Chelsea, The King's Private Roads
Chelsea, The King's Private Roads, bronze pass, circa 1737, GR with crown above, rev. THE/ KINGS/ PRIVATE/ ROADS/ 1737, stamped, 656, below, 36 x 32 mm (DW 320/6), pierced for suspension. About very fine. £Sold
Originally a private road used by Charles II on his way to Hampton Court. Others could use it on the production of one of these passes. This was George III's favourite route to Kew and it ceased to be a private road only in 1830.
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