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The parish of Chelsea: Communications | British History Online The Thames, central to Chelsea's development, was probably its earliest means of communication with London and other settlements along the Thames valley, and the river's importance to Chelsea was marked by the number of wharves belonging to private residents, which allowed them to use their own barges to travel along the river. Chelsea vestry saw steamboats - quick, cheap, and comfortable - as potentially the common transport of residents of the densely-populated shore, but by the 1850s improved railways and roads had begun the decline in both commuter and recreational traffic on the river. Chelsea village was reached from the east by a road from Ebury and Westminster, presumably that mentioned in 1433. www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=28685   (6990 words)

Chelsea, London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chelsea Barracks, at the end of Lower Sloane Street, is still in use - primarily by ceremonial troops of the Household Division. 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. All of Chelsea is, by definition, in the London borough of "The Royal Borough Kensington and Chelsea" (RBKC). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chelsea,_London   (1905 words)

Bridges of Chelsea Chelsea began a ferry in 1631 that ran from Chelsea to Charlestown and to Boston, but this was incapable of carrying horse and wagons. In 1802 legislative authority was granted the Salem Turnpike and the Chelsea Bridge Corporation to construct, maintain and operate a toll bridge between Chelsea and Charlestown. The bridge provided a 32 foot roadway which was narrowed down to 16 feet at the draw spans across the North and South channels. olgp.net /chs/bridge/bridges.htm   (993 words)

English Football - Stamford Bridge As a result, Chelsea was formed as a new club and were given entry to The Football League for the 1905-06 season. Stamford Bridge itself hosted the cup final for the first three years after the First World War from 1920 to 1922, after which it was replaced by Wembley. Rumours persist that Chelsea’s management plan to vacate Stamford Bridge in the near future, most probably to take up residence in a new stadium, though the possibility of moving to the under-construction City Of London Stadium (to be used during the 2012 Olympic Games, which London will host) has been mooted. www.english-football.org.uk /stadiums-grounds/stamford-bridge   (1375 words)

Chelsea Introduction It is one of the smaller inner London parishes, lying in the Kensington Division of Ossulstone Hundred, and bounded by the detached part of St Margaret Westminster on the north, St George Hanover Square on the east, the river Thames and Fulham on the south, Fulham on the south-west, and Kensington on the north-west. Chelsea’s position and links with land in Kensington suggest that it may originally have formed the southern end of a larger land-holding, and later became a separate unit from which the parish was created. Chelsea improvement commission, however, campaigned for the full scheme, highlighting the inadequacy of communications, which were blamed for the defective condition of much of Chelsea, and arguing that the parish’s improvement Act had been founded on the expectation of the full embankment. www.middlesexpast.net /cintro.html   (7643 words)

Football Web Page Where the stream crosses the Fulham Road is marked 'Little Chelsea Bridge' which was originally called Sanford Bridge (from sand ford). While a bridge over the creek on the Kings Road was called Stanbridge (from stone bridge). Stamford Bridge is currently the largest football stadium in London and one of the best stadiums in the country and Europe. www.chelsea1.20m.com /custom.html   (318 words)

London - Chelsea It lies between the Kings Road and the Embankment, beginning at Lower Sloane Street -Chelsea Bridge Road, and is reached by the district railway to Sloane Square Station or by the No. 11 bus passing the Strand, Trafalgar Square and Victoria: by Nos. I would rather go to the Chelsea Hospital, that is very much alive with the presence of remarkably long-lived old men: one of them lived till he was 123 years and another to 116. Died in Chelsea, 1916 Lover and interpreter of the fine amenities of brave decisions and generous loyalties: resident of this parish, who renounced a cherished citizenship to give his allegiance to England in the first year of the Great War. www.oldandsold.com /articles05/london1.shtml   (2787 words)

Middlesex - Chelsea A commentator opined in 1771 that a toll-free stone bridge constructed by the Crown would be preferable to the ‘mean’ wooden bridge of an ‘avaricious’ proprietor. In 1845 the bridge proprietors and improvement commission supported that improvement, the latter blaming the inanimate state of some neighbourhoods on its absence. The new self-anchoring steel suspension bridge, 83 ft. wide, opened in 1937, a plain design engineered by Rendel, Palmer, and Tritton, with the L.C.C. architect G. Topham Forrest (succeeded by E. Wheeler in 1935); the Royal Fine Art Commission was also consulted. www.middlesexpast.net /chelsea3.html   (1098 words)

Chelsea Embankment, England royalty-free image CHELSEA EMBANKMENT, a fine promenade opened in 1874, with picturesque views towards Battersea Park on the opposite (south) bank, stretches from Chelsea Bridge to Battersea Bridge, a distance of over a mile. In Chelsea Bridge Road, which runs hence to the north-west, skirting Ranelagh Gardens, are the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine and Chelsea Barracks, occupied by Foot Guards. On the Embankment, about 400 yards to the west of the bridge, is the main entrance to the Gardens of Chelsea Hospital (open free), which command a fine view of the beautiful brick buildings of Chelsea Hospital. www.gardenvisit.com /travel/london/chelseaembankment.htm   (170 words)

Chelsea Bridge Amongst the heraldic designs on the bridge are the crest of Middlesex and other counties around London along with (on the south side) a series of doves holding olive branches. The old bridge was an ornate gothic beauty in wrought iron and built so that people from the north shore could enjoy the new Battersea Park and set an example to the peasants to the south. The park and bridge were planned together as otherwise the bridge might just have provided a handy means for the roués of Chelsea to visit the vice dens of old Battersea. www.fandmpublications.co.uk /pages/chelsea.htm   (534 words)

Chelsea Walk - Kings Road Chelsea is mentioned in Anglo-Saxon chronicles, but it was the arrival of Sir Thomas More in the 1520s that put Chelsea firmly on the map. Looking down the busy King's Road it is hard to imagine that before 1830 only those with a special copper token with the King's head on could use it. Old Church Street, originally known as Church Lane is one of the oldest streets in Chelsea and leads to the first parish church of All Saints, better known today as Chelsea Old Church. www.rbkc.gov.uk /vmtours/chelseawalk/vm_cw_kingsroad.asp   (385 words)

Chelsea Bridge Wharf - Queenstown Road, London - Berkeley Homes Chelsea Bridge Wharf is a flagship development fronting the Thames adjacent to Battersea Park. Situated on the River Thames, Chelsea Bridge Wharf will provide approximately 1,200 prestigious residential apartments set around a landscaped central piazza With Phase 1-3 complete and Phase 4 under construction, there are currently over 1000 people enjoying the unique lifestyle of Chlesea Bridge Wharf. Offices - The offices at Chelsea Bridge Wharf are located towards the southern part of the development overlooking the principal entrance and a striking pedestrian plaza. www.berkeleyhomes.co.uk /index.cfm?articleid=1262   (496 words)

Belgravia / Chelsea / Pimlico Short Term Rental Apartments in London Chelsea is a symbol for a particular kind of urban living: artistic and individual. It's a fabulous location encompassed by The King's Road, Chelsea Bridge Road, the Chelsea Embankment (on the River Thames) and Beaufort Street. Belgravia is a very grand residential area bordered by Westminster, Chelsea, Pimlico and Knightsbridge. www.gtunlimited.com /chelseapartmentsrentals.html   (326 words)

Karate Cop! The "Swinging Sixties" was defined on the King's Road which runs the length of the sector and both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones lived here at one time. Chelsea East sector is a thriving economic area with world renowned shops which bring their own particular challenges. The Sector covers the area bounded by Chelsea Bridge Road and the line running up to Lowndes Square and Knightsbridge, then down the south side of Brompton Road and behind the Museums into Queensgate returning along Fulham Road and back down to the river by way of Draycott Avenue. www.mychelsea.net /chelsea/community-police.htm   (885 words)

London Vacation Rentals Short Term Apartments Chelsea is a symbol for artistic and individual living. Minutes from Sloane Square, Knightsbridge and South Kensington, Chelsea is close to Hyde Park, the Victoria and Albert, Natural History and the Science Museums. Notting Hill is adjacent to the famous Portobello Road Saturday market, established in the 1860's, with block after block of antiques, clothes and art. www.gtunlimited.com /londonapartmentsrentals.html   (1392 words)

Chelsea Flower Show 2000 - Previews: When, where and how The Chelsea Flower Show is held in the grounds of the Royal Chelsea Hospital, Chelsea SW1, from Tuesday 23 to Friday 26 May. Sloane Square, on the District and Circle lines, is the nearest tube station, ten minutes walk from the Royal Hospital Road entrance. The best plan is to get to the Show for when it opens at 8am and to leave either in mid afternoon when people are still arriving or at the very end of the day when most other people have left. gardenphotos.com /chelsea/chelsea2000/preview/whenwherehow.html   (443 words)

Albert Bridge, Chelsea - London - UK Attraction Spanning the river Thames from Chelsea to Battersea, Albert Bridge is without doubt one of the prettiest bridges in the capital. Designed by Roland Mason Ordish in 1873, the bridge was always intended as a showpiece for the affluent people of Chelsea and dedicated to Queen Victoria’s husband. The bridge is loved by locals and remains the only river crossing in London to have never been replaced. www.ukattraction.com /london/albert-bridge.htm   (209 words)

Chelsea FC Supporters Registry - Home - CHAMPIONS! CHAMPIONS! Inexplicably given a 9 out of 10 in the Telegraph, he looked to me to be the victim of some bizarre date rape doping incident, while Henry decided to take the referee accusing road at the end, to cover what was for him a poor night in the finishing department... That is until Richard Keys at last got round to analysis of the Eboue dive with Redknapp, Ruud and an openly honest Merson. Well, it was a case of let's all have a good laugh lads and on this occasion, bearing in mind the fact that it wasn't Drogba or Robben, the cheating Chelsea foreigner theory wasn't trotted out. www.chelsea-fc.com /csr   (1702 words)

Home - Chelsea Bridge Wharf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Welcome to Chelsea Bridge Wharf, occupying a prime central London riverside location. Chelsea Bridge Wharf is innovatively designed for city living with benefits to include a membership health and fitness club, riverside restaurants, office and a proposed hotel. Chelsea Bridge Wharf will be a place to live, work and socialise and through this residentially led development a whole new community is forming and the site is turning into a thriving landmark destination. www.chelseabridgewharf.com   (124 words)

Vauxhall Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Vauxhall Bridge is a steel arched bridge for road and foot traffic, crossing the River Thames in a north-west south-east orientation, between Lambeth Bridge and Grosvenor Bridge, in central London. The previous bridge was the nine-span Regent's Bridge, designed by James Walker and opened in 1816 as a toll-bridge. A temporary wooden bridge was constructed across the river and demolition work began in 1898, but construction of the Binnie bridge did not start until 1904. en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Vauxhall_Bridge   (433 words)

Chelsea Bridge in Chelsea - London - UK Attraction The current bridge on this site was designed by the legendary architect G. Topham Forest in 1937 and replaces an earlier suspension bridge. The first crossing was built in the mid 19th Century to link the affluent Chelsea suburb with the busy trading areas around Battersea and Clapham. In the 1960s the bridge was famous for being a ‘hangout’ of ‘rockers’ as they sat on their motorbikes causing trouble for passers by. www.ukattraction.com /london/chelsea-bridge.htm   (180 words)

Dummies::Figuring Out London's Neighborhoods The famous King's Road acts as its northern boundary and Chelsea Bridge Road its eastern border. The annual Chelsea Flower Show is held on the grounds of Chelsea Royal Hospital. The new pedestrian-only Millennium Bridge spans the Thames from the Tate Modern to St. www.dummies.com /WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-4017.html   (1284 words)

The SABRE Roads Website Curiously the road markings at the junction of Friars Stile road and Kings Road (which is straight on),take you round to teh left, down the unclassified Church Road which is a much more useful route, going down to the station. Originally a short cut from Kingston Bridge to the Richmond Road, with the power station on the ldt and the gasworks on the right: very salubrious.......It was declassified when the present one way system was built in about 1990, at which point it was also blocked to prevent through traffic. The middle section of Skerne Road is now only accessible by a new road called Sury Basin built in conjunction with the supermarket. groups.msn.com /TheSABRERoadsWebsite/b3xx.msnw?pgmarket=en-us   (469 words)

All Chelsea hotels Close to the famous King's Road with all its restaurants, bars and boutiques and many of London's top tourist attractions are nearby. The perfect balance of luxury, privacy and location, poised between London's fashionable Chelsea and Knightsbridge, presented and staffed as a grand Edwardian residence, the Draycott hotel is not a hotel, it is a home. Ultra chic and utterly decadent Myhotel Chelsea is an urban retreat where the feel of a bohemian country house meets contemporary glamour. www.openroads.com /?id=chelsea_hotels&source=mivauk   (750 words)

The Hotel at Chelsea , Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London - Discount London Hotels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) With our prime central location, Chelsea Football Club is ideally located with easy access to both Heathrow and Gatwick airports, the M25 and M40, and outside the congestion charge. With some suites offering pitch views or terrace access, Chelsea FC is a unique choice of venue, as equally suited to residential conferences as it is dinner dances for up to 250. One a matchday, Chelsea Football Club is proud to be heading into the 2005-2006 season not only as Premiership Champions, but also celebrating its Centenary year. chelsea.hotels-london.co.uk /the-hotel-at-chelsea.hotel   (408 words)

threshold chelsea bridge wharf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Chelsea Bridge Wharf is the biggest Central London riverside affordable home ownership scheme to be... An apartment at Chelsea Bridge Wharf, which received a commendation in the category of 'best social... ownership element of the new Chelsea Bridge Wharf development is unaffordable to anyone earning... games-n-gadgets3.com /articles/116/threshold-chelsea-bridge-wharf.html   (597 words)

LondonTown.com | Chelsea Bridge Road Guide | Chelsea Bridge Road London, SW1W, England, UK | London Streets by Street The nearest underground station to Chelsea Bridge Road is 'Sloane Square ' which is about 5 minutes to the North. Located on an avenue in the trendy area of Chelsea, there are a number of nearby restaurants and boutiques. If you've ever been in a Chinese restaurant looking over your shoulder at the exciting things that the Chinese diners are eating while you tuck into your sweet 'n' sour, but too scared to order them, then Hunan is the place for you. londontown.com /LondonStreets/chelsea_bridge_road_5ce.html?T=HOT&M=HOT   (800 words)

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