Mossop Street was once called Green Lettuce Lane.
Much of this area of Chelsea was formerly market gardens, owned by various wealthy landowners from around the country.
The advent of the railways spurred growth westwards from London, with landowners granting leases to builders and gardeners such as John Bull, who, from 1817 to 1839 built over 20 or so houses on a curved street now known as Bull’s Gardens. In 1839 William Davies, another market gardener, took over Bull’s lease of an area of market gardens, known as Green Lettuce Gardens.
The area to the south of Hans Square was occupied by a large house, The Pavilion, the gardens of which were laid out by Capability Brown.
Green Lettuce Lane was renamed to become Green Street around 1830 and then Mossop Street. The lane skirted Green Lettuce Gardens and a cricket ground. It connected The Pavilion to Draycott Avenue. In 1836 Green Lettuce Lane continued as a private road after the junction with Princes Street, giving access to the grounds of The Pavilion. This latter section became Milner Street.
