A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume XII: Chelsea (Victoria County History)

Patricia Croot

ISBN 10: 1904356249 / ISBN 13: 9781904356240

Published by Victoria County History 2004-09-30, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume XII: Chelsea (Victoria County History)
• Publisher: Victoria County History 2004-09-30
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904356249
• ISBN 13: 9781904356240
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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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