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Aubrey de Vere is
Lord of the Manor of Kensington. -
Doomsday Book lists
the Earl of Salisbury
owning Chelsea Manor -
Thomas More built a home
where Beaufort Street is today,
called Beaufort House. -
Henry VIII began building his New Manor House
known as Chelsea Palace.
The New Manor House was
a wedding present for Catherine Parr. -
After the English Civil War,
Henry VIII's New Manor House
is bought by the state and then sold to Charles Cheyne -
Charles II approves construction of
the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and modeled
on the Hotel des Invalides in Paris -
476 veteran soldiers are the
first to be admitted to the Royal Hospital Chelsea. -
New Manor House is bought
by Sir Hans Sloane,
who lived there until his death in 1753. -
The Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood is founded.
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The Great Exhibition (or Crystal Palace Exhibition)
of modern industrial technology and design
is held in Hyde Park. -
The Metropolis Management Act is introduced.
The Act creates throughout the city, a second tier of government on a local level.
Which is based on the church districts. -
The V&A Museum is opened by Queen Victoria
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The Royal Albert bridge is constructed
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Peter Jones opens in Sloane Square and is the first to have electric lighting in a large store.
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The Natural History museum is opened.
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An entertainment ground on waste land between the railway lines at Earl’s Court opens. It becomes incredibly popular with the legendary cowboy Buffalo Bill visits with his Wild West Show .
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A Grade II listed building, Crosby Hall is moved 'brick by brick' from Bishopsgate to Chelsea.
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22nd Service Battalion of Kensington is formed by the Mayor & Borough of Kensington.
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The science museum is opened to the public
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Earls Court was largely a waste ground for many years.
The Earl’s Court Exhibition Hall is built. -
London is attacked by Nazi Germany planes for 57 consecutive nights.
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Kensington incurs an estimated 3,000 casualties with 33,000 houses being destroyed by German V2 rockets.
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Mary Quant accredited with inventing the mini skirt
opens 'Bazaar' fashion boutique in Kings Road. -
The much loved poet John Betjeman leads a successful campaign to save the Royal Albert Bridge from demolition.
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London local government boundaries are redrawn.
Chelsea was unwilling to lose its name, and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea was the only double-barrelled name to be permitted.
By decree of HRH Queen Elizabeth II the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea became official in 1964. -
The Synod (meeting) of Chelsea
was held by King Offa of Mercia the
ruler of most of Southern England -
deciding the areas to be taken from the province of Canterbury. -
A meeting held in Chelsea betweenthe Mercia ruler
Ealdorman Æthelred and King
Alfred the Great,
to discuss the restoration
of London. -
During the Anglo-Saxon period an estimated 350 Danish Viking longboats sailed up the Thames and burned London to the ground.
