Site details:
| All Saints Churchyard and St Thomas More Gardens |
Kensington & Chelsea |
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There has probably been a church on this site since Saxon times. The present All Saints Church has late C13th remnants and was parish church for Chelsea village until it declined in the C19th, becoming a chapel of ease when the new parish church of St Luke's was built and then referred to as Chelsea Old Church. It became a separate parish church once more in the 1950s. In the railed churchyard are a number of monuments including that of Sir Hans Sloane, who had purchased the Manor of Chelsea in 1710. Between the church and the Embankment is St Thomas More Gardens, an area of landscaping with a statue of Sir Thomas More, who lived in Chelsea. |
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| Previous / Other name: |
Chelsea Old Church |
| Site location: |
Chelsea Embankment |
| Postcode: |
SW3 |
| Type of site: |
Churchyard |
| Date(s): |
C13th onwards |
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| Listed structures: |
LBI: Chelsea Old Church. LBII: Monument to Sir Hans Soane |
| Borough: |
Kensington & Chelsea |
| Site ownership: |
Church |
| Site management: |
Church; St Thomas More Gardens: RB Kensington & Chelsea, Leisure Services, Parks & Open Spaces |
| Open to public? |
Partially |
| Opening times: |
St Thomas More Gardens unrestricted. Church garden locked |
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| Public transport: |
Tube: Sloane Square (District, Circle) then bus |
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The information shown above was correct at the time of the last update 01/02/2010
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