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in the English Civil War. In 1821, after the house fell into disrepair, the bishop successfully sought an Act that allowed him to sell the house and its ground of 2.5 acres to the trustees of the
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from 1886 until she died here in 1896. Oscar Wilde stayed here in April 1895, just before his trial at the Old Bailey. Many years later, the footballer
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on the grounds of "no vote no census". However, the enumerator was able to confirm from the neighbours that the head of the house was Mrs
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Grade II listed houses in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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in London who had bought the 17th-century part of Chelsea Place from
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Numbers 1–11, 14–25, 26 and 27, 28–35 and 101–108 Oakley Street are
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No. 93, where suffragettes refused to answer the census in 1911
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in January 1977, following an attempt on his life in Jamaica.
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Ordnance Survey map, 1868. Digimap. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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From Battersea to the Tower: Exploring Londons Thames Path
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Postcard showing Oakley Street and the Pier Hotel, c. 1910
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from 1904 to 1908, together with his mother and sister.
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Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
King's Road
Cheyne Walk
River Thames
Albert Bridge
Albert Bridge Road
Baron Cadogan of Oakley

Winchester House
Bishops of Winchester
Charles Cheyne
Winchester Palace
Cadogan Estate

listed grade II
National Heritage List for England
John Samuel Phene
Angus Morrison
Sergei Diaghilev
Constant Lambert
William Walton
Donald Maclean
Cambridge Five
Robin Legge
Bob Marley
Rita
Robert Falcon Scott
Duke of St Albans
Constant Lambert

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