A History of the County of Middlesex: Vol. XII: Chelsea

Croot, Patricia E.C. (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 1904356249 / ISBN 13: 9781904356240

Published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd, London, 2004

About this Item

Vol.XII. Very good hard cover, no jacket intended, from the collection of Susan Reynolds, a medieval historian, academic and tutor at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Very minor shelf wear, lightly bumped corners, spine lightly cocked. Pages well bound, content bright and clear. Associated notes (laid in), pencil marks and marginalia remain extant, due to the academic recognition of Susan Reynolds. CN.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A History of the County of Middlesex: Vol. XII: Chelsea
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904356249
• ISBN 13: 9781904356240
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Used

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Synopsis

Like so much of Middlesex, Chelsea was swallowed up by Greater London. Here its history restores its lost identity.

Chelsea was a desirable riverside residence for wealthy merchants, lawyers, and courtiers from the fifteenth century, and a pleasure resort for all ranks of society from the eighteenth; it is now one of the most expensive and desirable places to live in London. This new volume relates all this and more, including a re-examination of the location of Sir Thomas More's house, a reassessment of Henry VIII's relationship with the manor house, the history of a major estate not previously identified, and a survey of the farm-gardening which gave prosperity to some local inhabitants. Facets of Chelsea's more recent history covered include the rebuilding of eastern Chelsea, which removed alarge lower middle- and working-class population and replaced their accommodation with houses for the well-off; the artistic community which grew up in the late nineteenth century from which Chelsea derived its bohemian reputation; and the cultural and commercial changes of the Swinging Sixties.

Review

Full of carefully researched and critically assessed information. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW