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Survey of London
… here at two separate periods, once when organist of Chelsea New Church, and again after he had been appointed …
Survey of London
… in the diary of Narcissus Luttrell, who lived at Little Chelsea, we learn that her daughter married a Mr. Bouchier. … Weedon Butler who, Faulkner tells us, kept his school in Chelsea for forty years, appears to have resided at No. 4 … R. A., took the house. Mr. Beaver, in his Memorials of Old Chelsea, quotes from a letter of his to The Times entitled: …
Survey of London
… in Saxony are preserved certain drawings of Lindsey House, Chelsea, as renovated by Count Zinzendorf in 1750. In Mr. J. … suggests that they may have been bought by a resident in Chelsea who lived so near, at the time of the relinquishment … Cheshire. He made his fortune as a jeweller and retired to Chelsea, where in company with his friend and neighbour the …
Survey of London
… Sloanethrough whose indifference to her ancient treasure Chelsea has felt her greatest lossesmay well have torn it … the garden, and which is shown in Richardson's Survey of Chelsea Manor, in the British Museum (1769). We are told that … baths in Cheyne Walk. Among his visitors and patients at Chelsea was his late Royal Highness Edward Duke of York, who …
Survey of London
… Coleman. Bibliographical references. Randall Davies, Chelsea Old Church (1904). In the committee's ms. collection … with those of Shrewsbury House ( vide ante Nos. 32823284). Chelsea Old Church, by Randall Davies. …
Survey of London
… and its directors deserve the thanks of all lovers of Chelsea in that they have preserved so large a proportion of … we cannot forbear to quote from the quaint description of Chelsea by John Bowack in 1705. He says: "The place is noted … of Sir Thomas Lawrence, and through his wife acquired the Chelsea property of the Lawrences. His elder brother, John …
Survey of London
… railings of Queen's House. We have before remarked that Chelsea is rich in wrought ironwork. Not only is this the … The chief alteration, which, perhaps, has become to many Chelsea residents its most familiar feature, is the large bay … basement, of which much has been said in various books on Chelsea, presents nothing more remarkable than the usual …
Survey of London
… General description and date of structure. The visitor to Chelsea will find no one to direct him if he asks for … of the residence of George, fourth Earl of Shrewsbury, at Chelsea as early as 1519. He was a Privy Councillor to Henry … Field of the Cloth of Gold. His son Richard was born at Chelsea. Francis, the fifth Earl, is included in a court roll …
Survey of London
… in 1717. The new Lord of the Manor did not come to live in Chelsea until 1742, but in that year he brought with him his … of Sir Hans Sloane that his collection should remain at Chelsea, and that the Government should purchase it with the … Manor House given by Faulkner in the second edition of his Chelsea is the only representation extant of the Tudor …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… ascribed to Inigo Jones and formerly at Beaufort House, Chelsea. It is a building of brick, partly cement rendered … E. of Burlington 1738" and ( b) "Builded by Inigo Jones at Chelsea 1621." About 150 yards N. of the house is a …