A History of the County of Middlesex: Chelsea (12) - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1904356249 ISBN 13 : 9781904356240

Editeur : Victoria County History, 2004

Synopsis

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Victoria County History
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1904356249
• ISBN 13: 9781904356240
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: Croot Patricia
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