Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Private Roads and Parks, CHELSEA, King’s Private Road, type II, copper, 1731, crowned gr monogram, rev. the kings priuate roads, monogram ra dividing date, 30mm, 11.41g (Bendall 4; W 1162; D & W 320/5). Fair to fine; pierced for suspension
£40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Passes of London from the David Young Collection.

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Provenance: Bt S.H. Monks January 2003.

The King’s Private Road, the route from St James’s Palace to Hampton Court, was first mentioned in the literature as far as back as 1626. Apart from royalty, the road was used by market gardeners and tradesmen taking their produce into London and it is thought that the passes, which were introduced c. 1723, were used by local landlords and tenants so they could use what is now the Kings road