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| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | SW3 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| European Parliament | London |
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Chelsea Bridge is a self-anchored Suspension bridge for road and foot traffic running north-south over the River Thames in London, between Chelsea Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and Walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England Cheyne Walk (pronounced Chain-ee is an historic street in Chelsea. Often confused with Fulham Power Station. Lots Road Power Station is a disused coal and later oil-fired power station on the Chelsea Harbour is a mixed-use development in Central London, situated on the north bank of the River Thames, within the eastern boundary of the London Borough Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above Sloane Square tube station. The River Westbourne is a river in London, England. It flows from Hampstead down through Hyde Park to Sloane Square and into Sloane Square is a London Underground station in Sloane Square, Chelsea. The modern eastern boundary is Chelsea Bridge Road and the lower half of Sloane Street, including Sloane Square. 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 runs north to south from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square, crossing Pont Street about half way along Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the fashionable London districts of Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Chelsea To the north and northwest, the area fades into Knightsbridge and South Kensington, but it is safe to say that the area north of King's Road as far northwest as Fulham Road is part of Chelsea. Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. The Kings Road is a major well-known street in west London, England. Fulham Road is a Street in London, England, that runs from the A219 road in right in the centre of Fulham, in the London Borough
The district is now part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ( (often abbreviated to RBKC) is a London borough in the west side of Central London. From 1900, and until the creation of the Greater London in 1965, it formed the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea in the County of 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 1900 and 1965 The County of London was a ceremonial county and administrative county of England from 1889 to 1965
Chelsea Football Club has its grounds at Stamford Bridge, and so is in Fulham Broadway, not in Chelsea. Stamford Bridge is a football Stadium on the border of Fulham and Chelsea, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham that Walham Green is an area located on the border of Fulham and Chelsea, West London, United Kingdom.
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History
The word Chelsea means "landing place [on the river] for chalk or limestone" (Old English). Anglo-Saxon Cealc-h3ð = "chalk wharf". Chalk (ʧɔːk is a soft white porous Sedimentary rock, a form of Limestone composed of the Mineral Calcite. A wharf is a landing place or Pier where ships may tie up and load or unload 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. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey King Edward the Confessor (c 1003 &ndash 5 January 1066 son of Ethelred the Unready, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England and the last Abbot Gervace subsequently assigned the manor to his mother, and it passed into private ownership. Modern-day Chelsea was the site of the Synod of Chelsea in 787 AD. The Synod of Chelsea was held in 787 at Cealchythe in Kent, generally identified with modern Chelsea London. In the ancient records, it is written as Chelchith, which Norden, a writer of considerable note, derives from the Saxon words ceale or cele, meaning "coldness", and hyd, meaning "port" or "haven".
King Henry VIII acquired the manor of Chelsea from Lord Sandys in 1536; Chelsea Manor Street is still extant. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 &ndash 28 January 1547 was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of Two of his wives, Catherine Parr and Anne of Cleves, lived in the Manor House; Princess Elizabeth – the future Queen Elizabeth I – was a resident; and Thomas More lived more or less next door at Beaufort House. The six wives ( queens consort) of Henry VIII of England were in order Catherine of Aragon (annulled Anne Boleyn (beheaded Jane Catherine Parr ( c 1512 &ndash 5 September 1548 also known as Katherine or Katharine Parr(e, was the last of the six wives of Henry Anne of Cleves Queen of England (22 September 1515&ndash16 July 1557 ( German: Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg) was the fourth wife of Henry VIII Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535 from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English Lawyer, author and statesman who in his lifetime gained James I established a theological college on the site of Chelsea Royal Hospital, which was later founded by Charles II. James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625 was King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a Retirement home and Nursing home for British Soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to Charles II (Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685 was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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 which caused the district to finally absorb into the metropolis. "Market garden" redirects here For the World War II operation see Operation Market Garden. The street crossing what was known as "Little Chelsea", Park Walk, linked Fulham Road to King's Road and continued to the Thames and Local Ferry down Lover's Lane, renamed "Milmans Street" in the 18th century.
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. Charles II (Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685 was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, officially the Great Spring Show and part of London's summer Social season. St James's Palace is one of London's oldest Palaces It is situated on Pall Mall in London, just north of St Fulham (pronounced "fullum" is an area of south-west London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, (the successor to the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham One of the more important buildings in King's Road is Chelsea Town Hall, a fine neo-classical building containing important frescos. Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century both as a reaction against the Rococo Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or Part of the building contains the Chelsea Public Library. Almost opposite is the former Odeon Cinema, now Habitat, with its iconic façade which carries high upon it a large sculptured medallion of the now almost-forgotten William Friese-Greene, who claimed to have invented celluloid film and cameras before any subsequent patents. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. William Friese-Greene ( September 7, 1855 &ndash May 5, 1921) (born William Edward Green) was a portrait Photographer and
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". The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc Fulham Road is a Street in London, England, that runs from the A219 road in right in the centre of Fulham, in the London Borough This is no longer the case, although Housing trusts and Council property do remain. The areas to the west also attract very high prices.
The memorials in the churchyard of Chelsea Old Church (All Saints), near the river, illustrate much of the history of Chelsea. Chelsea Old Church (All Saints is on the north bank of the River Thames ( Chelsea Embankment) near Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London 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). John Laird Mair Lawrence 1st Baron Lawrence, GCB, GCSI, PC ( 4 March 1811 &ndash 27 June 1879) was an Irishman 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 ( February 3, 1799 January 22, 1876) was a Maryland politician who served as Governor of Maryland from Sir Hans Sloane 1st Baronet, PRS ( 16 April, 1660 &ndash 11 January, 1753) was an Ulster-Scot Physician and Thomas Shadwell (c 1642 &ndash 19 November 1692) was an English Playwright and miscellaneous Writer who was appointed A Poet Laureate is a Poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for State occasions and other government events Sir Thomas More's tomb can also be found there. Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535 from 1935 Saint Thomas More, was an English Lawyer, author and statesman who in his lifetime gained
Chelsea was once famous for the manufacture of Chelsea buns (made from a long strip of sweet dough tightly coiled, with currants trapped between the layers, and topped with sugar). The Chelsea Bun was first created in the eighteenth century at the Bun House in Chelsea, an establishment favoured by Hanoverian royalty and demolished Dough is a paste made out of any Cereals (grains or leguminous crops by mixing the Flour with a small amount of Water. The Zante currant ( Vitis vinifera) or currant is a variety of Small, Sweet, seedless Grape named after Corinth (currant and The area 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. The Chelsea porcelain manufactory (established around 1743-45 is the first important Porcelain manufactory in England; its earliest Soft-paste porcelain Porcelain is a Ceramic material made by heating raw materials generally including Clay in the form of Kaolin, in a Kiln to temperatures Derby (pronounced "dar-bee" /dˈɑːbɪ/ is a city in the East Midlands of England. Examples of the original Chelsea ware fetch high values.
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 Royal Hospital Chelsea is a Retirement home and Nursing home for British Soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne) (1650 - 14 November 1687 was one of the earliest English Actresses to receive prominent recognition The beautifully proportioned building by Christopher Wren stands in extensive grounds, where the Chelsea Flower show is held annually. Sir Christopher Wren ( 20 October 1632 &ndash 25 February 1723) was a 17th century English Designer, Astronomer There was also until recently the Duke of York's Barracks off King's Road; now the Duke of York's Square, it was redeveloped into shops and cafes and is the site of the weekly farmers' market. The Duke of York's Headquarters is a complex of buildings designed by architects Paul Davis + Partners in Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, England The Saatchi Galleray will be opening in the main building in spring 2008. Chelsea Barracks, at the end of Lower Sloane Street, was also in use until recently, primarily by ceremonial troops of the Household Division. Chelsea Barracks was a British Army Barracks located in the City of Westminster, London, adjacent to Chelsea, on Chelsea Bridge Household Division is a term used principally in the Commonwealth of Nations to describe a country’s most elite or historically senior military units or those military units Situated on the Westminster side of Chelsea Bridge Road, it was bought by a property group for re-development.
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). Chelsea Bridge is a self-anchored Suspension bridge for road and foot traffic running north-south over the River Thames in London, between It became prominent once again as one of the centres of 1960s "Swinging London". 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, the haunt of artists, radicals, painters and poets. The term bohemian, of French origin was first used in the English language in the nineteenth century to describe the untraditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished Artists Little of this seems to survive now – the comfortable squares off King's Road are homes to the English military establishment, investment bankers and film stars, and more recently the pop singer Kylie Minogue. Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE, born 28 May 1968 is an Australian pop Singer - Songwriter and occasional Actress. The Chelsea Arts Club continues in situ; however, the Chelsea College of Art and Design, originally founded in 1895 as the Chelsea School of Art, decamped from Manresa Road to Pimlico in 2005. The Chelsea Arts Club was established on March 21 1891 (in Chelsea as a rival to the older Arts Club in Mayfair on the instigation of the artist The Chelsea College of Art and Design, the erstwhile Chelsea School of Art, is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London and one of the world's
Its 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. Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882 was an English poet Illustrator, painter and Translator. Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 &ndash 19 December 1851 was an English Romantic landscape painter, Watercolourist and William Holman Hunt (b 2 April 1827 in Cheapside, London &ndash d John Singer Sargent (January 12 1856 &ndash April 14 1925 was the most successful portrait painter of his era During his career he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 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. Cheyne Walk (pronounced Chain-ee is an historic street in Chelsea. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (also known as the Pre-Raphaelites) was a group of English painters Poets, and critics founded in 1848 by
Chelsea was also home to writers such as George Meredith, Algernon Swinburne, Leigh Hunt, and Thomas Carlyle. George Meredith, OM ( February 12, 1828 &ndash May 18, 1909) was an English Novelist and Poet during Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909 was a Victorian era English poet James Henry Leigh Hunt ( October 19, 1784 &ndash August 28, 1859) was an English critic essayist poet and writer Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881 was a Scottish essayist satirist and historian whose work was highly influential during the Victorian era. Jonathan Swift lived in Church Lane, Richard Steele and Tobias Smollett in Monmouth House. Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 This is about Richard Steele Irish writer and politician for others see Richard Steele (disambiguation page Tobias George Smollett (bapt 19 March, 1721 &ndash 17 September, 1771) was a Scottish author best known for his Picaresque 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. Sir Leslie Stephen, KCB (28 November 1832 &ndash 22 February 1904 was an English author critic and mountaineer and the father of Virginia Woolf and (Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 was an English Novelist and Essayist, regarded as one of the foremost Virginia Woolf set her 1919 novel Night and Day in Chelsea, where Mrs. Night and Day (published on 20 October 1919 is a novel by Virginia Woolf. Hilbery has a Cheyne Walk home.
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. Arthur Mitchell Ransome (born 18 January 1884 in Leeds - died 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist 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". Pamela Colman Smith ( February 16, 1878 — September 18, 1951) was an artist illustrator and writer Arthur Edward Waite ( October 2, 1857 - May 19, 1942) was a scholarly Mystic who wrote extensively on Occult and The tarot (also known as tarocchi, tarock or similar names is typically a set of seventy-eight cards comprised of twenty-one trump cards, one The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (or more commonly the Golden Dawn) was a magical order of the late 19th and early 20th centuries practicing a form of
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 library now occupies part of the Chelsea Old Town Hall on the Kings Road.
The Chelsea Collection is a priceless anthology of prints and pictures of old Chelsea. 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 Society, formed in 1927, remains an active amenity society concerned with preserving and advising on changes in Chelsea's built environment. The Chelsea Society was founded in 1927 by the Chelsea author Reginald Blunt, with the aim of protecting the historical fabric of Chelsea and of influencing Chelsea Village and Chelsea Harbour are new developments outside of Chelsea itself. Chelsea Harbour is a mixed-use development in Central London, situated on the north bank of the River Thames, within the eastern boundary of the London Borough
Swinging Chelsea
Chelsea shone again, brightly but briefly, in the 1960s Swinging London period and the early 1970s. 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 Swinging Sixties was defined on 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. 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 Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969 was a founding member and Guitarist of the English Rock group The Rolling Stones. Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 is an English Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, producer and a founding member of The Rolling In the 1970s, the World's End of King's Road was home to Vivienne Westwood's boutique "SEX", and saw the birth of the British punk movement. The World's End is a district of Chelsea London, lying at the end of the Kings Road. Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI, (born 8 April, 1941) is an English Fashion designer largely responsible for bringing SEX was a Boutique run by Malcolm McLaren & Vivienne Westwood at 430 King's Road London. The punk subculture is based around Punk rock. It emerged from the larger Rock music scene in the mid-to-late-1970s in the United Kingdom, the United Elvis Costello even sang "I don't want to go to Chelsea". Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry Then Youth culture decamped: the Goths moved to the newly fashionable quarter of Camden Town, while the hippies left for Notting Hill. A youth subculture is a Youth -based Subculture with distinct styles behaviours and interests The goth subculture is a contemporary Subculture found in many countries Camden Town is the district of London, England around Camden High Street, in the London Borough of Camden. The Hippie Subculture was originally a Youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world Notting Hill is an area in West London, England close to the north-western corner of Hyde Park, and lying within the Royal Borough of Kensington and
However, there seems to be a resurgence taking place with the interest taken by Princes William and Harry and numerous "new Sloane" youth in Chelsea night-life.
King's Road remains the major artery through Chelsea and a very busy road, and despite its continuing reputation as a shopping mecca, it is now home to many of the same shops found on any other UK high streets, such as Gap, Virgin Megastore, and McDonald's. High Street, or the High Street, is a Metonym for the generic name (and frequently the official name of the primary Business street The Gap Incorporated ( is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco California, and founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher Virgin Megastores is an international chain of Record shops founded by Sir Richard Branson on London 's Oxford Street in January or February Sloane Street and Knightsbridge are overtaking Bond Street as London's premier shopping destinations, housing a variety of high-end fashion or jewellery like Cartier, Gucci and Graff. Sloane Street is a street in London which runs north to south from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square, crossing Pont Street about half way along Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. Bond Street is a major shopping street in London which runs through Mayfair from Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north The House of Gucci, better known simply as Gucci, is an Italian iconic fashion and Leather goods label
Notable residents
- Bryan Adams
- Lily Allen
- Francis Bacon
- Jamie Bell
- Hilaire Belloc (Cheyne Walk)
- John Betjeman (Radnor Walk)
- Dirk Bogarde (Lower Sloane Street)
- William Boyd (Redburn Street)
- Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (civil engineers); 98 Cheyne Walk)
- Charles Cadogan, 8th Earl Cadogan
- Phyllis Calvert (actress) was born in Chelsea
- Thomas Carlyle the "Sage of Chelsea" (24 Cheyne Row – now National Trust House)
- Steve Clark (late Def Leppard guitarist)
- Agatha Christie
- Johnny Depp rented property from Thomas Golsong on King's Road for the duration of filming Finding Neverland. {Otherpeople|Brian Adams}} Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English Singer-songwriter and television presenter. Francis Bacon 1st Viscount St Alban KC QC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626 was an English Philosopher, Statesman, and author Jamie Bell' (born 14 March 1986 in Billingham, County Durham, England) is a BAFTA -winning English Actor. Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 1870 &ndash 16 July 1953 was a French -born Writer who became a Naturalised British subject Sir John Betjeman, CBE ( 28 August 1906 &ndash 19 May 1984 was an English poet writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde ( 28 March, 1921 &ndash 8 May, 1999) better known by his Stage name William Boyd may refer to William Boyd 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock (died 1717 Scottish nobleman William Boyd 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1704-1746 Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, FRS ( 25 April 1769 &ndash 12 December 1849) was a French -born engineer who settled in the Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 &ndash 15 September 1859 (ˈɪzəmbɑrd ˈkɪŋdəm brʊˈnɛl was a British Engineer. Charles Gerald John Cadogan 8th Earl Cadogan (born March 24, 1937) is one of the richest people in the United Kingdom. Phyllis Calvert ( February 18, 1915 - October 8, 2002) was an English film stage and television actress. Thomas Carlyle (4 December 1795 – 5 February 1881 was a Scottish essayist satirist and historian whose work was highly influential during the Victorian era. Stephen Maynard Clark ( April 23, 1960 – January 8, 1991) was one of the co-lead guitarists for British Hard rock Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English John Finding Neverland is a 2004 British / American semi- Biographical film directed by Marc Forster.
- George Devine & Jocelyn Herbert (Rossetti Studios, Flood St)
- 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)
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury (Swan Walk)
- Elizabeth Gaskell (93 Cheyne Walk)
- Henri Gaudier-Brezska (Redburn Street)
- Bob Geldof (Redburn Street)
- David Lloyd George (10 Cheyne Walk)
- Hugh Grant (Chelsea Square)
- Elizabeth Hurley
- Michael Hutchence (Redburn Street)
- Mick Jagger and all the Rolling Stones (Edith Grove, Cheyne Walk)
- Henry James (21 Cheyne Walk)
- Roger Keyes
- Mark Knopfler
- Bob Marley composed his hit "I Shot the Sheriff" in a one-bedroom flat off Cheyne Walk in the mid-1970s. George Alexander Cassady Devine CBE ( 20 November, 1910 - 20 January, 1966) was an extremely influential theatrical manager director Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone (born 28 October 1930 near Bungay Suffolk, England) is the president and CEO of Mary Ann (Marian Evans ( 22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880) better known by her Pen name George Eliot, was an Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10 1922 – June 22 1969 was an American actress and singer Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil 7th Marquess of Salisbury, PC (born September 30, 1946) is a Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (née Stevenson 29 September 1810 &ndash 12 November 1865 often referred to simply as Mrs Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof, KBE, known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951, is an Irish singer David Lloyd George 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor OM, PC (17 January 1863 &ndash 26 March 1945 was a British Statesman and the only Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960 is a British Actor and Film producer. Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965 is an English model and former actress who became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant in the 1990s Michael Kelland John Hutchence ( January 22 1960 &ndash November 22 1997) was an Australian Singer-songwriter, most famous Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock Henry James, OM ( –) son of theologian Henry James Sr, brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes 1st Baron Keyes, Bt GCB KCVO CMG DSO RN ( 4 October Mark Knopfler OBE (born August 12 1949 Glasgow, Scotland) is a British Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian
- Kate Middleton (girlfriend of Prince William) (Old Church Street)
- Kylie Minogue
- Thomas More
- Juliano Belletti (Chelsea F.C. footballer)
- John Camden Neild (5 Cheyne Walk)
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Sylvia Pankhurst (Cheyne Walk)
- Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (16 Cheyne Walk)
- Gerald Scarfe and Jane Asher
- John Shaw Junior, architect of the 19th century
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- Osbert Sitwell (Carlyle Square)
- Chris Squire
- Philip Wilson Steer (109 Cheyne Walk)
- Algernon Swinburne (16 Cheyne Walk)
- Margaret Thatcher (Flood Street)
- J. M. W. Turner (died at 119 Cheyne Walk on 19 December 1851)
- James McNeill Whistler (21, 96 & 101 Cheyne Walk)
- Oscar Wilde (today 34 Tite Street, 16 Tite Street in Wilde's lifetime)
- Paula Yates (Redburn Street)
- Il Divo ( Urs, Sebastien, Carlos and David )
- Mark Twain (23 Tedworth Square)
- Bram Stoker (Author of Dracula)
- J. R. R. Tolkien (Author of Lord of the Rings)
Property
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 equally 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. The Moore Park Estate in SW6 is also considered to be part of the Fulham/Chelsea border.
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 or Fulham Broadway tube stations.
The most desirable part of Chelsea is around Sloane Square and Knightsbridge tube. Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the fashionable London districts of Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Chelsea Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. Around here, Chelsea meets Knightsbridge. Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. 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. Charles Gerald John Cadogan 8th Earl Cadogan (born March 24, 1937) is one of the richest people in the United Kingdom. Much of Chelsea is now viewed as a "Global Ultra Prime Residential Area".
Much of Chelsea (SW3) and Knightsbridge (SW1X) is still owned by Earl Cadogan, through the Cadogan Estates. The term Chelsea pensioner is used to refer to an in-pensioner at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, that is a former British Soldier who lives within the Royal The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a Retirement home and Nursing home for British Soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. Earl Cadogan is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. Cadogan Estates Ltd is a property company owned by the Earls Cadogan, one of the richest families in the United Kingdom. Most of the property owned 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. Leasehold is a form of property tenure where one party buys the right to occupy land or a building for a given length of time A Leasehold Valuation Tribunal ( LVT) is a statutory Tribunal in England which determine various types of Landlord and Tenant dispute Lord 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. Sloane Street is a street in London which runs north to south from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square, crossing Pont Street about half way along The Kings Road is a major well-known street in west London, England. Peter Jones is one of the largest and best known Department stores in central London, England. Sloane Street is a street in London which runs north to south from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square, crossing Pont Street about half way along The Cadogan Estate has 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. Fulham Road is a Street in London, England, that runs from the A219 road in right in the centre of Fulham, in the London Borough The Kings Road is a major well-known street in west London, England. Sloane Street is a street in London which runs north to south from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square, crossing Pont Street about half way along Peter Jones is one of the largest and best known Department stores in central London, England. Harvey Nichols ("Harvey Nicks" founded in 1813 is an Upmarket Department store chain The Cadogan Hotel is one of London 's most prestigious luxury hotels and restaurants The Estate 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). Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) The area is home to several open spaces including Albert Bridge Gardens, Battersea Bridge Gardens, Chelsea Embankment Gardens, Royal Hospital Chelsea: the grounds of which are used by the annual Chelsea Flower Show and Chelsea Physic Garden. The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a Retirement home and Nursing home for British Soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, officially the Great Spring Show and part of London's summer Social season. The Chelsea Physic Garden was established as the Apothecaries’ Garden in London, England in 1673
Nearest places
- Belgravia
- Brompton
- Knightsbridge
- Pimlico
- South Kensington
- West Brompton
- Fulham
- Fulham Broadway
- Battersea (south of the river)
Transport
- Sloane Square tube station
- South Kensington tube station
- Earls Court tube station
- Fulham Broadway tube station
- Imperial Wharf railway station (proposed)
- Chelsea tube station (proposed)
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