Chelsea Bridge

Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in West London, connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank. There have been two Chelsea Bridges, on the site of what was an ancient ford.

The first Chelsea Bridge was proposed in the 1840s as part of a major development of marshlands on the south bank of the Thames into the new Battersea Park. It was a suspension bridge intended to provide convenient access from the densely populated north bank to the new park. Although built and operated by the government, tolls were charged initially in an effort to recoup the cost of the bridge. Work on the nearby Chelsea Embankment delayed construction and so the bridge, initially called Victoria Bridge, did not open until 1857. Although well received architecturally, as a toll-bridge it was unpopular with the public, and Parliament felt obliged to make it toll-free on Sundays. The bridge was less of a commercial success than had been anticipated, partly because of competition from the newly built Albert Bridge nearby. It was acquired by the Metropolitan Board of Works in 1877, and the tolls were abolished in 1879.
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Chelsea

Chelsea was first a place name of Old English origin, and the most common theory of its meaning is chalk landing place, Cealc-hyð = "chalk wharf". The Synod of Chelsea at Chelchith in 787 is often identified with Chelsea, London but the first firm record is of a manor at Chelsea just before the Norman conquest. Today this original Chelsea is part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and is pronounced \ch(el)-sea\ CHELL-see. From this origin other usages and places have arisen. For example Chelsea, Manhattan takes its name from a Federal-style house in the area which had been named after the manor of Chelsea, London. Joni Mitchell's song Chelsea Morning was named after the Manhattan district. The girl's name Chelsea is a 20th-century coinage and is also pronounced \ch(el)-sea\ CHELL-see, "Chel-sAE", or "Chels-ee-a". This name is possibly linked with British pop culture of the late 1960s and Joni Mitchell's song.

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