kimerajamm
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 Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:32 am Post subject: ulius Caesar's |
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Chelsea (Old English Cealchyđ, chalk wharf),[n 1] about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Westminster on the north bank of the River Thames, has existed as a town since at least Anglo-Saxon times.[3] The Thames at this point bends through a sharp angle from a south-north to an east-west flow, and the slow-moving and relatively easily fordable river here is popularly believed to be the site of Julius Caesar's crossing of the Thames during the 54 BC invasion of Britain.[4][n 2] Chelsea enjoyed good road and river connections to the seat of government at Westminster and the commercial centre of the City of London since at least the 14th century.[3] It was the centre of the British porcelain industry,[5] and a major producer of baked goods – at peak periods almost 250,000 chelsea buns per day were sold.[6] By the 18th century it had large numbers of very prosperous residents.[3]
Battersea, listed as Patricesy (St Peter's Water) in the Domesday Book and first mentioned in records of 693 AD,[7][8] on the south bank of the river opposite Chelsea, was by contrast low and marshy land, prone to flooding. Conditions were ideal for farming asparagus and lavender,[n 3] and a small market town grew in t
e area based on the asparagus and lavender industries.[5]
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