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A History of the County of Middlesex - Volume XII: Chelsea (Hardcover)
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A History of the County of Middlesex - Volume XII: Chelsea (Hardcover)
Series: Victoria County History
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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.
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