Chelsea Old Church - (Near Kensington and Chelsea, london)

5 /5 alhimself: Midnight mass! We didnt get hauled out by the vicar for only coming once a year. Beautiful choir and a thoughtful esoteric sermon bringing in Shakespeare quotes and ancient Greek. Lots of trophy wives and people whose family has been minted for such a long time that every sentence they speak sounds like a single long word. Highlights are in fashion this year it seems. There was one old lady with a dead cat on her head. Little dangly feet. Her husband said "Why dont you SHUT UP?" to her just before the choir finished singing about the peaceful little town of Bethlehem.

4 /5 Ronn B Herat: Located in Old Church road in Chelsea Embankment. This Church used to be the Parish Church of the Chelsea Village before it was part of London. The building, as it stood before the war, consisted of the Chancel, dating probably from the 13th century, with Chapels on the North and South (about 1325), and the Nave and Tower (1670). The cupola was removed in 1815, but the weather vane remains. Both Chapels were private property, that on the North, now known as the Lawrence Chapel, belonging to the Lord of the Manor of Chelsea. The present arch leading from the Chancel is a reproduction of the original 14th century one, which collapsed in 1784 and was only partly restored. #Chelsea #Chelsea_Old_Church

5 /5 Meg McGath: Made it a point to visit here to see where the Queens of Henry VIII worshipped. Also wanted to see the Sir Thomas More statue. Knew they had kneelers that were crocheted with some of the worshippers over the years. I am from Maryland and was told there was a kneeler to a Marylander in the Church. Thomas Lawrence was a Royal Governor of Maryland about 40 years after my ancestor, Thomas Greene who was from Bobbing, Kent. I really loved the tombs that belonged to the Tudor era figures. The Dacre monument was probably my favorite along with the Stanley and Cheney tombs. Stayed for Vespers. Really enjoyed it.

3 /5 Christopher Keeffe: Sadly closed when I visited. A well kept church frequented by St Thomas More on the Thames. A return visit is in order.