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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

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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

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

Arundel Court, SW3

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

Bloomfield Terrace, SW1W

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

Bristol House, SW1W

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

Burnsall Street, SW3

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

Bywater Street, SW3

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

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

Chelsea Embankment, 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

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

Cheltenham Terrace, 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

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

Danube Street, E14 Danube Street was renamed in 1937 (Chelsea)

Danube Street, E14

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

Dilke Street, SW3

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

East Road, 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

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

Garrison Square, SW1W

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

Godfrey Street, SW3

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

Grove House, 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

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

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

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

Oakley Gardens, 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

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

Pimlico Road, SW1W

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

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

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

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

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

St Barnabas Street, SW1W

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. 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

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

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

Tite Street, SW3

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

Turks Row, SW3

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 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

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

Whistler Square, SW1W

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:	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:
Bibendum, The Michelin Building on Fulham Road, Chelsea Credit: Wiki Commons/Steve Cadman TUM image id: 1670678558 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Orange Square Credit: GoArt/The Underground Map TUM image id: 1585745295 Licence: CC BY 2.0	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	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	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