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Plaque

Chelsea Manor House - Cheyne Walk

Inscription

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
King Henry VIII’s Manor House stood here until 1753 when it was demolished after the death of its last occupant, Sir Hans Sloane. Nos. 19 to 26 Cheyne Walk were built on its site in 1759-65. The old manor house garden still lies beyond the end wall of Cheyne Mews and contains some mulberry trees said to have been planted by Queen Elizabeth I.

Site: Chelsea Manor House - Cheyne Walk (1 memorial)

SW3, Cheyne Walk, 23

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Chelsea Manor House

Records referring to a manorial house go back to 1383. Probably by 1519 a new...

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Queen Elizabeth I

Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Born Greenwich Palace.  Succeede...

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King Henry VIII

Son of Henry VII. Born Born Greenwich Palace, as the spare, not the heir but ...

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Sir Hans Sloane

Physician, benefactor of the British Museum and an early benefactor to the Ch...

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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs...

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