The Royal Hospital and Ranelagh House, Chelsea, London Finish:Stretched Bagnigge Wells was a popular

Bagnigge Wells was a popular spa which thrived from 1760 to the end of the eighteenth century and had a reputation for 'loose women and boys whose morals are depraved'

Back view of an Alderman of the City of London in civic costume standing on a hill overlooking some workmen

View east along Holborn

London from the Bear & Ragged Staff Inn

The Royal Hospital and Ranelagh House, Chelsea, London Finish:Stretched Bagnigge Wells was a popularThe Royal Hospital and Ranelagh House, Chelsea, London, c1800. The Royal Hospital, reflected in the River Thames, with Ranelagh House and the Rotunda, right, and boats on the river. The hospital was designed by Christopher Wren and was built between 1682 and 1692 to house war veterans.