Sutton Estate, SW3

Estate in/near Chelsea, existing between 1913 and now.

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Sutton Dwellings Chelsea (now the Sutton Estate Chelsea) was designed by respected architect Edward Charles Philip Monson.

Sutton Dwellings Chelsea was completed in 1913.

In 1861 William Richard Sutton started the UK’s first door-to-door long distance parcel service. Sutton’s highly successful long distance postal package service alongside other business ventures allowed for the build up of huge reserves of personal wealth.

Before his death in 1900, Sutton made a last Will and Testament which would see his vast fortune left to house families on low incomes suffering from poor living standards. Many of the Sutton Estate’s first residents were women on low income jobs. Over 2000 people found a place they could call home at the Sutton Estate.


Main source: https://www.savethesuttonestate.co.uk
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Wendy    
Added: 22 Mar 2024 15:33 GMT   

Polygon Buildings
Following the demolition of the Polygon, and prior to the construction of Oakshott Court in 1974, 4 tenement type blocks of flats were built on the site at Clarendon Sq/Phoenix Rd called Polygon Buildings. These were primarily for people working for the Midland Railway and subsequently British Rail. My family lived for 5 years in Block C in the 1950s. It seems that very few photos exist of these buildings.

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:42 GMT   

Road construction and houses completed
New Charleville Circus road layout shown on Stanford’s Library Map Of London And Its Suburbs 1879 with access via West Hill only.

Plans showing street numbering were recorded in 1888 so we can concluded the houses in Charleville Circus were built by this date.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Steve   
Added: 19 Mar 2024 08:04 GMT   

Charleville Circus, Sydenham: One Place Study (OPS)
One Place Study’s (OPS) are a recent innovation to research and record historical facts/events/people focused on a single place �’ building, street, town etc.

I have created an open access OPS of Charleville Circus on WikiTree that has over a million members across the globe working on a single family tree for everyone to enjoy, for free, forever.

Source: Charleville Circus, Sydenham, London

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Charles   
Added: 8 Mar 2024 20:45 GMT   

My House
I want to know who lived in my house in the 1860’s.

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NH   
Added: 7 Mar 2024 11:41 GMT   

Telephone House
Donald Hunter House, formerly Telephone House, was the BT Offices closed in 2000

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Paul Cox   
Added: 5 Mar 2024 22:18 GMT   

War damage reinstatement plans of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street
Whilst clearing my elderly Mothers house of general detritus, I’ve come across original plans (one on acetate) of No’s 11 & 13 Aldine Street. Might they be of interest or should I just dispose of them? There are 4 copies seemingly from the one single acetate example. Seems a shame to just junk them as the level of detail is exquisite. No worries if of no interest, but thought I’d put it out there.

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Diana   
Added: 28 Feb 2024 13:52 GMT   

New Inn Yard, E1
My great grandparents x 6 lived in New Inn Yard. On this date, their son was baptised in nearby St Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

Source: BDM London, Cripplegate and Shoreditch registers written by church clerk.

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Vic Stanley   
Added: 24 Feb 2024 17:38 GMT   

Postcose
The postcode is SE15, NOT SE1

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Elm Park Gardens
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In the neighbourhood...

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The London Oratory
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Bibendum, The Michelin Building on Fulham Road, Chelsea
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Lennox Gardens (2015) Lennox Gardens was built in the Queen Anne style over the final remaining market garden south of Knightbridge in 1882.
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The interior of St Simon Zelotes church, Milner Street, SW3
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Admiral Codrington, 17 Mossop Street, Chelsea
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Houses on the northwest side on Onslow Square, SW7
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Walton Street, SW3 That ladder is a health and safety nightmare! Not that I believe in moaning about H&S nor nothing. I leave that to others...
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Justice Walk links Old Church Street and Lawrence Street. It has stayed relatively untouched, a reminder of early 19th century Chelsea. The cellar under the Wesleyan Chapel, seen on the right, was used as a soup kitchen for the poor. The chapel was relocated to the corner of Chelsea Manor Street and King’s Road circa 1900. H. Allen Smith, wine merchants, occupied the premise from 1903 to 1985. According to local legend, a courthouse with a gaol beneath occupied this site in 18th century. Prisoners were led through a tunnel to boats moored on the river to be transported to Australia.
Credit: William Walter Burgess c.1890
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Boundary marker at the end of Cottage Place, SW3 (2021) Cottage Place was the location of Brompton Road station on the Piccadilly Line before its closure.
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The Draycott Avenue area of Chelsea in 1799.
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