The Project Gutenberg eBook of Chelsea, in the Olden & Present Times
Title: Chelsea, in the Olden & Present Times
Author: George Bryan
Release date: June 1, 2014 [eBook #45854]
Language: English
Credits: Transcribed from the 1869 edition by David Price
Transcribed from the 1869 edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
CHELSEA,
In the Olden & Present Times.
BY GEORGE BRYAN.
“It is not given to all to have genius—it is given to all to have honesty of purpose; an ordinary writer may have this in common with the greatest—that he may compose his works with a sincere view of administering to knowledge.”—Bulwer Lytton.
Entered at Stationers’ Hall.
CHELSEA:
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR,
4, ALFRED COTTAGES, CAMERA SQUARE,
KING’S ROAD.
MAY BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS.
1869.
PREFACE.
There are circumstances in connection with the publication of this volume which I deem it necessary to mention. Some persons probably have thought that such an undertaking should have devolved on an individual possessing greater literary attainments, and occupying a higher position in the parish than I do in it. To this impression I willingly give my assent. But this has not been the case; and the length of time (upwards of forty years) since the late Mr. Faulkner published his “History of Chelsea,” and the consequent difficulty of procuring a copy—independently of the fact that much contained in that work is now altogether devoid of interest, and also that, from the great improvements and alterations in the parish, there required many additions to be made to it—induced me, in the decline of life, to undertake the present task.
As an additional justification for the course I have pursued, it must not be forgotten that Chelsea is my native parish, and that I have possessed peculiar facilities for acquiring the necessary information; and, moreover, that in early life I composed in type a great portion of Mr. Faulkner’s first edition, and at a subsequent period was employed as the printing-office reader of his edition in two volumes. This gave me frequent opportunities of seeing him, and witnessing his laborious exertions to produce a work as complete “as the utmost diligence, care, and patience enabled him to collect.” I cannot but think that these considerations—combined with the fact of my having been, for many years since that period, connected with the press in London—will remove all impressions of assumption, on my part, for submitting the present volume to the impartial judgment of the parishioners and the public.
I have purposely avoided all dry details of parochial management, &c., as being foreign to the nature of the work and rendered now unnecessary in consequence of the voluminous Annual Vestry Reports, which may easily be obtained. My object has rather been to make the volume interesting, as far as possible, without being guilty of “book-making.”
The work embodies all the essential and interesting information that could be obtained, with a great amount of original matter, and should the volume not appear so bulky as some might have expected, it is simply owing to the rejection of extraneous subjects.
That the intelligent working-man, and persons of limited means, might possess the work, I published a certain number of copies at a very great sacrifice, trusting that the motive would be rather an inducement than otherwise for others to purchase the volume. Local histories, unlike other works, can only have a small circulation, and the price charged for them must be necessarily regulated by the probable number that will be sold.
In conclusion, I beg to offer my grateful acknowledgments for the kindness and assistance which I have received from several gentlemen, and now submit the result of my labours to the favourable criticism, and I trust remunerative patronage of the inhabitants and others interested in a parish which, in many points of view is unusually interesting and instructive.
August, 1869.
INDEX.
(The figures at the end of each line denote the page. Notices of Distinguished Residents are interspersed throughout the volume.)
Alston House, 92
Aston, the Misses, 152
Ashburnham House, 55
Atterbury, Dr., 78
Arbuthnot, Dr. John, 80
Astell, Mrs. Mary, 183
Atkyns, Sir Robert, 219
Boundaries of Chelsea, 8
Bray, Lord, 5
Bell, The Ashburnham, 10
Bowes, Thomas, 15
Buckingham House, 35
Buckingham, First Duke of, 35
Buckingham, Second Duke of, 36
Bristol, Earl of, 36
Beaufort House, 37
Beaufort, Second Duke of, 37
Beaufort Street, 39
Battersea Bridge, 39
Belle Vue House, 44
Bælar, Pætrus, 47
Brunel, Sir Mark Isombard, 51
Boscawen, Mr. 61
Balloon Ascent in 1784, 62
Chelsea Steam Captive, 169
Centenarian Trip in ditto, 224
Boyle, Robert, Esq. 64
Balchen, Admiral Sir John, 65
Bowack, Mr. 82
Burney, Dr. 104
Baths, Dr. Dominiceti’s, 117
Butler, Rev. Weeden, sen., 117, 152
Blunt, the late Rev. Henry, 139
Blunt, Rev. G. A. 140
Bentley, Mr. 168
Bedford, Mr. Paul, 168
Blackwell, Dr. Alexander, 183
Bunhouse, the Original Chelsea, 200
Burial Ground, St. Luke’s, 141
King’s Road, 151
Moravian’s, 46
Jew’s, 74
Royal Hospital, 195
Burial of a Female Dragoon, 196
Burgess, Rev. R. 210
Botanic Gardens, Queen’s Road, 177
Borough of Chelsea, 1st Election, 222
Church, The Old Parish, 3
St. Luke’s, 125
Christchurch, 180
St. Jude’s, 207
Trinity, Sloane Street, 209
St. Saviour’s, 214
Cugnac, The Marquis de, 5
Cheyne, Lady Jane, 9
Cheyne, Charles, Esq. 9
Chamberlayne, Dr. 14, 81
Cadogan, the Hon. and Rev., 20
Clock House, 49
Cremorne House, 54
Cope, Sir John, 64
Carlyle, Thomas, Esq. 91
Clarendon, 3rd Earl of, 66
China Manufactory, 86
Cheyne Walk, 93
Clare, Rev. Thomas, 106
Chalmer, Francis, Esq. 113
Cadogan, Lieut.-Col. 135
Clark, Rev. George, 137
Cipriani, John Baptist, 151
Coffee House, Don Saltero’s, 108
Church Street, 75
Chelsea Common, 215
Cadogan Place, 214
Chelsea Chapel, 208
Cancer Hospital, 219
Consumption Hospital, 221
Dacre, Lord and Lady, 11
Davies, Rev. R. H. 22
Sir John Danvers, 42
Duke Street, 44
Duel, Fatal, 66
Denyer, John, Esq. 91
Dodd, Dr. 118
Doggett’s Coat and Badge, 121
Dispensary, Chelsea, 160
Durham House, 186
Dudmaston House, 55
Dilke, Sir C. Wentworth, Bart. 211
Etymology of Chelsea, 2
Ellesmere, Rev. Dr. Sloane, 152
Eggleton, The Misses, 113
Flood, Luke Thomas, Esq. 44, 137
Flowers and Fashion, 161
Flood Street, 164
Faulkner, Mr. Thomas, 185
Farrier, Mr. Robert, 186
Gervoise, Richard, Esq. 6
Guildford, Richard, Esq. 9
Gregory, Lord Dacre, 33
Gough House, 181
Gibson, Patrick, the Centenarian, 52
Heber, Rev. Reginald, 20
Hatchett, Charles, Esq. 44
Harding, Bishop, 69
Hargrave, Francis, Esq. 75
Haworth, A. H. 77
Hoadly, Bishop, 100
Hunt, Leigh, Esq. 113
Hutchins, Mrs. (Daring Robbery and Murder at her house) 156
Hoblyn, Thomas, Esq. 211
Hans Place, 213
Indian Esquimaux, 48
Jennings, Henry C. Esq. 49
Justice Walk, 86
Jubilee Place, 164
Kingsley, Rev. Charles, 137, 140
King, Rev. Dr. 19
Kent, Duke of, 182
Littleton, Rev. Dr. Adam, 6, 19
Lawrence, Sir John, 8
Lindsey House, 45
Lindsey Row, 49
Lordship’s Place, 91
Lawrence Street, 88
Lowry, Wilson, 167
Monuments in Old Church, 4
Milman, Sir W. 13
Manor House, Description of the, 105
Martin, John, R.A., 51
Moravians, the, 45
Mazarin, Duchess of, 182
Markham Sq. Con. Church, 174
Marlborough Chapel, 216
Mead, Dr. Richard, 183
Mellon, Mr. Alfred, 167
Monsey, Dr. 195
Northumberland, Duchess of, 12
North, the Hon. Brownlow, 102
Neild, James, Esq. 120
Ormond, Duchess of, 185
Orrery, 4th Earl of, 65
Owen, Rev. J. B. 207
Park Chapel, 67
Parish Registers, 144
Petyt, William, Esq. 85
Pavilion, the, 212
Presentation of Colours to the Old Volunteers, 198
Queen’s Elm, 73
Queen’s Road West, 177
Queen’s Road East, 202
Royal Hospital, 187
Royal Military Asylum, 203
Ranelagh, Old, the Rotunda, 197
Roman Catholic Chapel, 215
Stanley House, 56
St. Mark’s College, 58
Stanley, Sir Robert, 13
Swift, Dean, 79
Shadwell, Thomas, Esq. 80
Smollett, Dr. 89
Sailing Matches, 41
Sloane Terrace Chapel, 210
School of Discipline, 185
Turner, J. M. Wm., R.A., 53
Trelawney, Bishop, 99
Trimnell, Bishop, 100
Winchester Palace, 97
Walpole, Sir Robert, 185
Wellesley, Hon. and Rev. Dr., 138
Woodfall, Henry, Esq. 15
Whitelocke, Gen., Trial of, 193
Whitelands Training Institution, 176
Whitlock, Rev. G. S., 181
West Brompton Con. Church, 60
Warren, Henry, Esq. 217