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Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea, London(toward the Embankment end) Date: circa 1920s
Chelsea Old Church and the Embankment, London
The Grill Room - Crosby Hall, London. Crosby Hall, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea originally stood in Bishopsgate, where it was the Great Hall of the 15th century Crosby Place
Collecting supplies for refugees WWIIRich and poor alike bring gifts to the Womens Voluntary Service Depot for the Belgian refugees during World War II. Here the local chimney sweep brings a pram whilst Lady Lucas Tooth
Womens sewing circle WWIIAt Chelsea Town Hall, Lady Musprett is in charge of the sewing circle of Voluntary Workers who are here making black curtains and towels for use in the refugees billets during World War II
House requisition WWIIEmpty houses in Chelsea are requisitioned by the Town Clerk for refugees and bear this notice on their doors during World War II
Old Moravian Chapel, Chelsea, London
George V visiting Chelsea PensionersKing George V visiting Chelsea Pensioners at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London. This visit may have coincided with the Royal International Horticultural Exhibition
Chelsea Embankment OpenOpening of the Chelsea Embankment by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh
Chelsea BridgeChelsea suspension bridge
Chelsea Physick GardenRiver view of the Physick Garden, Chelsea
Beaufort House, Chelsea
The Bright Young People Being BrightGuests at the party given by Marjorie Firminger and Olivia Wyndham at Glebe Place, Chelsea
The Gardeners Seasonal DelightA group of elegantly dressed people attending the Chelsea Flower Show. Part of the London Season, the flower show, run by the Royal Horticultural Society was, and still is
Chelsea Bridge, London, 1858Engraving showing Chelsea Bridge, then newly built, London, in 1858
Thames Embankment Works, London, 1873Engraving showing the construction of the Thames Embankment at Chelsea, London, 1873
Construction of the Chelsea Embankment, London, 1857Engraving showing the construction of the Chelsea Embankment, London, in 1857
Number 4, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, 1881Engraving showing the exterior of No.4 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London, 1881. This building was formerly the home of George Eliot, the English writer, whose real name was Mary Ann Cross (1819-1880)
Chelsea Pensioners Relaxing, 1882Engraving showing a Chelsea Pensioner, of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, playing The British Grenadier on his flute, to his two comrades, 1888
Cheyne Row, Chelsea, 1881Engraving showing Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London in 1881. Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), the Scottish historian and essayist, lived here
The Old Swan, Chelsea, 1873Engraving showing the Old Swan Inn, Chelsea, London, seen from the River Thames in 1873
Chelsea vs. Tottenham Hotspur, 1909Illustration showing Windridge scoring for Chelsea Football Club, during the First Division, Chelsea vs. Tottenham Hotspur match of December 1909
Chelsea PensionersChelsea pensioners dining in their hall at Chelsea Hospital : tradition holds that the original inspiration for the Hospital came from Nell Gwynne
Sir Thomas More / ChelseaSIR THOMAS MORE Chelsea home of the English statesman and author
Chelsea Pensioner / 1904A Chelsea pensioner holds the hand of a young girl as they admire the flowers in the pensioners garden, Royal Hospital, Chelsea
Carlyles at HomeTHOMAS AND JANE WELSH CARLYLE Scottish writer and his wife at home, 5 Cheyne Row, Chelsea
Chelsea / Pensioners 1876Young women mingle with Chelsea pensioners in the garden of Chelsea Hospital
Pensioners at ChurchPensioners of the Hospital of Grey Friars listening to prayers and psalms (from Thackerays " The Newcomes" )
Shelley / ChelseaPERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY English poets house on the Chelsea Embankment: it contained a private theatre, where his play, The Cenci, was performed
Carlyle / Chelsea MoonlighTHOMAS CARLYLE Scottish philosopher and historian, enjoying a moonlit evening outside his Chelsea home
Royal Visit to HospitalPrincess Louise visits the Victoria hospital for sick children in Chelsea
Chelsea Bridge 1858with boats
Chelsea Bridge 1906
Sloane Square / 1905Sloane Square, Chelsea
Chelsea Embankment 1905Chelsea Embankment and Albert Bridge
Chelsea / Old River WallChelsea: the old river wall
Chelsea Embankment 1904Chelsea Embankment on a grey day
Hip Chelsea TypesShe wears a scoop neckline mini-dress and knee high boots; he is more outrageous in brightly patterned drain- pipe hipster trousers, silk scarf and lounge jacket
Thomas Carlyle / Cheyne RwTHOMAS CARLYLE Scottish writers home in Cheyne Row, Chelsea
Chelsea WaterworksChelsea waterworks in the 18th century : the Newcomen steam engine which provides the pumping power can be seen between the two brick buildings
Living Room by MaughamAn all white living room in the Chelsea home of Syrie Maugham
Chelsea Pensioners SingChelsea Pensioners, veterans of the Chelsea Hospital, were early rehearsing their Christmas carols when our photographer called upon them this morning
Botanical Garden ChelseaThe entrance to the Apothecaries Garden (the Old Physick Garden), Chelsea, London
Chelsea Shopping CentreBusy scene at Chelsea shopping precinct, London, with a son helping his mother to pull her trolley along, old ladies buying flowers from a stall and Sainsburys store behind
The Industrial ThamesA tug hauls industrial barges along the River Thames, photographed from Chelsea Bridge at flood tide
Pensioner DriverIts never too late, as this Chelsea Pensioner, with a lady instructor or passenger demonstrates, as he learns to drive a car!
Cheyne Row ChelseaA hansom cab delivers a visitor to Cheyne Row, Chelsea
Chelsea Bridge 1877The ornate bridge at Chelsea