Faulkner's Chelsea
Thomas Faulkner's illustrated history of Chelsea, published in 1810, records the parish's great institutions, its houses and...
Read moreThomas Faulkner's illustrated history of Chelsea, published in 1810, records the parish's great institutions, its houses and the people remembered there. Its one map is a reproduction of James Hamilton's survey of 1664. The prints show the Royal Hospital, the Royal Military Asylum and the former Chelsea College, together with the manor house and the Pavilion at Hans Place. Monuments in Chelsea Old Church recall Thomas More and the Duchess of Northumberland, and More's house, a portrait of the prison reformer James Neild and a florist's premises complete a vivid local record.
Thomas Faulkner's illustrated history of Chelsea, published in 1810, records the parish's great institutions, its houses and the people remembered there. Its one map is a reproduction of James Hamilton's survey of 1664. The prints show the Royal Hospital, the Royal Military Asylum and the former Chelsea College, together with the manor house and the Pavilion at Hans Place. Monuments in Chelsea Old Church recall Thomas More and the Duchess of Northumberland, and More's house, a portrait of the prison reformer James Neild and a florist's premises complete a vivid local record.