Cadogan Square, SW1X

Cadogan Square was built between 1877 and 1888, largely on the grounds of the Prince’s Club - it was briefly known as Pavilion Square.

Buildings on the north side of Cadogan Square (2008)
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Cadogan Square stands as one of the most coveted residential addresses within London, and it ranks among the most exclusive and pricey locations in the entire United Kingdom. The square has an enclosed garden, accessible solely to its residents, encircled by elegant red-brick houses. Over time, many of these houses have undergone transformation into flats or apartments. Positioned to the south of Pont Street, east of Lennox Gardens, and west of Sloane Street, Cadogan Square is centrally located.

Within this enclave, Hill House operates its lower, middle, and upper schools catering to boys and girls aged five to ten. The institution affectionately refers to its location as ’Cadogan Gardens’. Additionally, another independent preparatory school, Sussex House School, was established at number 68 in 1952. The school occupies a historic house designed by architect Norman Shaw.

The square’s real estate mainly consists of apartments or flats with relatively short leases, commanding prices in the multimillion-pound range. While the majority of houses within the square have been transformed into flats, there remain a few pristine houses that have retained their original state. These exceptional properties could be valued at more than £25 million each. Back in 2013, the average property price on Cadogan Square was an impressive £5.75 million, securing its place as the third most expensive street in the entire country.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LOCALITY

Emma Seif Hill Street, London Added: 25 Jan 2022 19:06 GMT	Birth of the Bluestocking Society In about 1750, Elizabeth Montagu began hosting literary breakfasts in her home at 23 (now 31) Hill Street. These are considered the first meetings of the Bluestocking society. Reply
TUM The Underground Map Added: 27 Aug 2022 10:22 GMT	The Underground Map Michael Faraday successfully demonstrated the first electrical transformer at the Royal Institute, London. Reply
www.violettrefusis.com Wilton Crescent, SW1X Added: 17 Feb 2021 15:05 GMT	Birth place Violet Trefusis, writer, cosmopolitan intellectual and patron of the Arts was born at 2 Wilton Crescent SW1X. Source: www.violettrefusis.com Reply
Peter H Davies Ethelburga Street, SW11 Added: 17 Jun 2021 09:33 GMT	Ethelburga Estate The Ethelburga Estate - named after Ethelburga Road - was an LCC development dating between 1963�’65. According to the Wikipedia, it has a "pleasant knitting together of a series of internal squares". I have to add that it’s extremely dull :) Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Reply
Justin Russ Binney Street, W1K Added: 15 Feb 2021 20:25 GMT	Binney Street, W1K Binney St was previously named Thomas Street before the 1950’s. Before the 1840’s (approx.) it was named Bird St both above and below Oxford St. Reply
Cheyne Place, SW3 Added: 1 May 2021 16:46 GMT	Cheyne Place, SW3 Frances Faviell, author of the Blitz memoir, "A Chelsea Concerto", lived at 33, Cheyne Place, which was destroyed by a bomb. She survived, with her husband and unborn baby. Reply
Lynette beardwood Ebury Street, SW1W Added: 29 Nov 2022 20:53 GMT	Spy’s Club Topham’s Hotel at 24-28 Ebury Street was called the Ebury Court Hotel. Its first proprietor was a Mrs Topham. In WW2 it was a favourite watering hole for the various intelligence organisations based in the Pimlico area. The first woman infiltrated into France in 1942, FANY Yvonne Rudellat, was recruited by the Special Operations Executive while working there. She died in Bergen Belsen in April 1945. Reply

LATEST LONDON-WIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PROJECT

Eileen Brecknock Road, N7 Added: 10 Nov 2023 09:42 GMT	Brecknock Road Pleating Company My great grandparents ran the Brecknock Road pleating Company around 1910 to 1920 and my Grandmother worked there as a pleater until she was 16. I should like to know more about this. I know they had a beautiful Victorian house in Islington as I have photos of it & of them in their garden. Source: Family history Reply
Squirrel’s Lane, IG9 Added: 6 Nov 2023 16:59 GMT	061123 Why do Thames Water not collect the 15 . Three meter lengths of blue plastic fencing, and old pipes etc. They left here for the last TWO Years, these cause an obstruction,as they halfway lying in the road,as no footpath down this road, and the cars going and exiting the park are getting damaged, also the public are in Grave Danger when trying to avoid your rubbish and the danger of your fences. Source: Squirrels Lane. Buckhurst Hill, Essex. IG9. I want some action ,now, not Excuses.MK. Reply
Christian Cornwall Road, W11 Added: 31 Oct 2023 10:34 GMT	Cornwall Road, W11 Photo shows William Richard Hoare’s chemist shop at 121 Cornwall Road. Reply
Vik Oaks Road, TW6 Added: 30 Oct 2023 18:48 GMT	Old pub sign from the Rising Sun Hi I have no connection to the area except that for the last 30+ years we’ve had an old pub sign hanging on our kitchen wall from the Rising Sun, Stanwell, which I believe was / is on the Oaks Rd. Happy to upload a photo if anyone can tell me how or where to do that! Reply
Phillip Martin Ashburnham Place, SE10 Added: 16 Oct 2023 06:25 GMT	16 Ashburnham Road On 15 October 1874 George Frederick Martin was born in 16 Ashburnham Road Greenwich to George Henry Martin, a painter, and Mary Martin, formerly Southern. Reply
Christine Bithrey Holly Park, N4 Added: 15 Oct 2023 15:20 GMT	The Hollies (1860 - 1900) I lived in Holly Park Estate from 1969 I was 8 years old when we moved in until I left to get married, my mother still lives there now 84. I am wondering if there was ever a cemetery within The Hollies? And if so where? Was it near to the Blythwood Road end or much nearer to the old Methodist Church which is still standing although rather old looking. We spent most of our childhood playing along the old dis-used railway that run directly along Blythwood Road and opposite Holly Park Estate - top end which is where we live/ed. We now walk my mothers dog there twice a day. An elderly gentleman once told me when I was a child that there used to be a cemetery but I am not sure if he was trying to scare us children! I only thought about this recently when walking past the old Methodist Church and seeing the flag stone in the side of the wall with the inscription of when it was built late 1880 If anyone has any answers please email me [email protected] Reply
Chris hutchison Broadhurst Gardens, NW6 Added: 15 Oct 2023 03:04 GMT	35 broadhurst gardens. 35 Broadhurst gardens was owned by famous opera singer Mr Herman “Simmy”Simberg. He had transformed it into a film and recording complex. There was a film and animation studio on the ground floor. The recording facilities were on the next two floors. I arrived in London from Australia in 1966 and worked in the studio as the tea boy and trainee recording engineer from Christmas 1966 for one year. The facility was leased by an American advertising company called Moreno Films. Mr Simbergs company Vox Humana used the studio for their own projects as well. I worked for both of them. I was so lucky. The manager was another wonderful gentleman called Jack Price who went on to create numerous songs for many famous singers of the day and also assisted the careers of Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff. “Simmy” let me live in the bedsit,upper right hand window. Jack was also busy with projects with The Troggs,Bill Wyman,Peter Frampton. We did some great sessions with Manfred Mann and Alan Price. The Cream did some demos but that was before my time. We did lots of voice over work. Warren Mitchell and Ronnie Corbett were favourites. I went back in 1978 and “Simmy “ had removed all of the studio and it was now his home. His lounge room was still our studio in my minds eye!! Reply
Sue L Battersea Added: 13 Oct 2023 17:21 GMT	Duffield Street, Battersea I’ve been looking for ages for a photo of Duffield Street without any luck. My mother and grandfather lived there during the war. It was the first property he was able to buy but sadly after only a few months they were bombed out. My mother told the story that one night they were aware of a train stopping above them in the embankment. It was full of soldiers who threw out cigarettes and sweets at about four in the morning. They were returning from Dunkirk though of course my mother had no idea at the time. I have heard the same story from a different source too. Reply

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Cadogan Gardens, SW1X Cadogan Gardens is a complicated series of interlinked streets.

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Cadogan Gate, SW1X Cadogan Gate is a transition between the busy, commercial Sloane Street and the quieter, residential, red brick terraces of Cadogan Square.

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Cadogan Lane, SW1X Cadogan Lane is built on land acquired by Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan on his marriage to Sir Hans Sloane’s daughter.

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Cadogan Place, SW1X Cadogan Place was named after Earl Cadogan and runs parallel to the lower half of Sloane Street.

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Cadogan Street, SW3 Cadogan Street is named for the Cadogan family who own extensive properties in Chelsea.

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Charles Street, SW1X Charles Street was a short-lived street on the Cadogan Estate.

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Chelsea Cloisters, SW3 On the west side of Sloane Avenue, a vast ten-storeyed block was built 1937-8 called Chelsea Cloisters.

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Chesham Close, SW1X Chesham Close is a road in the SW1X postcode area

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Chesham House, SW1X Chesham House is a block on Chesham Place.

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Chesham Mews, SW1X Chesham Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area

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Chesham Place, SW1X Chesham Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Chesham Street, SW1X Chesham Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Cheval House, SW7 Cheval House is a block on Montpelier Walk.

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Cheval Place, SW7 Cheval Place is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

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Clabon Mews, SW1X Clabon Mews, Lennox Gardens, Lennox Gardens Mews were laid out on a former cricket field.

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Cliveden Place, SW1W Cliveden Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area.

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Colebrook Court, SW3 Colebrook Court is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

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Colette Court, SW1X Colette Court is a block on Sloane Street.

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Collier House, SW3 Collier House is a block on Brompton Road.

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Cranmer Court, SW3 Cranmer Court, one of the largest blocks of flats in London, was built 1934-5.

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Crescent Place, SW3 Crescent Place is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

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Culford Gardens, SW3 Culford Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

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Curran House, SW3 Curran House is a block on Elystan Street.

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Denyer Street, SW3 Denyer Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

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Donne Place, SW3 Donne Place is a road in the SW3 postcode area

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Dorchester Court, SW1X Dorchester Court is a building on Sloane Street.

Dorchester Court, SW1X

Draycott Avenue, SW3 Draycott Avenue is a notable shopping street.

Draycott Avenue, SW3

Draycott Place, SW3 The first section of Draycott Place dates from the 1820s.

Draycott Place, SW3

Draycott Terrace, SW3 Draycott Terrace is a road in the SW3 postcode area

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Duke of York Square, SW1W Duke of York Square is a road in the SW1W postcode area

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Durley House, SW1X Durley House is a block on Sloane Street.

Durley House, SW1X

D’Oyley Street, SW1W D’Oyley Street is the southern extension of Cadogan Lane.

D’Oyley Street, SW1W

Earl Street, SW1X Earl Street was a short-lived street in Hans Town.

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Eaton Close, SW1W Eaton Close is a road in the SW1W postcode area

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Eaton Gate, SW1W Eaton Gate is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area.

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Eaton Mews North, SW1W Eaton Mews North is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

Eaton Mews North, SW1W

Eaton Place, SW1X Eaton Place was developed by Thomas Cubitt between 1826 and 1845.

Eaton Place, SW1X

Eaton Terrace, SW1W Eaton Terrace is a street of elegant five and six storey terraced houses.

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Egerton Crescent, SW3 Egerton Crescent was described in 2013 as "the most expensive street in Britain".

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Egerton Gardens Mews, SW3 Egerton Gardens Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

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Egerton Gardens, SW3 Egerton Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

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Egerton Terrace, SW3 Egerton Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

Egerton Terrace, SW3

Ellis Street, SW1X Ellis Street originated in 1791.

Ellis Street, SW1X

Elystan Street, SW3 Elystan Street - from Elystan Glodrydd, founder of the fourth Royal Tribe of Wales, - said to be an early ancestor of Lord Cadogan.

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End House, SW3 End House is a block on Rosemoor Street.

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Ennismore Street, SW7 Ennismore Street is a road in the SW7 postcode area

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Fairholt Street, SW7 Fairholt Street is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

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First Street, SW3 First Street was so-named as it was the first street to be laid out on the Hasker estate.

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Fordie House, SW1X Fordie House is sited on Sloane Street.

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Green Lettuce Lane, SW3 Green Lettuce Lane was a country lane in Chelsea.

Green Lettuce Lane, SW3

Grosvenor Cottages, SW1W Grosvenor Cottages is a road in the SW1W postcode area

Grosvenor Cottages, SW1W

Grosvenor Court, SW1X Grosvenor Court is a block on Sloane Street.

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Guinness Court, SW3 Guinness Court is a building on Guinness Court.

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Halkin Arcade, SW1X Halkin Arcade is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

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Halsey Street, SW3 Halsey Street lies over the tracks of the District Line.

Halsey Street, SW3

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Hans Crescent, SW1X

Hans Place, SW1X Hans Place, a square, is named after Sir Hans Sloane, physician and collector, whose bequest became the foundation of the British Museum.

Hans Place, SW1X

Hans Road, SW3 Hans Road dates from the late eighteenth century.

Hans Road, SW3

Hans Street, SW1X Hans Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

Hans Street, SW1X

Hasker Street, SW3 Hasker Street was built on land belonging to the Rev. G.H. Hasker.

Hasker Street, SW3

Herbert Crescent, SW1X Herbert Crescent is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

Herbert Crescent, SW1X

Ives Street, SW3 Ives Street dates from the 1820s.

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Ixworth Place, SW3 Ixworth Place is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

Ixworth Place, SW3

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Keppel House, SW3

Kings Road, SW1W Kings Road is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area.

Kings Road, SW1W

Knowsley House, SW1X Knowsley House can be found on Sloane Street.

Knowsley House, SW1X

Lennox Gardens Mews, SW1X Lennox Gardens Mews was built behind Lennox Gardens from 1882 onwards.

Lennox Gardens Mews, SW1X

Lennox Gardens, SW1X Named after Lord William Lennox, Lennox Gardens skirts the central gardens of the same name.

Lennox Gardens, SW1X

Lowndes House, SW1X Lowndes House is a block on Lowndes Place.

Lowndes House, SW1X

Lowndes Street, SW1X Lowndes Street was built by Thomas Cubitt and Seth Smith.

Lowndes Street, SW1X

Lucan Place, SW3 Lucan Place is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

Lucan Place, SW3

Lyall Mews West, SW1X Lyall Mews West is a road in the SW1X postcode area

Lyall Mews West, SW1X

Lyall Mews, SW1X Lyall Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area

Lyall Mews, SW1X

Margaretha House, SW3 Margaretha House is a block on Draycott Place.

Margaretha House, SW3

Marlborough Street, SW3 Marlborough Street is a road in the SW3 postcode area

Marlborough Street, SW3

Milner Street, SW3 Milner Street runs roughly west from Cadogan Square, crossing Ovington Street, Lennox Gardens and Clabon Mews.

Milner Street, SW3

Montpelier House, SW3 Montpelier House is located on Brompton Road.

Montpelier House, SW3

Montpelier Street, SW7 Montpelier Street is a location in London.

Montpelier Street, SW7

Moore Street, SW3 Moore Street was named after Richard Moore of Hampton Court Palace, a former landowner.

Moore Street, SW3

Moreau House, SW3 Moreau House is sited on Brompton Road.

Moreau House, SW3

Mossop Street, SW3 Mossop Street was once called Green Lettuce Lane.

Mossop Street, SW3

Motcomb Street, SW1X Motcomb Street is a now pedestrianised street in Belgravia.

Motcomb Street, SW1X

Nettleden House, SW3 Nettleden House stands on Marlborough Road.

Nettleden House, SW3

Oakley House, SW1X Oakley House is a building on Sloane Street.

Oakley House, SW1X

Orford House, SW3 Orford House is a block on Rawlings Street.

Orford House, SW3

Ovington Gardens, SW3 Ovington Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

Ovington Gardens, SW3

Ovington Square, SW3 Ovington Square is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

Ovington Square, SW3

Ovington Street, SW3 Ovington Street is one of the widest and most imposing streets in Chelsea.

Ovington Street, SW3

Pavilion Road, SW1X Pavilion Road is London’s longest mews and runs parallel to Sloane Street.

Pavilion Road, SW1X

Petyward, SW3 Petyward is a road in the SW3 postcode area

Petyward, SW3

Pont Street Mews, SW1X This is a street in the SW1X postcode area

Pont Street Mews, SW1X

Pont Street, SW1X Pont Street is a fashionable street in Knightsbridge/Belgravia, not far from the Knightsbridge department store Harrods to the north-west.

Pont Street, SW1X

Queen’s Gardens, SW1X Queen’s Gardens was developed in about 1768–70.

Queen’s Gardens, SW1X

Rawlings Street, SW3 Rawlings Street, formerly Princes Street was renamed in 1873 after Charles Rawlings who instituted a Chelsea Charity.

Rawlings Street, SW3

Relton Mews, SW7 Relton Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Relton Mews, SW7

Rich Lane, SW3 Rich Lane is a road in the SW5 postcode area

Rich Lane, SW3

Richards Place, SW3 Richards Place is a location in London.

Richards Place, SW3

Roberts Mews, SW1X Roberts Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

Roberts Mews, SW1X

Rosemoor Street, SW3 Rosemoor Street was at first called Orford Terrace and then Little Orford Street.

Rosemoor Street, SW3

Rutland Street, SW7 Rutland Street is one of the streets of London in the SW7 postal area.

Rutland Street, SW7

Sedding Street, SW1W Sedding Street was originally called Upper George Street.

Sedding Street, SW1W

Skinner Place, SW1W Skinner Place first appears on 1840 mapping.

Skinner Place, SW1W

Sloane Avenue, SW3 Sloane Avenue runs roughly north-west to south-east.

Sloane Avenue, SW3

Sloane Court East, SW1W Sloane Court East is a road in the SW1W postcode area

Sloane Court East, SW1W

Sloane House, SW1X Sloane House is located on Sloane Street.

Sloane House, SW1X

Sloane Square House, SW1W Sloane Square House is located on Holbein Place.

Sloane Square House, SW1W

Sloane Square, SW1W Sloane Square forms a boundary between the two largest aristocratic estates in London, the Grosvenor Estate and the Cadogan.

Sloane Square, SW1W

Sloane Street, SW1X Sloane Street runs north to south, from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square, taking its name from Sir Hans Sloane, who purchased the surrounding area in 1712.

Sloane Street, SW1X

Sloane Terrace, SW1W Sloane Terrace is the location of Cadogan Hall.

Sloane Terrace, SW1W

South House, SW3 South House is a block on Rosemoor Street.

South House, SW3

South Street, SW1W South Street was renamed Cadogan Gardens in 1869.

South Street, SW1W

St Catherine’s Mews, SW3 St Catherine’s Mews is a road in the SW3 postcode area

St Catherine’s Mews, SW3

St Saviours House, SW3 St Saviours House is a block on Walton Street.

St Saviours House, SW3

Symons Street, SW3 Symons Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

Symons Street, SW3

Walton Place, SW3 Walton Place is a location in London.

Walton Place, SW3

Walton Street, SW1X Walton Street is a major road of Chelsea.

Walton Street, SW1X

West Eaton Place Mews, SW1X West Eaton Place Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area

West Eaton Place Mews, SW1X

West Eaton Place, SW1X West Eaton Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area.

West Eaton Place, SW1X

West Halkin Street, SW1X West Halkin Street is named after Halkyn Castle, originally a Grosvenor family property in Flintshire, Wales.

West Halkin Street, SW1X

West House, SW3 West House is a block on Rosemoor Street.

West House, SW3

Whittaker Street, SW1W Whittaker Street is a road in the SW1W postcode area

Whittaker Street, SW1W

Wilbraham House, SW1X Wilbraham House is located on D’Oyley Street.

Wilbraham House, SW1X

Wilbraham Place, SW1X Wilbraham Place is a road to the rear of Cadogan Hall.

Wilbraham Place, SW1X

Wiltshire Close, SW3 Wiltshire Close is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

Wiltshire Close, SW3

Yeoman’s Row, SW3 Yeomans Row is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area.

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Chelsea

Chelsea is an affluent area, bounded to the south by the River Thames.

Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above Sloane Square tube station. The modern eastern boundary is Chelsea Bridge Road and the lower half of Sloane Street, including Sloane Square, along with parts of Belgravia. To the north and northwest, the area fades into Knightsbridge and South Kensington, but it is safe to say that the area north of King’s Road as far northwest as Fulham Road is part of Chelsea.

The word Chelsea originates from the Old English term for chalk and landing place on the river. The first record of the Manor of Chelsea precedes the Domesday Book and records the fact that Thurstan, governor of the King’s Palace during the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042–1066), gave the land to the Abbot and Convent of Westminster. Abbot Gervace subsequently assigned the manor to his mother, and it passed into private ownership. The modern-day Chelsea hosted the Synod of Chelsea in 787 AD.

Chelsea once had a reputation for the manufacture of Chelsea buns (made from a long strip of sweet dough tightly coiled, with currants trapped between the layers, and topped with sugar).

King Henry VIII acquired the manor of Chelsea from Lord Sandys in 1536; Chelsea Manor Street is still extant. Two of King Henry’s wives, Catherine Parr and Anne of Cleves, lived in the Manor House; Princess Elizabeth – the future Queen Elizabeth I – resided there; and Thomas More lived more or less next door at Beaufort House. In 1609 James I established a theological college on the site of the future Chelsea Royal Hospital, which Charles II founded in 1682.

By 1694, Chelsea – always a popular location for the wealthy, and once described as ’a village of palaces’ – had a population of 3000. Even so, Chelsea remained rural and served London to the east as a market garden, a trade that continued until the 19th-century development boom which caused the final absorption of the district into the metropolis.

Chelsea shone, brightly but briefly, in the 1960s Swinging London period and the early 1970s. The Swinging Sixties was defined on King’s Road, which runs the length of the area. The Western end of Chelsea featured boutiques Granny Takes a Trip and The Sweet Shop, the latter of which sold medieval silk velvet caftans, tabards and floor cushions, with many of the cultural cognoscenti of the time being customers, including Keith Richards, Twiggy and many others.

The exclusivity of Chelsea as a result of its high property prices has historically resulted in the term Sloane Ranger to be used to describe its residents. From 2011, Channel 4 broadcast a reality television show called Made in Chelsea, documenting the ’glitzy’ lives of several young people living in Chelsea. Moreover, Chelsea is home to one of the largest communities of Americans living outside of the United States, with 6.53% of Chelsea-residents being born in the United States.

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Harrods Department Store frontage as viewed along Brompton Rd at night (2012) Credit: David Liff TUM image id: 1557150671 Licence:	Cadogan Hall (2017) Cadogan Hall is a former Scientology church which fell into disuse. Completed in 1907 to designs in the Byzantine Revival style, it became a concert hall in 2004. Credit: Wiki Commons/Paul the Archivist TUM image id: 1670597886 Licence:	The London Oratory Credit: FB Group Londonist Urban Oddities/Jim Hoe TUM image id: 1653846106 Licence:	Bibendum, The Michelin Building on Fulham Road, Chelsea Credit: Wiki Commons/Steve Cadman TUM image id: 1670678558 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Belgrave Square - this was classed in contemporary reports as "Thomas Cubitt’s greatest achievement". Belgrave Square, is the grandest and largest of his squares. Credit: Thomas Shepherd TUM image id: 1586353394 Licence:
Cadogan Place gardens, SW1. The northern garden was laid out by Humphry Repton in 1806. Repton laid out winding paths and created ridges and dips from excavated soil. Credit: Instagram/@the lois edit TUM image id: 1630936394 Licence:	Eaton Square Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1586358889 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Ennismore Mews, SW7 with the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Dormiton at the end Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1634644830 Licence:	Hyde Park Corner in 1842, looking east towards Piccadilly. The entrance to Hyde Park through Decimus Burton’s Ionic Screen is on the left, and behind it, in darker stone, is Apsley House. TUM image id: 1515431312 Licence:	Lennox Gardens (2015) Lennox Gardens was built in the Queen Anne style over the final remaining market garden south of Knightbridge in 1882. Credit: Wiki Commons/Spudgun67 TUM image id: 1670603830 Licence: CC BY 2.0
Lowndes Street, c. 1905. TUM image id: 1483984242 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The interior of St Simon Zelotes church, Milner Street, SW3 Credit: Geograph/John Salmon TUM image id: 1670606830 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Admiral Codrington, 17 Mossop Street, Chelsea Credit: National Brewery Heritage Trust TUM image id: 1670610088 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Motcomb Street (2021) Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1673351375 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Pavilion Road is London’s longest mews and runs parallel to Sloane Street Credit: Wiki Commons TUM image id: 1670684264 Licence: CC BY 2.0

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Harrods Department Store frontage as viewed along Brompton Rd at night (2012)
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Cadogan Hall (2017) Cadogan Hall is a former Scientology church which fell into disuse. Completed in 1907 to designs in the Byzantine Revival style, it became a concert hall in 2004.
Credit: Wiki Commons/Paul the Archivist
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Cadogan Place gardens, SW1. The northern garden was laid out by Humphry Repton in 1806. Repton laid out winding paths and created ridges and dips from excavated soil.
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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.
Credit: Wiki Commons/Spudgun67
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Lowndes Street, c. 1905.
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The interior of St Simon Zelotes church, Milner Street, SW3
Credit: Geograph/John Salmon
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Admiral Codrington, 17 Mossop Street, Chelsea
Credit: National Brewery Heritage Trust
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Motcomb Street (2021)
Credit: The Underground Map
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Pavilion Road is London’s longest mews and runs parallel to Sloane Street
Credit: Wiki Commons
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‘Pont Street Dutch’, a termed by Sir Osbert Lancaster CBE (1908-1986), is the architectural style typified by the large red brick gabled houses built in the 1880s in Pont Street.
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