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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.

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Parkers Row, SE1 Added: 9 Jan 2025 18:51 GMT	Parkers Row, SE1 My great great grandmother, and her soon to be husband, lived in Parker’s Row before their marriage in St James in June 1839. Thier names were - Jane Elizabeth Turner and Charles Frederick Dean. She was a hat trimmer and he was a tailor. Reply
Lindsay Trott Lockside, E14 Added: 1 Jan 2025 17:55 GMT	Lockside not on 1939 Register I have the Denby family living in Lockside in 1938 but it does not appear on the 1939 Register. Reply
Janelle Robbins Blossom Place, E1 Added: 27 Dec 2024 18:47 GMT	Harriet Robbins Please get in touch re Harriet Robbins Reply
Dave Hinves Bacon Street, E1 Added: 27 Nov 2024 03:55 GMT	he was a School Teacher Henry sailed from Graves End 1849 on ’The Woodbridge’ arrived South Australia 1850. In 1858 he married Julia Ann Walsh at Burra, South Australia, they had 3 children, and 36 grand children. Died 24 June 1896 at Wilmington, South Australia. He is my 1st cousin 3x removed. Reply
Kevin Pont St George’s Square, SW1V Added: 23 Nov 2024 17:03 GMT	St Georges Square This is rather lovely and well worth a visit! Reply
Simon Chapman Blossom Place, E1 Added: 22 Nov 2024 17:47 GMT	Blossom Place My Great Great Grandmother, Harriett Robbins lived in 2 Blossom Place in 1865 before marrying my Great Great Grandfather. They moved to 23 Spitall Square. Reply
Mark G Skidmore Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 21:54 GMT	Skidmore Street, E1 Skidmore Street was located where present day Ernest Street and Solebay Street now stand. They are both located above Shandy Street and Commodore Street. Reply
Alan Russell Cheshire Street, E1 Added: 26 Oct 2024 14:36 GMT	Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Cheshire Street, London E2 - 1969 Reply

NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

Heygate Estate, SE17 The bridge over the Westbourne at Sloane Square was called Blandel Bridge.

Heygate Estate, SE17

Orange Square Orange Square is a small open area in Belgravia.

Orange Square

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.

Sloane Square

NEARBY STREETS

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

Anderson Street, SW3 Anderson Street connects the King’s Road with Sloane Avenue (Chelsea)

Anderson Street, SW3

Arundel Court, SW3 Arundel Court is a building on Markham Street (Chelsea)

Arundel Court, SW3

Avenue Court, SW3 Avenue Court is sited on Draycott Avenue (Chelsea)

Avenue Court, SW3

Belgrave Cottages, SW1W Belgrave Cottages were situated behind Whittaker Street (Sloane Square)

Belgrave Cottages, SW1W

Biddesden House, SW3 Biddesden House is a block on Cadogan Street (Chelsea)

Biddesden House, SW3

Blacklands Terrace, SW3 Blacklands Terrace was the location of the house and estate of Blacklands (Chelsea)

Blacklands Terrace, SW3

Bloomfield Terrace, SW1W Bloomfield Terrace - an alteration of ‘Blomfield’ - after Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London (Pimlico)

Bloomfield Terrace, SW1W

Bourne Street, SW1W Bourne Street is lined with what were once artisans’ dwellings. (Belgravia)

Bourne Street, SW1W

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

Bray Place, SW3

Bristol House, SW1W Bristol House is a block on Lower Sloane Street (Sloane Square)

Bristol House, SW1W

Bunhouse Place, SW1W Bunhouse Place is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)

Bunhouse Place, SW1W

Burton Mews, SW1W Burton Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Belgravia)

Burton Mews, SW1W

Bywater Street, SW3 Bywater Street was built in the 1850s on the site of a nursery (Chelsea)

Bywater Street, SW3

Cadogan Court, SW3 Cadogan Court can be found on Draycott Avenue (Chelsea)

Cadogan Court, SW3

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

Cadogan Street, SW3

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

Cavalry Square, SW3

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

Caversham Street, SW3

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

Charles II Place, SW3

Chelsea Bridge Road, SW1W Chelsea Bridge Road was built in the 1850s to connect Chelsea with its bridge (Chelsea)

Chelsea Bridge Road, SW1W

Chelsea Embankment, SW1W Chelsea Embankment is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Chelsea)

Chelsea Embankment, SW1W

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

Cheltenham Terrace, SW3

Chester Row, SW1W Chester Row with its tall stucco houses lies at the heart of the district of Belgravia (Belgravia)

Chester Row, SW1W

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

Cheyne Place, 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

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

Colebrook Court, SW3

Conduit Street, SW1W Conduit Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1Wpostal area (Belgravia)

Conduit Street, SW1W

Coulson Street, SW3 Coulson Street connects Sloane Avenue with Lincoln Street (Chelsea)

Coulson Street, SW3

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

Cranmer Court, SW3

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

Culford Gardens, SW3

Dove Walk, SW1W Dove Walk is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)

Dove Walk, SW1W

Draycott Avenue, SW3 Draycott Avenue is a notable shopping street (Chelsea)

Draycott Avenue, SW3

Draycott Place, SW3 The first section of Draycott Place dates from the 1820s (Chelsea)

Draycott Place, SW3

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

Draycott Terrace, SW3

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

Duke of York Square, SW1W

Duke Of York Square, SW3 Duke Of York Square is a shopping and retail development (Chelsea)

Duke Of York Square, SW3

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

East Road, SW3

Eaton Close, SW1W Eaton Close is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Sloane Square)

Eaton Close, SW1W

Ebury Bridge Road, SW1W Ebury Bridge Road used to lead to Ebury Bridge which spanned the Grosvenor Canal (Pimlico)

Ebury Bridge Road, SW1W

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 Square, SW1W

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

Elystan Place, SW3

End House, SW3 End House is a block on Rosemoor Street (Chelsea)

End House, 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

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

Franklins Row, SW3

Garrison Square, SW1W Garrison Square is a location in London (Pimlico)

Garrison Square, SW1W

Graham Terrace, SW1W Graham Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Belgravia)

Graham Terrace, SW1W

Guinness Court, SW3 Guinness Court is a building on Guinness Court (Chelsea)

Guinness Court, SW3

Gwynn House, SW1W Gwynn House is a block on Lower Sloane Street (Sloane Square)

Gwynn House, SW1W

Holbein House, SW1W Holbein House is a block on Holbein Place (Victoria)

Holbein House, SW1W

Holbein Mews, SW1W Holbein Mews is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)

Holbein Mews, SW1W

Holbein Place, SW1W Holbein Place links Sloane Square and Pimlico Road (Sloane Square)

Holbein Place, SW1W

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

Kilmuir House, SW1W Kilmuir House is a block on Ebury Street (Belgravia)

Kilmuir House, SW1W

Kings Road, SW1W Kings Road is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)

Kings Road, SW1W

Kylestrome House, SW1W Kylestrome House is a block on Cundy Street (Victoria)

Kylestrome House, SW1W

Laxford House, SW1W Laxford House is located on Cundy Street (Victoria)

Laxford House, SW1W

Lincoln Street, SW3 Authority to lay down Lincoln Street was given in the 1845 Chelsea Improvement Act (Chelsea)

Lincoln Street, SW3

Lochmore House, SW1W Lochmore House is a block on Cundy Street (Victoria)

Lochmore House, SW1W

Lower Sloane Street, SW1W Lower Sloane Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)

Lower Sloane Street, SW1W

Margaretha House, SW3 Margaretha House is a block on Draycott Place (Chelsea)

Margaretha House, 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

Mozart Terrace, SW1W Mozart Terrace is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Victoria)

Mozart Terrace, SW1W

Orford House, SW3 Orford House is a block on Rawlings Street (Chelsea)

Orford House, SW3

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

Ormonde Gate, SW3

Ormonde Place, SW1W Ormonde Place is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Victoria)

Ormonde Place, SW1W

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

Paradise Walk, SW3

Passmore Street, SW1W Passmore Street, formerly Union Street, contains a social mix (Victoria)

Passmore Street, SW1W

Pimilco Walk, SW1W Pimilco Walk is a road in the N1 postcode area (Victoria)

Pimilco Walk, SW1W

Pimlico Road, SW1W Pimlico Road is a combination of roads formerly called Grosvenor Row and Queen Street (Victoria)

Pimlico Road, SW1W

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

Ranelagh Grove, SW1W Ranelagh Grove was formerly called Wilderness Row and Ranelagh Walk (Pimlico)

Ranelagh Grove, SW1W

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

Rosemoor Street, SW3 Rosemoor Street was at first called Orford Terrace and then Little Orford Street (Chelsea)

Rosemoor 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

Skinner Place, SW1W Skinner Place first appears on 1840 mapping (Sloane Square)

Skinner Place, SW1W

Sloane Avenue, SW3 Sloane Avenue runs roughly north-west to south-east (Chelsea)

Sloane Avenue, SW3

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

Sloane Court East, SW1W

Sloane Court West, SW3 This is a street in the SW3 postcode area (Chelsea)

Sloane Court West, SW3

Sloane Gardens, SW1W Sloane Gardens is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Sloane Square)

Sloane Gardens, SW1W

Sloane Square House, SW1W Sloane Square House is located on Holbein Place (Sloane Square)

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)

Sloane Square, SW1W

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

South House, SW3 South House is a block on Rosemoor Street (Chelsea)

South House, SW3

South Street, SW1W South Street was renamed Cadogan Gardens in 1869 (Chelsea)

South Street, SW1W

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

Sprimont Place, SW3

St Barnabas Mews, SW1W St Barnabas Mews is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Pimlico)

St Barnabas Mews, SW1W

St Barnabas Street, SW1W St Barnabas Street is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Pimlico)

St Barnabas Street, SW1W

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

St. Leonard’s Terrace, SW3

Stack House, SW1W Stack House is a block on Cundy Street (Victoria)

Stack House, SW1W

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

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

The Gateways, SW3

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

Tite Street, SW3

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)

Tryon Street, SW3

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

Turks Row, SW3

Walden House, SW1W Walden House is a block on Avery Farm Row (Victoria)

Walden House, SW1W

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

Walpole Street, SW3

Wedderburn House, SW1W Wedderburn House is a block on Lower Sloane Street (Chelsea)

Wedderburn House, SW1W

Wellington Buildings, SW1W Wellington Buildings is one of the streets of London in the SW1W postal area (Chelsea)

Wellington Buildings, SW1W

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 House, SW3 West House is a block on Rosemoor Street (Chelsea)

West House, SW3

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

West Road, SW3

Whistler Square, SW1W Whistler Square is a location in London (Chelsea)

Whistler Square, SW1W

Whitehead’s Grove, SW3 Whitehead’s Grove was named after a builder, lessee of part of Chelsea Common in 1810 (Chelsea)

Whitehead’s Grove, SW3

Whittaker Street, SW1W Whittaker Street is a road in the SW1W postcode area (Sloane Square)

Whittaker Street, SW1W

Wiltshire Close, SW3 Wiltshire Close is one of the streets of London in the SW3 postal area (Chelsea)

Wiltshire Close, 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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Albert Bridge opened in 1873 and was immediately designated as a dangerous structure. It was noticed early on that vibrations could threaten the structural integrity of the bridge. Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1621594659 Licence:	Harrods Department Store frontage as viewed along Brompton Rd at night (2012) Credit: David Liff TUM image id: 1557150671 Licence:	The Sutton Estate, Chelsea was built in 1913. Credit: Sutton Estate TUM image id: 1670633812 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Sloane Square area on Horwood’s 1799 map of London. Chelsea was largely a series of a market gardens and not urbanised back then. Credit: Richard Horwood TUM image id: 1670860306 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 Fascination of Chelsea TUM image id: 1524258115 Licence:	Orange Square Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1585745295 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Boscobel Oaks, 1804 TUM image id: 1487173198 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:
Buildings on the north side of Cadogan Square (2008) Credit: Wiki Commons/Cj1340 TUM image id: 1691443423 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Cheyne Walk in Chelsea (1950) The house depicted in the middle distance of with large gate piers was the former home of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Cheyne Walk was a popular area for artists from the mid 19th century onwards. The street’s popularity with artists continued well into the 20th century with two pivotal leaders of British Impressionism, Phillip Wilson Steer and Whistler living nearby. Credit: Edward Seago TUM image id: 1721510134 Licence:	Eaton Square Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1586358889 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