![]() ![]() By the beginning of the 20th century it was “shabbier than Oxford Street with its straggling dirty stucco mid century houses and shops”. The Kings Road was widened in the 1860’s. George himself used the road to get to Kew. Around 1800 the family of George III used to stop most mornings at Black Lands Farm to take milk – Chelsea Common was attached to this farm as pastureland. However by the 1780’s it was open to virtually all, although it was not opened to unhindered public traffic until 1820 when it passed from the Crown to the Parish. ![]() A map of the road published in 1720 describes it as “A Survey of His Majesties Private Road from London to Fulham”. Four types have been identified, examples of which can be seen sunk into the pavement in Duke of York Square. By 1722 they were copper tokens stamped ‘The Kings Private Roads’. In the 1719 access was opened up to those with privilege tickets. He is also reported to have swum in the Thames “over against Chelsea”.ĭuring this time Chelsea became fashionable again and was referred to as “Hyde Park on Thames"! In 1711 the use of the road was controlled by six gates, for example at Chelsea College, Church Street, Worlds End, and Sands End. King Charles also used the road to visit his mistress Nell Gwyn, who is thought to have had a house, Sandford Manor at Sands End, near the present Lots Road. The road itself dates back to 704 as the road to the summer residence of the Bishops of London at Fulham Palace, up until 1973. The Kings Road was so named in honour of King Charles II as his private road from Westminster to Fulham Palace, from where he took a boat on to Hampton Court. ![]() “If it’s not for sale it should not be in the window.” - Mother of Michael Cain on the Parkinson show. “In Chelsea, the girls in their breathtaking short skirts, their outrageous dresses, their stockings and kinky boots.” - Milton Shulman, 1967 “Tho’ I walks with fifty ‘ousmaids outer Chelsea to the Strand.” - Kipling “One of the select few road names which is known around the world, From kitchen sink to miniskirt, from the Stones to the Sex Pistols” James Hamilton Map of Chelsea 1664 & 1717 ![]()
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