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Chelsea è un esclusivo quartiere di Londra, situato nel Borgo reale di Kensington e Chelsea.
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Early history
The word Chelsea (also formerly Chelceth, Chelchith, or Chelsey,) originates from the Old English term for "landing place [on the river] for chalk or limestone" (Cealc-hyð: chalk-wharf, in Anglo-Saxon). Chelsea hosted the Synod of Chelsea in 787 AD. The first record of the Manor of Chelsea precedes the Domesday Book and records the fact that Thurstan, governor of the King's Palace during the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042–1066), gave the land to the Abbot and Convent of Westminster. From...
The borough of artists
Chelsea once had a reputation as London's bohemian quarter, the haunt of artists, radicals, painters and poets. Little of this seems to survive now – the comfortable squares off King's Road are homes to, amongst others, investment bankers and film stars. The Chelsea Arts Club continues in situ; however, the Chelsea College of Art and Design, founded in 1895 as the Chelsea School of Art, moved from Manresa Roadto Pimlico in 2005. The Chelsea Book Club, at no. 65 Cheyne Walk (Lombard Terrace),...
Swinging Chelsea
Chelsea shone again, brightly but briefly, in the 1960s Swinging London period and the early 1970s. The Swinging Sixties was defined on King's Road, which runs the length of the area. The Western end of Chelsea featured boutiques Granny Takes a Trip and The Sweet Shop, the latter of which sold medieval silk velvet caftans, tabards and floor cushions, with many of the cultural cognoscenti of the time being customers, including Twiggyand many others. The "Chelsea girl" was a symbol, media criti...
The parish and borough of Chelsea, which now forms the southern part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, was bounded by rivers on three sides with Fulham Road forming part of its northern boundary with Kensington. The eastern boundary with Westminster was formed by the River Westbourne, but was adjusted to follow Chelsea Bridge Roadafte...
In the 18th century, Chelsea Cricket Club was prominent for a time and played its home matches on what was then Chelsea Common, an area that virtually disappeared under building work in the 19th century.Records have survived of five matches between 1731 and 1789 which involved the Chelsea club and/or were played on the common. Chelsea Football Club...
Buses
Chelsea is served by many Transport for Londonbus services.
Tube and rail
Chelsea has no Underground station, but there are two stations close to its boundary; Sloane Square to the east and Gloucester Road to the north (both of these on the District and Circle lines). In addition, to the west is the London Overground station Imperial Wharf, on the West London Line. A Chelsea railway station (later renamed Chelsea and Fulham) previously existed on this line, located between the King's Road and the Fulham Road in neighbouring Fulham, but this was closed in 1940 follo...
Daniel Lysons (1792), "Chelsea", Environs of London, vol. 2: County of Middlesex, London: T. Cadell"Chelsea". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)Findlay Muirhead, ed. (1922), "Chelsea", London and its Environs (2nd ed.), London: Macmillan & Co., OCLC 365061"Chelsea". London. Let's Go. 1998. p. 156+. ISBN 9780312157524. OL 24256167M.Chelsea, The Fascination of London by G. E. MittonDigital Public Library of America. Works related to Chelsea, London, various datesChelsea Independent College Archived 29 March 2019 at the Wayback MachineChelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, the team play their home games at Stamford Bridge. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. It won its first major honour, the League championship, in 1955.
Lo Stamford Bridge è uno stadio di calcio situato a Londra, in Inghilterra. È lo stadio di proprietà del Chelsea, dove il club disputa le proprie partite casalinghe. Inaugurato nel 1877, è lo stadio più antico del Regno Unito. La struttura è situata di fronte a Fulham Road, nel London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham ...
Il Chelsea Football Club, noto semplicemente come Chelsea, è una società calcistica inglese con sede nella città di Londra, nel borgo di Hammersmith e Fulham, militante nella massima serie del campionato inglese.
Cosa vedere a Chelsea, quartiere mondano di Londra. Ritagliato tra il Tamigi e i quartieri di Pimlico, Westminster, Victoria, Brompton, West Brompton e South Kensington, Chelsea è uno dei simboli della Londra alta. Di una Londra esclusiva, colta, illuminata e spregiudicatamente modaiola.
