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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:	Battersea Bridge (1860s) James Hedderly was a photographer active in Chelsea before the building of the Embankment and afterwards. This is a view taken from the tower of Chelsea Old Church. It shows the tangle of closely-packed houses and wharves between Cheyne Walk and Beaufort Street before the embankment. Beyond are the larger houses of Lindsey Row and the trees of Cremorne Gardens. Credit: James Hedderly TUM image id: 1557403627 Licence:	The Sutton Estate, Chelsea was built in 1913. Credit: Sutton Estate TUM image id: 1670633812 Licence: CC BY 2.0	The Fascination of Chelsea TUM image id: 1524258115 Licence:	The Dancing Platform at Cremorne Gardens (1864) In the 17th century, Chelsea Farm was formed and the area was used for market gardening plots, supplying central London. In 1778, Lord Cremorne bought Chelsea Farm and Cremorne House was built. In 1830 Charles Random de Berenger, a colourful character implicated in financial fraud during the Napoleonic War, purchased Cremorne House. He was a keen sportsman and opened a sports club know as Cremorne Stadium for ‘skilful and manly exercise’ including shooting, sailing, archery and fencing. In 1846, De Berenger’s Cremorne Stadium was transformed into a pleasure garden which became a popular and noisy place of entertainment. The entertainment included a diverse range of activities including concerts, fireworks, balloon ascents, galas and theatre. Credit: Phoebus Levin TUM image id: 1526047056 Licence:
Battersea High Street Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1554744728 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Battersea Park Road (1900). Looking east through the double railway arches. Just beyond the bridges would be the later site of the modern dogs and cats home. Old London postcard TUM image id: 1620250387 Licence:	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:	Maunders Fish Shop, Cheyne Walk (1887) Credit: Philip Norman TUM image id: 1721511037 Licence:	Elm Park Gardens TUM image id: 1573064988 Licence:
Houses on the northwest side on Onslow Square, SW7 Credit: Wiki Commons/Nigel Mykura TUM image id: 1646482035 Licence: CC BY 2.0	Tite Street, SW3 (1955) Playing in the street wasn’t an activity confined to Chelsea’s mean streets as this view of Tite Street shows. Baseball is being played here. In spotted dressed and suit trousers, the young (possibly American) boys and girls look dashing as they frolic around under the sun peaking through the trees. Tite Street was formerly home to Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler. Credit: John Bignell TUM image id: 1633097254 Licence:	Rosenau Road, SW11 Schloss Rosenau is a castle, formerly in Saxe-Coburg, now lying in Bavaria. Schloss Rosenau was the boyhood home of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who became the husband of Queen Victoria. Due to the name of nearby Albert Bridge, builders rook the opportunity to call many of the roads of this area of Battersea after connections with the Prince Consort. Credit: The Underground Map TUM image id: 1603378785 Licence:	Petworth Street sign TUM image id: 1493989872 Licence:	Old Battersea Bridge, Walter Greaves (oil on canvas, 1874) Old Battersea Bridge, seen from upstream, on Lindsey Row (now Cheyne Walk), with Battersea on the far shore. The boatyard belonging to the Greaves family is in the foreground. On the extreme left is the wall surrounding the garden of the artist William Bell Scott. In the far distance Crystal Palace is just visible. Battersea Bridge was demolished in 1881, and replaced with the present bridge. Before the alterations Greaves recalled the danger to shipping and the difficulty of steering through the arches unless the ‘set of the tide was known’. On the horizon, Crystal Palace can be seen Credit: Tate Gallery TUM image id: 1610042070 Licence: