Heygate Estate, SE17

Bridge in/near Sloane Square, existed between 1590 and the 1830s

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2017
The bridge over the Westbourne at Sloane Square was called Blandel Bridge.

In the 18th century, Sloane Square looked much the same as it does today, except that the square was an open green space enclosed by wooden posts, connected by iron chains. It was here that Queen Charlotte’s Royal Volunteers often assembled, and marched off in military order to Hyde Park, headed by their band.

On the eastern side of the square, the same side as the Royal Court Theatre, stood Blandel Bridge, which crossed the Westbourne River - one of the old rivers of London.

It was nicknamed ’Bloody Bridge’ going back as far as 1590 - so-named allegedly following the murder of Lord Harrington’s cook who was attacked and beaten to death by highwaymen. Bloody Bridge/Blandel Bridge once comprised of a footbridge with a plank before a more substantial bridge was built in the reign of Charles II. The new bridge was about twelve to fourteen feet wide, and had walls on either side, high enough to protect pedestrians from falling into the river.

Before disappearing for good, it was later renamed Grosvenor Bridge - confusingly there’s a railway viaduct of the same name.


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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Cadogan Hall Cadogan Hall is a 950-seat capacity concert hall in Sloane Terrace.
Ebury Farm Ebury Farm was a simple marshy farm whose lands later became the richest real estate in London.
Heygate Estate, SE17 The bridge over the Westbourne at Sloane Square was called Blandel Bridge.
Orange Square Orange Square is a small open area in Belgravia.
Sloane Square Sloane Square station was opened on 24 December 1868 by the Metropolitan District Railway when the company opened the first section of its line.
Victoria Coach Station Victoria Coach Station is the largest coach station in London.

NEARBY STREETS
Anderson Street, SW3 Anderson Street connects the King’s Road with Sloane Avenue (Chelsea)
Astaire House, SW1X Astaire House is a block on Sloane Street (Belgravia)
Avenue Court, SW3 Avenue Court is sited on Draycott Avenue (Chelsea)
Avery Farm Row, SW1W Avery Farm Row - after a former farm here of this name, ’Avery’ being a corruption of ’Ebury’ (Victoria)
Belgrave Cottages, SW1W Belgrave Cottages were situated behind Whittaker Street (Sloane Square)
Biddesden House, SW3 Biddesden House is a block on Cadogan Street (Chelsea)
Blacklands Terrace, SW3 Blacklands Terrace was the location of the house and estate of Blacklands (Chelsea)
Bloomfield Terrace, SW1W Bloomfield Terrace - an alteration of ‘Blomfield’ - after Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London (Pimlico)
Boscobel Place, SW1W Boscobel Place’s name is derived from the story of Charles II (Belgravia)
Bourne Street, SW1W Bourne Street is lined with what were once artisans’ dwellings. (Belgravia)
Bray Place, SW3 Bray Place is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)
Bridge House, SW1W Bridge House can be found on Ebury Bridge (Victoria)
Bristol House, SW1W Bristol House is a block on Lower Sloane Street (Sloane Square)
Bucknill House, SW1W Bucknill House is a block on Ebury Bridge Road (Pimlico)
Bunhouse Place, SW1W Bunhouse Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Burton Mews, SW1W Burton Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Belgravia)
Bywater Street, SW3 Bywater Street was built in the 1850s on the site of a nursery (Chelsea)
Cadogan Court, SW3 Cadogan Court can be found on Draycott Avenue (Chelsea)
Cadogan Gardens, SW1X Cadogan Gardens is a complicated series of interlinked streets (Sloane Square)
Cadogan Gate, SW1X Cadogan Gate is a transition between the busy, commercial Sloane Street and the quieter, residential, red brick terraces of Cadogan Square (Chelsea)
Cadogan House, SW1X Cadogan House is a block on Sloane Street (Belgravia)
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. (Belgravia)
Cadogan Place, SW1X Cadogan Place was named after Earl Cadogan and runs parallel to the lower half of Sloane Street. (Belgravia)
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 (Chelsea)
Cadogan Street, SW3 Cadogan Street is named for the Cadogan family who own extensive properties in Chelsea (Chelsea)
Cavalry Square, SW3 Cavalry Square is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Sloane Square)
Charles Street, SW1X Charles Street was a short-lived street on the Cadogan Estate (Belgravia)
Cheltenham Terrace, SW3 Cheltenham Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)
Chesham Close, SW1X Chesham Close is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)
Chesham House, SW1X Chesham House is a block on Chesham Place (Belgravia)
Chesham Street, SW1X Chesham Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Chester Row, SW1W Chester Row with its tall stucco houses lies at the heart of the district of Belgravia (Belgravia)
Chester Square, SW1W Chester Square was voted London’s second best house address early in the 2000s. Nearby Eaton Square was voted first (Belgravia)
Clabon Mews, SW1X Clabon Mews, Lennox Gardens, Lennox Gardens Mews were laid out on a former cricket field (Chelsea)
Cliveden Place, SW1W Cliveden Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)
Cliveden Place, SW1W Cliveden Place continues Eaton Gate southwestwards (Sloane Square)
Colette Court, SW1X Colette Court is a block on Sloane Street (Sloane Square)
Conduit Street, SW1W Conduit Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1Wpostal area (Belgravia)
Coulson Street, SW3 Coulson Street connects Sloane Avenue with Lincoln Street (Chelsea)
Culford Gardens, SW3 Culford Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)
Dalton House, SW1W Dalton House is a block on Ebury Bridge (Pimlico)
Dorchester Court, SW1X Dorchester Court is a building on Sloane Street (Chelsea)
Dove Walk, SW1W Dove Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)
Draycott Place, SW3 The first section of Draycott Place dates from the 1820s (Chelsea)
Draycott Terrace, SW3 Draycott Terrace is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)
Duke of York Square, SW1W Duke of York Square is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Sloane Square)
Duke Of York Square, SW3 Duke Of York Square is a shopping and retail development (Chelsea)
Durley House, SW1X Durley House is a block on Sloane Street (Belgravia)
D’Oyley Street, SW1W D’Oyley Street is the southern extension of Cadogan Lane (Belgravia)
Earl Street, SW1X Earl Street was a short-lived street in Hans Town (Belgravia)
Eaton Close, SW1W Eaton Close is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Sloane Square)
Eaton Gate, SW1W Eaton Gate is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)
Eaton Gate, SW1W Eaton Gate leads southwest from Eaton Square (Belgravia)
Eaton Mews North, SW1W Eaton Mews North is one of the streets of London in the SW1X postal area (Belgravia)
Eaton Mews South, SW1W Eaton Mews South runs across Eccleston Street (Belgravia)
Eaton Mews West, SW1W Eaton Mews West is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)
Eaton Place, SW1X Eaton Place was developed by Thomas Cubitt between 1826 and 1845 (Belgravia)
Eaton Square, SW1W Eaton Square is one of the jewels in Belgravia’s crown. (Belgravia)
Eaton Terrace, SW1W Eaton Terrace is a street of elegant five and six storey terraced houses (Belgravia)
Ebury Bridge, SW1V Ebury Bridge is one of the streets of London in the SW1V postal area (Pimlico)
Ebury Bridge, SW1W Ebury Bridge is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
Ebury Mews, SW1W Ebury Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
Ebury Square, SW1W In contrast with much of Belgravia’s planned building, Ebury Square developed as a result of London’s natural expansion. (Victoria)
Ebury Street, SW1W Ebury Street runs from the Grosvenor Gardens junction south-westwards to Pimlico Road (Victoria)
Eccleston Street, SW1W Eccleston Street derives its name from Eccleston in Cheshire, where the Grosvenor family own property (Victoria)
Edgson House, SW1W Edgson House is a block on Ebury Bridge Road (Pimlico)
Elizabeth Street, SW1W Elizabeth Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)
Ellis Street, SW1X Ellis Street originated in 1791 (Belgravia)
End House, SW3 End House is a block on Rosemoor Street (Chelsea)
Fordie House, SW1X Fordie House is sited on Sloane Street (Chelsea)
Fountain Court, SW1W Fountain Court is a block on Avery Farm Row (Victoria)
Franklins Row, SW3 Franklins Row is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)
Garrison Square, SW1W Garrison Square is a location in London (Pimlico)
Graham Terrace, SW1W Graham Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)
Grosvenor Cottages, SW1W Grosvenor Cottages is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Sloane Square)
Grosvenor Court, SW1X Grosvenor Court is a block on Sloane Street (Belgravia)
Guinness Court, SW3 Guinness Court is a building on Guinness Court (Chelsea)
Gwynn House, SW1W Gwynn House is a block on Lower Sloane Street (Sloane Square)
Halsey Street, SW3 Halsey Street lies over the tracks of the District Line (Chelsea)
Holbein House, SW1W Holbein House is a block on Holbein Place (Victoria)
Holbein Mews, SW1W Holbein Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)
Holbein Place, SW1W Holbein Place links Sloane Square and Pimlico Road (Sloane Square)
Kilmuir House, SW1W Kilmuir House is a block on Ebury Street (Belgravia)
Kings Road, SW1W Kings Road is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)
Kylestrome House, SW1W Kylestrome House is a block on Cundy Street (Victoria)
Laxford House, SW1W Laxford House is located on Cundy Street (Victoria)
Lennox Gardens Mews, SW1X Lennox Gardens Mews was built behind Lennox Gardens from 1882 onwards (Chelsea)
Lennox Gardens, SW1X Named after Lord William Lennox, Lennox Gardens skirts the central gardens of the same name (Chelsea)
Lincoln Street, SW3 Authority to lay down Lincoln Street was given in the 1845 Chelsea Improvement Act (Chelsea)
Lochmore House, SW1W Lochmore House is a block on Cundy Street (Victoria)
Lower Sloane Street, SW1W Lower Sloane Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)
Lyall Mews West, SW1X Lyall Mews West is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)
Lyall Mews, SW1X Lyall Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)
Lyall Street, SW1X Lyall Street extends southward from Chesham Place to Eaton Square, transitioning into Elizabeth Street at Eaton Square (Belgravia)
Margaretha House, SW3 Margaretha House is a block on Draycott Place (Chelsea)
Mercer House, SW1W Mercer House is a block on Ebury Bridge (Pimlico)
Milner Street, SW3 Milner Street runs roughly west from Cadogan Square, crossing Ovington Street, Lennox Gardens and Clabon Mews (Chelsea)
Moore Street, SW3 Moore Street was named after Richard Moore of Hampton Court Palace, a former landowner (Chelsea)
Mozart Terrace, SW1W Mozart Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Oakley House, SW1X Oakley House is a building on Sloane Street (Belgravia)
Orford House, SW3 Orford House is a block on Rawlings Street (Chelsea)
Ormonde Place, SW1W Ormonde Place is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)
Ovington Street, SW3 Ovington Street is one of the widest and most imposing streets in Chelsea (Chelsea)
Passmore Street, SW1W Passmore Street, formerly Union Street, contains a social mix (Victoria)
Pavilion Road, SW1X Pavilion Road is London’s longest mews and runs parallel to Sloane Street (Chelsea)
Pimilco Walk, SW1W Pimilco Walk is a road in the N1 postcode area (Victoria)
Pimlico House, SW1W Pimlico House is a block on Ebury Bridge (Victoria)
Pimlico Road, SW1W Pimlico Road is a combination of roads formerly called Grosvenor Row and Queen Street (Victoria)
Ranelagh Grove, SW1W Ranelagh Grove was formerly called Wilderness Row and Ranelagh Walk (Pimlico)
Rawlings Street, SW3 Rawlings Street, formerly Princes Street was renamed in 1873 after Charles Rawlings who instituted a Chelsea Charity (Chelsea)
Rosemoor Street, SW3 Rosemoor Street was at first called Orford Terrace and then Little Orford Street (Chelsea)
Royal Avenue, SW3 Royal Avenue This was laid out for William III as part of a proposed triumphal way leading from Wren’s Royal Hospital to the south right to Kensington Palace in the north. (Chelsea)
rr, SW1W Eccleston Yard is a location in London (Victoria)
Rye House, SW1W Rye House is a block on Ebury Bridge Road (Victoria)
Sedding Street, SW1W Sedding Street was originally called Upper George Street (Sloane Square)
Semley House, SW1W Semley House is a block on Semley Place (Victoria)
Semley Place, SW1W Semley Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)
Skinner Place, SW1W Skinner Place first appears on 1840 mapping (Sloane Square)
Sloane Court East, SW1W Sloane Court East is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Sloane Square)
Sloane Court West, SW3 This is a street in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)
Sloane Gardens, SW1W Sloane Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)
Sloane House, SW1X Sloane House is located on Sloane Street (Belgravia)
Sloane Square House, SW1W Sloane Square House is located on Holbein Place (Sloane Square)
Sloane Square, SW1W Sloane Square forms a boundary between the two largest aristocratic estates in London, the Grosvenor Estate and the Cadogan (Sloane Square)
Sloane Terrace, SW1W Sloane Terrace is the location of Cadogan Hall (Sloane Square)
South Eaton Place, SW1W South Eaton Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)
South House, SW3 South House is a block on Rosemoor Street (Chelsea)
South Street, SW1W South Street was renamed Cadogan Gardens in 1869 (Chelsea)
St Barnabas Mews, SW1W St Barnabas Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Pimlico)
St Barnabas Street, SW1W St Barnabas Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Pimlico)
St Catherine’s Mews, SW3 St Catherine’s Mews is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)
Stack House, SW1W Stack House is a block on Cundy Street (Victoria)
Symons Street, SW3 Symons Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)
Tryon Street, SW3 Tryon Street was originally a footpath known locally as Butterfly Alley which separated two famous nurseries: John Colville and Thomas Davey. (Chelsea)
Turks Row, SW3 Turks Row is a location in London (Chelsea)
Victoria House, SW1W Victoria House is located on Ebury Bridge Road (Pimlico)
Wainwright House, SW1W Wainwright House is a block on Ebury Bridge Road (Pimlico)
Walden House, SW1W Walden House is a block on Avery Farm Row (Victoria)
Walpole Street, SW3 Walpole Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)
Wedderburn House, SW1W Wedderburn House is a block on Lower Sloane Street (Chelsea)
Wellesley House, SW1W Wellesley House is a building on Ebury Bridge Road (Pimlico)
Wellington Square, SW3 Wellington Square was laid out in the 1850s by Francis Edwards though the terraces on either side of the square were built some ten years earlier (Chelsea)
West Eaton Place Mews, SW1X West Eaton Place Mews is a road in the SW1X postcode area (Belgravia)
West Eaton Place, SW1W West Eaton Place lies off Eaton Place (Belgravia)
West House, SW3 West House is a block on Rosemoor Street (Chelsea)
Westbourne House, SW1W Westbourne House is a block on Ebury Bridge (Victoria)
Whistler Square, SW1W Whistler Square is a location in London (Chelsea)
Whittaker Street, SW1W Whittaker Street is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Sloane Square)
Wilbraham House, SW1X Wilbraham House is located on D’Oyley Street (Sloane Square)
Wilbraham Place, SW1X Wilbraham Place is a road to the rear of Cadogan Hall (Sloane Square)
Wiltshire Close, SW3 Wiltshire Close is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)


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