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Chelsea is an affluent area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles (4 km). It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.
Chelsea and Kensington were both ancient parishes in the historic county of Middlesex.From 1856 the two parishes were in the area governed by the Metropolitan Board of Works, which was established to provide services across the metropolis of London. [2]
The ancient parish was originally dedicated to All Saints, but by the late 17th century it had been rededicated to St Luke.It was in the Diocese of London.In 1824 a new parish church was built in the centre of the parish, it was also dedicated to St Luke and the original parish church became a chapel-at-ease known as All Saints, Chelsea or Chelsea Old Church. [1]
Middlesex (/ ˈ m ɪ d əl s ɛ k s /; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county, a former post county, and a former administrative county in South East England; [3] it is now mainly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbouring ceremonial counties.
Brompton, sometimes called Old Brompton, survives in name as a ward in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of market gardens in the county of Middlesex.
The historic county of Middlesex, England divided into the six hundreds. List of the parishes in Middlesex, grouped by hundred, as of 1831.. The historic county of Middlesex was recorded in the Domesday Book as being divided into the six hundreds of Edmonton, Elthorne, Gore, Hounslow (Isleworth in all later records), [1] Ossulstone and Spelthorne, as follows:
Earl's Court is a district of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London, bordering the rail tracks of the West London line and District line that separate it from the ancient borough of Fulham to the west, the sub-districts of South Kensington to the east, Chelsea to the south and Kensington to the northeast.
The old Chelsea Manor House Swan Court on Chelsea Manor Street, site of Chelsea Manor. Chelsea Manor House was once the demesne of the main manor of the medieval parish now roughly commensurate with the district of Chelsea, London. It was a residence acquired by Henry VIII of England in 1536, and was the site of two subsequent houses. Today ...