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By 1694, Chelsea – always a popular location for the wealthy, and once described as " a village of palaces " – had a population of 3, 000.

Even so, Chelsea remained rural and served London to the east as a market garden, a trade that continued until the 19th-century development boom which caused the district finally to be absorbed into the metropolis.

The street crossing that was known as " Little Chelsea ", Park Walk, linked Fulham Road to King's Road and continued to the Thames and local ferry down Lover's Lane, renamed " Milmans Street " in the 18th century.