Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea
| Chelsea | |
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 Chelsea within the County of London |
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| History | |
| • Origin | Chelsea parish |
| • Created | 1900 |
| • Abolished | 1965 |
| • Succeeded by | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea |
| Status | Metropolitan borough |
| Government | Chelsea Borough Council |
| • HQ | King's Road |
| • Motto | Nisi Dominus Frustra (Unless God be with us all will be in vain) |
 Coat of arms of the borough council |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea was a Metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1900 and 1965. It was created by the London Government Act 1899 from most of the ancient parish of Chelsea. It was amalgamated in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963, with the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington to form the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
The ancient parish, was originally dedicated to All Saints, but by the late 17th century it had been rededicated to St Luke. It was in the Diocese of London. In 1824 a new parish church was built in the centre of the parish, it was also dedicated to St Luke and the original parish church became a chapel-at-ease known as All Saints, Chelsea or Chelsea Old Church. From 1831, as the population of Chelsea increased, a number of new parishes were formed:
In the detached part of Chelsea parish, around the hamlet of Kensal Green (Kensal Town), a number of new parishes were also formed:
The area of the borough was 660 acres (2.7 km2), once Kensal Town was transferred to Kensington and Paddington. The population recorded in the Census was:
Chelsea Vestry 1801–1899
Metropolitan Borough 1900–1961
The borough was granted a coat of arms by the College of Arms on 28 February 1903. The blazon was:
The winged bull is the symbol of St Luke, patron saint of Chelsea (St Luke's parish church is just off the King's Road). The other emblems referred to various holders of the manor over the centuries: the crozier for Westminster Abbey, the lion for Earl Cadogan (first mayor of the borough), the boars' heads and sword for the Sloane family and the stag's head for the Stanley family.
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