Reginald Blunt’s evaluation of Battersea Bridge in 1900 ‘The horse ferry – Royal property, apparently – existed here from the 15th century (and probably much
Category: Chelsea History and Studies
Isaac T. Lloyd Chemist and Pharmacist King’s Road Chelsea
It is not very often that a shop and service so familiar in my childhood and time of living in Chelsea 50 to 60 years
Alpha Place
Second World War On the 9th October 1940 (though the exact date may be in doubt) an incendiary bomb landed on the roof of ‘Shrimpton’s
Tryon Street
Second World War It could be argued, and rather facetiously, that the place to be in Chelsea during World War Two was Tryon Street- a
Beaufort Street (including Beaufort Mansions)
Second World War There were twenty bombing incidents in Beaufort Street during WW2 and six incidents impacting on Beaufort Mansions. In the worst, around 50
Basil Street- Chelsea’s northern boundary in Knightsbridge
Basil Street in Knightsbridge is the northern boundary of Chelsea and a kind of frontier to Kensington and the City of Westminster. At one time