2-714-813 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Old Chelsea in 1750', (c1876). King Henry VIII acquired the manor of Chelsea from Lord Sandys in 1536, by 1694 Chelsea remained rural and served London as a market garden. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]