Stories
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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Monument to Sir Hans Sloane in Chelsea Old Church, London. Etching, ca. 1830.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 571837i- Pictures
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Four buildings in Chelsea: the Royal Hospital, St Luke's Church, the Old Church, and the Royal Military Asylum. Coloured lithographs.
Guillod, T., active 1840.Date: 1840Reference: 20210i- Pictures
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Chelsea Old Church and bridge: viewed from Battersea on the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving.
Date: 1784Reference: 20776i- Pictures
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The Old Church, Chelsea, looking along the bank with luxuriant trees in the centre, boats on the river. Aquatint.
Ireland, Samuel, -1800.Date: 1792Reference: 20777i- Books
Late 17th- to 19th-century burial and earlier occupation at All Saints, Chelsea Old Church, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea / Robert Cowie, Jelena Bekvalac and Tania Kausmally.
Cowie, RobertDate: [2008]