Three SOE agents specially trained to work behind enemy lines and among the first to be sent to France were killed in the bombing of
Tag: Chelsea History and Studies
Sloane Square Underground Station
Sloane Square was one of London’s first underground stations constructed for the Metropolitan and District Line in 1868. When the trains were powered by steam
Battersea Bridge
Reginald Blunt’s evaluation of Battersea Bridge in 1900 ‘The horse ferry – Royal property, apparently – existed here from the 15th century (and probably much
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
Ashburnham Road (adjoining Stadium Street) and Ashburnham Mansions
The Chelsea Chamber of Commerce Handbook for 1928 explained that ‘From Tadema Road to Lots Road, S.W.10, Ashburnham Road, commemorates Ashburnham House, built in the
Index to Chelsea History and Studies
The digital index of postings in Chelsea History and Studies Roads, streets, terraces, places, gardens, courts, walks, squares, rows, mewses, gates, lanes, groves, avenues, etc