Simpson's Chelsea, Pimlico, Brompton, and Knightsbridge Directory, and Court Guide

Transcribed from the 1863 Tomkies and Son edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Libraries for allowing their copy to be used for this transcription.
INCLUDING LIST OF VESTRY, PARISH OFFICERS, POST OFFICE INTELLIGENCE, CHELSEA CHARITIES, &c. &c.
1863.
COPYRIGHT. TO BE PUBLISHED ANNUALLY.
LONDON PUBLISHED BY TOMKIES AND SON, 4, Bedford Terrace, Church Street, Kensington.
In introducing this Directory, in a cheap and comprehensive form, to our numerous subscribers, very few comments are necessary. Great inconvenience is felt in all large districts through not being able at a moment’s notice to discover the place of abode of various individuals, such as customers, friends, &c. To obviate this has induced us to attempt the compiling one of a pure local character, at a price within the means of all classes. We trust we have succeeded in completing a work which cannot fail in giving satisfaction to our subscribers. It is our intention to publish annually, and doubt not, as we become more acquainted with the locality, being enabled to establish a work which will become thoroughly useful as a book of reference.
SIMPSON & CO.
March , 1863
The Names and Places of Abode of the Rector, Incumbent of the Parish Chapel, Curates, Churchwardens, Representative Member of the Metropolitan Board of Works, Vestrymen, Auditors and Officers under the Metropolis Local Management Act, Overseers, Relieving Officers, Medical Officers, Superintendent Registrar and Registrars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Vestry Clerk, Deputy Parish Clerk, Beadles, Engine Keepers, Fire Escape Conductors, Turncocks, Collectors of the different Rates and Taxes, &c.
The Fire Engines and Ladders are kept at the Workhouse, Arthur Street, King’s Road; at the Old Church, by the Waterside; and at the Depôt in Draycott Place. In Case of Fire give immediate notice to the Engine Keepers, William Piggott, Superintendent, 1, Arthur Street, King’s Road; Charles Greaves, 4, Duke Street, Chelsea, near the Old Church; Henry Adams, 14A, Symons Place, Sloane Square; Chief Station, at the Workhouse, Arthur Street, King’s Road.