Garden

Kings Road is a major east-west street in Londons Chelsea. ... Old Church Street is a street in London, England in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ... Carlyles House in 1881. ... The National Army Museum is the British Armys central museum. ... Peter Jones is one of the largest and best known department stores in London. ... The number 11 bus starts at Liverpool Street Bus Terminal, just East of the City of London, and terminates at Fulham Broadway travelling via some of Londons most famous landmarks. ... The Chelsea Physic Garden (physic in the former sense of the science of healing), established by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, is one of the oldest botanical gardens in Europe (second oldest in Britain), and its rock garden is the oldest English garden devoted to alpine plants. ...

Famous residents

Chelsea probably has more Blue Plaques than any other district of London. Some of the great and not-so-good who have lived here include: A blue plaque showing information about The Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey in Torquay. ...

• Francis Bacon
• Hilaire Belloc (Cheyne Walk)
• James Bond (fictional) and John le Carre's Smiley.
• Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (civil engineers) (98 Cheyne Walk)
• Phyllis Calvert (actress) was born in Chelsea
• Steve Clark (late Def Leppard guitarist)
• Agatha Christie
• Johnny Depp rented a property on the King's Road for the duration of filming Finding Neverland.
• George Devine & Jocelyn Herbert (Rossetti Studios, Flood St)
• Dominicetti (6 Cheyne Walk)
• Bernie Ecclestone (Chelsea Square)
• George Eliot (spent the last 3 weeks of her life at 4 Cheyne Walk)
• Judy Garland (Spent the last few months of her life there with her fifth husband until death on June 22, 1969)
• Elizabeth Gaskell (93 Cheyne Walk)
• Bob Geldof
• David Lloyd George (10 Cheyne Walk)
• Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan (Chelsea Square)
• Elizabeth Hurley
• Mick Jagger and all the Rolling Stones (Edith Grove, Cheyne Walk)
• Henry James (21 Cheyne Walk)
• Roger Keyes
• Bob Marley composed his hit "I Shot the Sheriff" in a one-bedroom flat off Cheyne Walk in the mid-1970s.
• Freddie Mercury (1 Logan Place, W8), the outer wall is covered in graffiti and messages by Queen fans from around the world, particularly from Japan.
• Kate Middleton (girlfriend of Prince William)
• Kylie Minogue
• Thomas More
• John Camden Neild (5 Cheyne Walk)
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Sylvia Pankhurst (Cheyne Walk)
• Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran
• Alex Rider (fictional)
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti (16 Cheyne Walk)
• Gerald Scarfe and Jane Asher
• John Shaw Junior, architect of the 19th Century
• Mark Shuttleworth of ubuntu linux
• Sir Philip Wilson Steer (109 Cheyne Walk)
• Algernon Swinburne (16 Cheyne Walk)
• Margaret Thatcher (Flood Street)
• William Turner (died at 119 Cheyne Walk on December 15, 1851)
• James McNeill Whistler (21, 96 & 101 Cheyne Walk)
• Oscar Wilde (today 34 Tite Street, 16 Tite Street in Wilde's lifetime)
• Countess Zaleska (fictional title character in Dracula's Daughter)

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Property

Chelsea College of Art and Design (North Block). Formerly the Royal Army Medical College. (October 2005)

Chelsea consists of two main postcodes (SW3 and SW10) but also includes small sections of SW1. All of Chelsea is, by definition, in the London borough of "The Royal Borough Kensington and Chelsea" (RBKC). On the eastern side RBKC meets the equably fashionable and expensive borough of the City of Westminster (COW), this meets at Lower Sloane Street where the postcode is SW1W, with one side of the road being in COW and the other in RBKC. However it does give the strange result that some of RBKC is in SW1W. Image File history File linksMetadata Royal_army_medical_college_1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Royal_army_medical_college_1. ... Chelsea College of Art and Design (North Block). ...

The vast majority of Chelsea is SW3. The far west of Chelsea is SW10 and SW5 but due to the absence of tube coverage in large parts of the Borough, most people in SW10 use Earls Court tube in SW5.

The most desirable part of Chelsea is around Sloane Square and Knightsbridge tube. Around here, Chelsea meets Knightsbridge. This property market attracts considerable (international) attention, and is a very complex market as it consists mainly of short leases under Earl Cadogan as freeholder. The area around Cadogan Square has seen a massive boom in the prices of property (a 19% increase between 2005 and 2006) as is now very much viewed as a Global Ultra Prime Residential Area. Sloane Square is a small hard landscaped square on the boundaries of the fashionable London districts of Belgravia and Chelsea. ... Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles... Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles... The title of Earl Cadogan (pronounced [kəˈdʌgən]) has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain, first in 1718 and then in 1800. ... Freehold is a term used in real estate or real property law, land held in fee simple, as opposed to leasehold, which is land which is leased. ...

Much of Chelsea (SW3) and Knightsbridge (SW1X) is still owned by Earl Cadogan. Most of the property he owns is in and around Cadogan Square. This has a major influence on the markets as the Earl is the freeholder and generally has no desire to sell; although changes in legislation now mean the freeholder is obliged to sell lease extensions to a leaseholder at prices which are determined by the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal. Earl Cadogan is generally regarded as an effective and successful property developer/landlord being responsible, together with his management team, for bringing all of the fashion labels to Sloane Street, and also forward thinking developments on his own account at Duke of York Square on Kings Road, at Peter Jones and on Sloane Street. Earl Cadogan owns a considerable portfolio of retail property throughout Chelsea but notably on Fulham Road, Kings Road, and Sloane Street including Peter Jones, Harvey Nichols, and 12 hotels including the Cadogan Hotel. Earl Cadogan also maintains many of the garden squares, (to which local residents can gain access by subscribing for an annual fee - and optionally the tennis courts where applicable). Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles... Charles Gerald John Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan (b. ... Freehold is a term used in real estate or real property law, land held in fee simple, as opposed to leasehold, which is land which is leased. ... Freehold is a term used in real estate or real property law, land held in fee simple, as opposed to leasehold, which is land which is leased. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Leasehold estate. ... A Leasehold Valuation Tribunal (LVT) is a tribunal under the laws of England and Wales where the adjudicators are a panel consisting of three; one with a background in property law (generally a solicitor); one with a background in property valuation generally a qualified surveyor; and a layman. ... The title of Earl Cadogan (pronounced [kəˈdʌgən]) has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain, first in 1718 and then in 1800. ... Sloane Street is a street in London which connects Knightsbridge to Sloane Square and forms the boundary between the exclusive districts of Belgravia and Chelsea. ... Kings Road is a major east-west street in Londons Chelsea. ... Peter Jones in an episode of Rumpole of the Bailey Peter Jones (June 12, 1920 – April 10, 2000) was an English actor, born at Wem in Shropshire. ... Sloane Street is a street in London which connects Knightsbridge to Sloane Square and forms the boundary between the exclusive districts of Belgravia and Chelsea. ... The title of Earl Cadogan (pronounced [kəˈdʌgən]) has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain, first in 1718 and then in 1800. ... Fulham Road is a street in London, England, that runs from the A219 road in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, through Chelsea to Brompton Road and the A4 in Brompton, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ... Kings Road is a major east-west street in Londons Chelsea. ... Sloane Street is a street in London which connects Knightsbridge to Sloane Square and forms the boundary between the exclusive districts of Belgravia and Chelsea. ... Peter Jones in an episode of Rumpole of the Bailey Peter Jones (June 12, 1920 – April 10, 2000) was an English actor, born at Wem in Shropshire. ... Harvey Nichols at the corner of Knightsbridge and Sloane Street in London A Harvey Nichols advertisement encourages women to buy an expensive pair of shoes that they are unable to afford and eat beans on toast every day until the next time they are paid Harvey Nichols (Harvey Nicks), founded... Blue plaque to Lillie Langtree The Cadogan Hotel is one of Londons most prestigious luxury hotels and restaurants. ... The title of Earl Cadogan (pronounced [kəˈdʌgən]) has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain, first in 1718 and then in 1800. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ...

Nearest places

• Belgravia
• Brompton
• Knightsbridge
• Pimlico
• South Kensington
• West Brompton
• Fulham
• Battersea (south of the river)

Belgravia is a district in the City of Westminster in London, to the south-west of Buckingham Palace. ... Brompton are an English Bicycle manufacturer who produce Folding bicycles. ... Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles... Pimlico is a district in London, England and part of the City of Westminster. ... The junction with Old Brompton Road and Pelham Street, outside South Kensington tube station. ... West Brompton is an area of South-West London, within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. ... For the place in Adelaide, South Australia see Fulham, South Australia Fulham is an area of London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, located 3. ... Battersea is a place in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ...

Transport

• Knightsbridge tube station
• Sloane Square tube station
• South Kensington tube station

Knightsbridge tube station, Sloane Street entrance Knightsbridge is a London Underground station in Knightsbridge. ... Sloane Square tube station is a London Underground station in Sloane Square, Chelsea. ... Located on Cromwell Road in South Kensington, London, South Kensington tube station is the closest London Underground station to the Natural History, Science and Victoria and Albert Museums, as well as to Imperial College. ...

External links

• Cadogan Hotel
• Cadogan website
• Chelsea Information

Blue plaque to Lillie Langtree The Cadogan Hotel is one of Londons most prestigious luxury hotels and restaurants. ...