A History of the County of Middlesex: Chelsea (12) (Victoria County History, Band 12) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904356249 ISBN 13: 9781904356240

Verlag: Victoria County History, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

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 a large 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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Victoria County History
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1904356249
• ISBN 13: 9781904356240
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 298
• Herausgeber: Croot Patricia E. C.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar