250 Kings Road, Chelsea

[Shertur]

Does anyone know what this building was around 1928, as a relative died at that address.  Today it's a clinic called The Courtyard.  Thanks

[..claire..]

Hi,

I don't know about the rest of the building but in 1928 the basement was a chiropody school

'  A room was found in the basement of 250 Kings Road, Chelsea, which had a concrete floor and glazed brick walls. It was fitted out with 12 cubicles and a porcelain sink. Later it was decided that the course should be extended to a fifth evening, which would be devoted to general pathology'.

It was also the old Chelsea Registry Office, not sure from when though.

claire

[ShaunJ]

In the 1921 and 1934 PO directories it's the office of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for Chelsea.

Also in 1934 the LCC Public Assistance Office was there

[Shertur]

Thank you both for your replies.  The Registrars Office could make sense as my relative was of "no fixed abode", so maybe the Registrar's Office was then used as the address. 

Having said that, 250 King's Road was given as the place of death, not as the address of the deceased.

Alternatively, as it was also a Chiropody School, perhaps he was having his feet treated, and he died!!

[JoDee2013]

My mothers birth certificate stated she was born at this address in Mar 1928.

[dawnsh]

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[ShaunJ]

As well as being the location of the Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths, it was also the office of the Clerk and Superintendent Registrar of the board of Guardians of Chelsea. He would have been responsible for recording births and deaths occurring in the workhouse. (The workhouse infirmary would have been the principal provider of free medical care in the area.)

[HilarysTree]

I have just come across a birth at this address in 1912. The child was illegitimate and I believe this may refer to the workhouse as a sibling, also illegitimate, was listed as being born in 1911 at 43 Renfrew Road in Lambeth and there was a workhouse there as well.

[foxoak]

Whilst trying to knock down a brick wall, I decided to search this address as it was given as place of birth and place of residence of mother on a birth certificate in 1905. The father was deceased, the daugher becomes adopted by an aunt, and I haven't traced what happened to the mother yet. So the possibility that the address was a workhouse back then seems likely, sadly.