Chelsea

About this eBook

Author

Bryan, George

Title

Chelsea, in the Olden & Present Times

Credits

Transcribed from the 1869 edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe

Subject

Chelsea (London, England) -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

45854

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45854

Release Date

June 1, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CHELSEA, In the Olden & Present Times .
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.INDEX.
4. 4.BOOK I. — The Old Parish Church. — MONUMENTS, &c. — ERECTION OF AN ORGAN. — SPRING TIDES.—TAKEN TO CHURCH IN A BOAT. — DOING PENANCE. — SACRILEGE. — RECTORS AT THE OLD CHURCH. — PETYT’S SCHOOL ROOM AND VESTRY. — History of the Manor. ROYAL AND DISTINGUISHED RESIDENTS. — Sir Thomas More’s House. — Battersea Bridge, Sailing Matches, &c. — HYDE PARK ON THE THAMES. — SAILING MATCHES. — Lindsey House, the Moravians, &c. — LINDSEY ROW. — CREMORNE HOUSE. — Stanley House, St. Mark’s College. — ST. MARK’S COLLEGE. — WEST BROMPTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. — LITTLE CHELSEA, OR WEST BROMPTON. — Park Chapel, &c. — CHELSEA PARK. — The Jews’ Burial Ground, &c. — CHURCH STREET. — LAWRENCE STREET, &c. — Alston House, Cheyne Walk. — Bishop of Winchester’s Palace. — BISHOPS SINCE THE RESTORATION OF KING CHARLES II. — Description of the Manor House. — Don Saltero’s Coffee House. — SALE OF A DAUGHTER, — DOGGETT’S COAT AND BADGE.
5. 5.BOOK II. — St. Luke’s Church and the Burial Ground. — MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CHURCH. — COST OF BUILDING THE CHURCH, &c. — RECTORS AT THE NEW ST. LUKE’S CHURCH. — THE BURIAL GROUND, OR CEMETERY. — REMINISCENCES OF ST. LUKE’S CHURCH. — PARISH REGISTERS. — Baptisms . — Marriages . — Burials . — THE OLD PARISH BOOKS. — THE PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. — CHELSEA WORKHOUSE. — THE KING’S ROAD CEMETERY. — The King’s Road: ITS ORIGIN, EARLY CONDITION, AND PRESENT STATE. — THE VESTRY HALL. — CHELSEA CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, MARKHAM SQUARE. — WHITELANDS TRAINING INSTITUTION. — Queen’s Road West. — THE BOTANIC GARDEN. — CHRIST CHURCH. — Chelsea Royal Hospital. — THE HOSPITAL BURIAL GROUND, &c. — OLD RANELAGH GARDENS. — Presentation of Colours to the Chelsea Volunteers . — THE ORIGINAL CHELSEA BUNHOUSE. — Royal Military Asylum. — ST. JUDE’S CHURCH. — CHELSEA CHAPEL. — Trinity Church, Upper Chelsea. — SLOANE TERRACE WESLEYAN CHAPEL. — ST. SAVIOUR’S CHURCH. — MARLBOROUGH CHAPEL. — THE CANCER HOSPITAL. — HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION. — CHELSEA IMPROVEMENTS. — FIRST ELECTION OF MEMBERS FOR THE BOROUGH OF CHELSEA. — SINGULAR ASCENT IN THE CAPTIVE BALLOON.
6. 6.Footnotes

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