Simon's Walks in Chelsea

King's Road | Fulham Road | Cheyne Walk & Embankment

These notes are a somewhat idiosyncratic guide for exploratory wanders,
in a westerly direction, along Chelsea’s Fulham Road, King’s Road and
the Embankment including Cheyne Walk.

They do not attempt to be complete or pretend to be authoritative but act
more as a collage; snippets of history and gossip, artists and architecture,
and the lost pubs.

The notes are illustrated by past and presents, “Then & Nows”, comparing
and contrasting old postcards from the early twentieth century with
photographs of the same view a hundred years later. Where appropriate
the message on the card will be included as a fragment of social history.

Any comments, corrections, links and additions will be gratefully accepted at; demare@easynet.co.uk

The notes and “Then & Nows” will be updated as more is discovered. Notes on Kensington’s Old Brompton and Cromwell Roads, High Street Ken. and Notting Hill Gate will be added in due course.

James Hamilton Map of Chelsea 1664 & 1717

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