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Rh 546 CIIELSHAM. .iinLilion stone was liiid by tho Duko rk in 1801, and it wu completed in isii.j. Iihasa I and regimental training school, where from 800 ni liOO girls, i D iif soldieis , 'n-conimi.-M..ne<l otlic.Ts, receive instruction the in leaving enter the army, the girls arc appren- itntion in supported by parlittmenlary , ami by an annual contribution of one day's pay from the whole army. There is also a normal school for ntal schoolmasters. Barracks for tho Guards are in course of curti'm at Ch r the direction of G. Morgan, the architect; when ei.mpleti d tiny wii! In A cry extensive, u : unmodious build- t he largest of which are intended as quarters for -licers, non-commissioned officers, privates, anil inar- iied soldiers, accommodation being provided for 1,000 men ; there will also be a lar^e church, hospitals, prisons, iV:c. The ext> riur v in March, 1XG3. The frontage is about 1,2-30 feet. Th lit churches and as many chapels in Chelsea. The c'him h Luke (Lower Chelsea) is a spacious edifice, built in 1824, at a cost of 40,000. It is in the pointed stylo, and con- tains a monument by ( Colonel Cadogan. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of London, val. 1,003, in the patron, of the Earl of Cadogan. The old chu brick structure near the river, has two ancient chapels lied, called the 1/nvn nee and More chapels; the for- mer was built in the i, and the latter Thomas More, in 1.522. It contains many highly "inte- resting monuments and brasses to illustrious personages, tho tombs of the mothers of G. Herbert and F). the poet ; of Boyer, the author of the French Dictionary ; of Voodfall, the printer of "Junius" ;of 1'r. Kcnrii -k.the reviewer ; of Dr. Chamberlayno, and of Sir Jolin Field- ing, a relative of tho novelist, besides many other names of literary note. Tho living is a perpet. cur., val. 2.50, in tho gift of the Rector of St. Luke's. Tho parish church of Upper Chelsea, or Hans Town, is in the pointed stylo of architecture, and was built in 1830. The living is a rect., val. 840, in the patron, of tho Earl of Cado- gan. Besides these there are three churches, viz. Christ Church, Park Chapel, and St. John's, Kensal Green, in the ]>ar. of Lower Chelsea ; and three, viz. St. Saviour, St. .Simon, and St. Jude, in the par. of Upper Chelsea. There are also many chapels for Wesleyans, Independents, Baptists, Presbyterians, and Roman Catholics, with nu- merous schools and charities ; some of these are wealthy and important institutions, as York Hospital, for wounded soldiers ; tho Western grammar school ; St. Mark's train- ing; college and chapel for schoolmasters ; and Whitclaiuls House for schoolmistresses. Hero are likewise tho V police station, tho Union workhouse, two lunatic asylums, ,'s-bank, gasworks, and waterworks ; these last were d in 1733. In the burial-ground in K road lie the remains of Martyn tho botanist, Cipriani, and other worthies. The Chelsea, Bromptpn, and Bel- grave dispensary was established in 1812; it is situated in Sloane-square, and in 1860 the sick poor who licved there numbered upwards of 6,000; th- s are 1,114 14j. 3d. Three per Cent. Consols. Tho Chelsea Home was founded by a few ladies to shol- t'-r patients on leaving tho Brompton Consumption Hospital, tho number of in-patients in 1SG1 was 111. The wooden bridge across Chelsea Reach to Bat: was built in 1771, at a cost of 20,000. Close to it was Beaufort House, the scat of Sir Thomas More, and after- wardanl ;i ils, Viiliers. IV. i and Sir Hans Sloane, who pulled it down in 1740. Tho gate, - % .1 in an inscription 1 ; .iwat Chisv ridge, in connection Huh Bat Park, was commenced in lsr,l ; it is called "Chelsea ieiitrth liy : in bi '.it 88,000, or 2 Is. 5r/.,pcr square foot vn-tliirds the cost of lilack- tlian one-fifth the cost of London, loo bridges. Tho architect was Mr. 1 :,. n, ,! ] it, and relieved by gilding. There is also a railway bridge across the Thames, close to tho Chelsea Suspension Bridge, dc- 1 signed by Mr. T. Fowler, 900 feet in 1- ii con- 1 nects tho Victoria station with the sdiuham and! Brighton lines. A very large f hail occasioned the erection of three piers, one of which,! the Kali true- 1 ture. Chelsea Botanic Gar founded and be- 1 queathed by Sir Hans Sloano to tho A; Com- pany for tho cultivation of medicinal plants for the bcnc-l fit of medical students. It consists of 4 acres, and is one | of tho oldest of existing gardens. The cedars c: are supposed to be tin first known in tli i'lanl said to have been plan' Hyj. jj brack, of Sir Hans Sloane, who gave the freehold' of the 1 ground on 'ion of an annual presentation oil Is ill the centre of tin 1 10 (iavdi us, to which the public are not admitted.! "rno House, which was built by ; linn- I tini;don, whose daughl i," and thil L' miens, have passed into tho hand- have converted the two mansions and grounds of . Crcmorno and Ashburnham into u public place of t ment, in imitation of Paris gardens. The entertain comprise concerts, ballets, &c., and dancing. Tho "oh I original" bun-house, in Jew's-row, was pulled dowau| 1839. The "World's End," near Cremorn. li of celebrity ; and Queen's Kim, marks the B] Queen Elizabeth once took shelter. There are msz seats whore men of family or eminence have i esidedJ Beachamps, the Berkeleys, and the Talbots. At! mouth House Gay lived as secretary to the duke's wi^M and here it was that Smollett wrote his " Sir l/uinoelo| 's" and "Humphrey Clink, i." and Si i - of his " Tatler." I> . author jrffk| Suspicious Husband," lived at Ashbunih Bishop Fletcher, father of the poet. Bishop Alt' Swift, and Arbuthnot resided lane. Winchester House was the Mai 't the down to 1814. In Paradise-row li>-. d lh commentator, Stackhouse, th' tho Duchess of Mozarene, whom Ch. have married. Sir C. Wager died at S The seat of the Carberys was at Gough House Robert Walpole lived close to the hospr Saltero's house and museum Pennant used Cromwell, " a little neat old man with a ni countenance." The Earl of Cadogan is lei manor of Chelsea, and takes from it Viacom! -ea. CHELSEA, LITTLE, a hmlt. partly in tl Chelsea and partly in that of Kensington, Inn sulstone, in tho co. of Middle-' x, half a mil' S V. Chelsea. It contains St. tho residence of the carls of Shafteslmry : the Pavilion, and the " inn, then) of which was originally paint' d hy Moreland. CIIKI.SIA MKADOW, an exl. par. place in the ] Mary 1'lympton, in the co. of Devon, ! of Plvmouth. cl'lKl.sl IK1.1), a par. in the hund. lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, in the co. of K of Bromley, and 2 from Orpington. I post town. It is situated on tho high r. a i .u and Seven Oaks. The liviiu the cur. of Kami" in the dioc. of Canterbury, in the pati e, Oxford. The church, d H a neatly constructed edi! 11 style, and n .nt :iins |. .ur brasses of prie ' parllv supported by conti ibutions. Villian Esq., is lord of tho manor. Th- ie u a ment for the repairs of tho church, and for of the po,,r ; a! -o six almshon.es and :.! land. In the vicinity is Lullingston Park, v Sir P. 11. Dyke, Bart. CHEL8HAM, a ].:.r. in tho Bccond il. of '1'andridgo, in the co. of Surrey, (i miles S. I don, its post town, and 2 N.E. of tho Warlingluim tat