Chelsea, in the olden & present times

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_ /f'r>///f/-rA '.. /(t/s//r//s ■,/,,,' CHELSEA, I« tlji (JDIhu aith fjmcui %imts. CBE&8EA, In the Olden Times BY GEORGE BRYAN. " It is not given to all to have genius — it is given to all to have honesty of purpose ; ati 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. iSnteqed at $tationet;s' IjJall. CHELSEA: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOB, 4, ALFRED COTTAOES, 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

PREFACE.

. VI 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 infor mation 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 tho 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, 3 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 Brunei, 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 C'remorne 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 Cook's Ground. 92. 165, 170 Cadogan, Lieut.-Col. 135 Clark, Rev. George, 137 Cipriani, John Baptist, 151 Cofiee 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 Doggttt's Coat and Badge, 121 Dispensary, Che, sea, 160 Durham House, 186 Dud mas ton House, 55 Dilke, Sir C. Wentworth, Bart 211 Etymology of Chelsea, 2 Ellesmere, Rev. Dr. Sloane, 152 Eggloton, The Misses, INDEX. Flood, Luke Thomas, Esq. 44, 137 Fraine, Mr. J. 114, 115 Flowers and Fashion, 161 Flood Street, 164 Faulkner, Mr. Thomas, 185 Farrier, Mr. Robert, 186 Gervoise, Richard, Esq. 6 Guildford, Richard. Esq. 9 Gorget, Sir Arthur, 12, 34 Gregory, Lord Dacre, 33 Gough House, 181 Gibson, Patrick, the Centenarian, 52 Hamey, Dr. Baldwin, 7. 66 Heber, Kev. Reginald. 20 Hatchett. Charles, Esq. 44 Harding, Bishop, 69 Hargrave, Francis, Esq. 76 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's Road, 153, 155, 169 King, Rev. Dr. 19 Kent, Duke of, 182 Littleton, Rev. Dr. Adam, 6, 19 Lawrence, Sir John, 8 Lindsey House. 45 /^vvT<_> Lindsey Row, 49 /^ .

Lordship's Place, 91 / * ' „ A Lawrence Street, 88 I J u "£J Lowry, Wilson, 167 W/g-p-^ Monuments in Old Church, 4 More. Sir Thomas, 5, 30 Milman, Sir W. 13 Manor House, Description of the, 105 Martin, John, R.A., 61 Moravians, the, 45 Mazarin, Dnchess of, 1 82 Markham Sq. Con. Church, 174 Marlborough Chapel. 2 16 Mead, Dr. Richard, 183 Mellon, Mr. Alfred, 167 Mousey, 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, 2u2 Royal Hospital, 187 Royal Military Asylum, 203 Ranelagh, Old, the Rotunda, 197 Roman Catholic Chapel, 216 Stanley House, 56 St. Mark's College, 58 Stanley, Sir Robert, 13 Sloane, Sir Hans, 14, 37, 173 Swift, Dean, 79 Shad well, 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. 8., 181 West Brompton Con. Church, 60 Warren, Henry, Esq. 217 Vestry HaU, The, 171 Varley, Mr. John, 167 Victoria Hospital, CHELSEA In the Olden and -Pf^esent Times, &c, &c.