Historical Notices of Chelsea Kensington Fulham And Hammersmith With Some Pa
Historical Notices of Chelsea Kensington Fulham And Hammersmith With Some Pa
Isabella Burt
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It gradually declined, however, from the same causes that destroyed the fisheries of the other two parishes. The picturesque WOODEN BRIDGE, so attractive to artists, which crosses the river from Chelsea to Bat- tersea, was built, or at least begun, in 1771, at a cost of, 20, 000. It is most inconvenient, and numbers of lives have been sacrificed. It is now, however, condemned, for a beautiful bridge is at last begun, to be called the " ALBERT BRIDGE. " Chelsea may then be justly proud of its br...idges ; more especially of that elaborate and very elegant suspension bridge, known as Battersea Bridge, but really belonging to Chelsea. With respect to Churches, in addition to the Parish Church, Chelsea contains five others, of which the elegant CHURCH OF ST. LUKE'S in Robert Street claims precedence. The Duke of Wellington laid the first stone on the I2th of October, 1820. It is built of Bath stone in the gothic style of the four- teenth century. From an elegant arcade in the front rises a beautiful and lofty tower, strengthened at the four corners by octagon-shaped buttresses, while the CHELSEA.
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