Alpha Place, SW3

Alpha Place was probably so called because it was the first turning to be built out of the old lane now named Flood Street.

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It was an early nineteenth-century street.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

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

Chelsea

The Fascination of Chelsea The Fascination of Chelsea was a book published in 1902.

The Fascination of Chelsea

NEARBY STREETS

Adair House, SW3 Adair House is a block on Oakley Street (Chelsea)

Adair House, SW3

Alameda House, SW3 Alameda House is located on Sydney Street (Chelsea)

Alameda House, SW3

Alpha Place, SW3 Alpha Place was probably so called because it was the first turning to be built out of the old lane now named Flood Street (Chelsea)

Alpha Place, SW3

Argyle House, SW3 Argyle House is located on King’s Road (Chelsea)

Argyle House, SW3

Astell Street, SW3 Mary Astell (1668-1731), author, lived in Paradise Row (now Royal Hospital Road) (Chelsea)

Astell Street, SW3

Bramerton Street, SW3 Bramerton Street is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Bramerton Street, SW3

Britten Street, SW3 Britten Street was probably named after J. Britten, a trustee of St Luke’s Church in 1828 (Chelsea)

Britten Street, SW3

Burnsall Street, SW3 Burnsall Street was Brewer Street until 1928 and originally part of Blenheim Street (Chelsea)

Burnsall Street, SW3

Cadogan Pier, SW3 Cadogan Pier is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Cadogan Pier, SW3

Carlyle Square, SW3 Carlyle Square was named in honour of the writer Thomas Carlyle in 1872 (Chelsea)

Carlyle Square, SW3

Carlyle’s House, SW3 Carlyle’s House is a block on Cheyne Row (Chelsea)

Carlyle’s House, SW3

Caversham Street, SW3 Caversham Street is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Caversham Street, SW3

Chapel Walk, SW3 Chapel Walk is a road in the SW10 postcode area (Chelsea)

Chapel Walk, SW3

Charles II Place, SW3 Charles II Place is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Charles II Place, SW3

Chelsea Embankment, SW3 Chelsea Embankment is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Chelsea Embankment, SW3

Chelsea Manor Gardens, SW3 Chelsea Manor Gardens is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Chelsea Manor Gardens, SW3

Chelsea Manor Street, SW3 Chelsea Manor Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Chelsea Manor Street, SW3

Chelsea Manor Studios, SW3 Chelsea Manor Studios is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Chelsea Manor Studios, SW3

Chelsea Square, SW3 Chelsea Square is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Chelsea Square, SW3

Chelsea Towers, SW3 Chelsea Towers are named blocks in Chelsea (Chelsea)

Chelsea Towers, SW3

Chesil Court, SW3 Chesil Court can be found on Chelsea Manor Street (Chelsea)

Chesil Court, SW3

Cheyne Court, SW3 Cheyne Court is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Cheyne Court, SW3

Cheyne Mews, SW3 Cheyne Mews is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Cheyne Mews, SW3

Cheyne Place, SW3 Cheyne Place is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Cheyne Place, SW3

Cheyne Row, SW3 Cheyne Row is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Cheyne Row, SW3

Cheyne Walk, SW3 Cheyne Walk takes its name from William Cheyne, Viscount Newhaven who owned the manor of Chelsea until 1712 (Chelsea)

Cheyne Walk, SW3

Christchurch Street, SW3 Christchurch Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Christchurch Street, SW3

Christchurch Terrace, SW3 Christchurch Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Christchurch Terrace, SW3

Clover Mews, SW3 Clover Mews is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Clover Mews, SW3

Danvers Street, SW3 Sir John Danvers (died 1655) introduced Italian gardens to England in his mansion Danvers House whose grounds spread from the river to the Kings Road (Chelsea)

Danvers Street, SW3

Daver Court, SW3 Daver Court is a block on Chelsea Manor Street (Chelsea)

Daver Court, SW3

Dilke Street, SW3 Dilke Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Dilke Street, SW3

Dove House, SW3 Dove House can be found on Dovehouse Street (Chelsea)

Dove House, SW3

Dovehouse Street, SW3 Dovehouse Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Dovehouse Street, SW3

Embankment Gardens, SW3 Embankment Gardens is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Embankment Gardens, SW3

Flood Street, SW3 Flood Street commemorates Luke Thomas Flood (d.1860) a major Chelsea land owner and a benefactor of the poor (Chelsea)

Flood Street, SW3

Flood Walk, SW3 Flood Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Flood Walk, SW3

Franklins Row, SW3 Franklins Row is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Franklins Row, SW3

Glebe Place, SW3 Glebe Place was built over a former road called Cooks Ground (Chelsea)

Glebe Place, SW3

Godfrey Street, SW3 Godfrey Street - probably from Walter Godfrey, an important Chelsea landowner in the eighteenth century (Chelsea)

Godfrey Street, SW3

Grove Cottages, SW3 Grove Cottages is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Grove Cottages, SW3

Grove House, SW3 Grove House is a block on Grove Cottages (Chelsea)

Grove House, SW3

Guy Scadding Building, SW3 Guy Scadding Building is a block on Cale Street (Chelsea)

Guy Scadding Building, SW3

Honiton Mansions, SW3 Honiton Mansions is a location in London (Chelsea)

Honiton Mansions, SW3

Joubert Mansions, SW3 Joubert Mansions is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Joubert Mansions, SW3

Jubilee Place, SW3 Jubilee Place commemorates the Jubilee of George III (Chelsea)

Jubilee Place, SW3

Justice Walk, SW3 Justice Walk links Old Church Street and Lawrence Street (Chelsea)

Justice Walk, SW3

King’s Road, SW3 This is a street in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

King’s Road, SW3

Lawrence Street, SW3 Lawrence Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Lawrence Street, SW3

Lordship Place, SW3 This is a street in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Lordship Place, SW3

Lower Stewart’s Grove, SW3 Lower Stewart’s Grove was eventually absorbed into Cale Street (Chelsea)

Lower Stewart’s Grove, SW3

Manresa Road, SW3 Manresa Road is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Manresa Road, SW3

Margaretta Terrace, SW3 Margaretta Terrace is a location in London (Chelsea)

Margaretta Terrace, SW3

Markham Square, SW3 Markham Square is a garden square laid out in 1836 (Chelsea)

Markham Square, SW3

Markham Street, SW3 Pulham Markham Evans was the last owner of Box Farm which formerly stood on this site (Chelsea)

Markham Street, SW3

Meriden Court, SW3 Meriden Court is a block on Chelsea Manor Street (Chelsea)

Meriden Court, SW3

Oakley Gardens, SW3 Oakley Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Oakley Gardens, SW3

Oakley Street, SW3 Oakley Street arrived in 1830 following the demolition of Chelsea Manor House in 1822 (Chelsea)

Oakley Street, SW3

Old Church Street, SW3 Old Church Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Old Church Street, SW3

Ormonde Gate, SW3 Ormonde Gate is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Ormonde Gate, SW3

Paradise Walk, SW3 Paradise Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Paradise Walk, SW3

Paultons Square, SW3 Paultons Square, a garden square, was built in 1836–40 on the site of a former market garden (Chelsea)

Paultons Square, SW3

Paultons Street, SW3 Paultons Street is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Paultons Street, SW3

Petyt Place, SW3 Petyt Place is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Petyt Place, SW3

Phene Street, SW3 Phene Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Phene Street, SW3

Pier House, SW3 Pier House is a block on Cheyne Walk (Chelsea)

Pier House, SW3

Porters Lodge, SW3 Porters Lodge is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Porters Lodge, SW3

Queens House, SW3 Queens House is a block on Cheyne Walk (Chelsea)

Queens House, SW3

Radnor Walk, SW3 Radnor Walk was previously called Radnor Street until renamed in 1937 (Chelsea)

Radnor Walk, SW3

Ralston Street, SW3 Ralston Street is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Ralston Street, SW3

Ramsay Mews, SW3 Ramsay Mews is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Ramsay Mews, SW3

Redburn Street, SW3 Redburn Street is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Redburn Street, SW3

Redesdale Street, SW3 Redesdale Street is a location in London (Chelsea)

Redesdale Street, SW3

Resedale Street, SW3 Resedale Street is a location in London (Chelsea)

Resedale Street, SW3

Robinson Street, SW3 Robinson Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Robinson Street, SW3

Rosetti Studios, SW3 Rosetti Studios is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Rosetti Studios, SW3

Rossetti Studios, SW3 Rossetti Studios is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Rossetti Studios, SW3

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)

Royal Avenue, SW3

Royal Hospital Road, SW3 Royal Hospital Road is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Royal Hospital Road, SW3

Shawfield Street, SW3 Shawfield Street is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Shawfield Street, SW3

Shelley Court, SW3 Shelley Court is a block on Tite Street (Chelsea)

Shelley Court, SW3

Smith Street, SW3 Smith Street was built between 1794 and 1807 by a vintner named Thomas Smith (Chelsea)

Smith Street, SW3

Smith Terrace, SW3 Smith Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Smith Terrace, SW3

St Loo Avenue, SW3 St Loo Avenue was named after William St Loo, the third husband of Bess of Hardwick. (Chelsea)

St Loo Avenue, SW3

St Lukes Street, SW3 St Lukes Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

St Lukes Street, SW3

St. Leonard’s Terrace, SW3 St. Leonard’s Terrace is situated at the end of Royal Avenue (Chelsea)

St. Leonard’s Terrace, SW3

Swan Court, SW3 Swan Court is a block on Flood Street (Chelsea)

Swan Court, SW3

Swan Walk, SW3 Swan Walk is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Swan Walk, SW3

Sydney Street, SW3 Sydney Street is a main street of Chelsea, connecting Fulham Road and King’s Road (Chelsea)

Sydney Street, SW3

Tedworth Gardens, SW3 Tedworth Gardens is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Tedworth Gardens, SW3

Tedworth Square, SW3 Tedworth Square is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Tedworth Square, SW3

Terrace Walk, SW3 Terrace Walk is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Terrace Walk, SW3

The Court House, SW3 The Court House is located on Justice Walk (Chelsea)

The Court House, SW3

The Courtyard, SW3 The Courtyard is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

The Courtyard, SW3

Tite Street, SW3 Tite Street crosses Royal Hospital Road (Chelsea)

Tite Street, SW3

Trident Place, SW3 Trident Place is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Trident Place, SW3

Turks Row, SW3 Turks Row is a location in London (Chelsea)

Turks Row, SW3

Upper Cheyne Row, SW3 Upper Cheyne Row is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Upper Cheyne Row, SW3

Walpole Street, SW3 Walpole Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Walpole Street, SW3

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)

Wellington Square, SW3

West Road, SW3 West Road is a road in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

West Road, SW3

Woodfall Street, SW3 Woodfall Street is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Woodfall Street, SW3

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