CHELSEA _Water-works_, are under the management of a society incorporated by act of parliament in the year 1722, by the name of _The Governor and Company of the Chelsea Water-works_. They have a common seal, and power to purchase lands, &c. in mortmain to the value of 1000_l._ _per annum_, with a right to alienate and dispose of the same as they shall think proper. These works are divided into two thousand shares. The company’s affairs are managed by a Governor, Deputy Governor, and thirteen Directors. CHELTON _court_, Bedfordbury. CHENEY’S _alley_, Shoreditch.† CHENEY’S _wharf_, Lower Shadwell.† CHEQUER _alley_, 1. In the Borough.* 2. Great Old Bailey.* 3. Old Bethlem. 4. Whitecross street, Cripplegate.* CHEQUER _court_, 1. Charing Cross.* 2. Catharine’s lane.* 3. Golden lane.* CHEQUER _yard_, 1. St. Catharine’s lane.* 2. Dowgate hill.* 3. Golden lane. 4. St. Martin’s lane, Charing Cross.* 5. Old street.* 6. Whitechapel.* CHERRY GARDEN _lane_, Rotherhith.‡ CHERRY GARDEN _stairs_, Rotherhith.‡ CHERRY GARDEN _street_, Rotherhith Wall.‡ CHERRY TREE _alley_, 1. Bunhill row.‡ 2. Golden lane.‡ 3. Ship street.‡ 4. Whitecross street.‡ CHERRY TREE ALLEY _School_, was founded by Mr. William Worral in Cherry Tree alley, Golden lane, in the year 1689, and endowed by him with the annual revenue of 30_l._ for educating and cloathing forty boys, whose livery is an orange colour, in commemoration of the revolution by the Prince of Orange in 1688. CHERRY TREE _corner_, Horseferry. CHERRY TREE _court_, 1. Aldersgate street. 2. Gardiner’s lane. 3. Piccadilly. 4. Cherubin court, Angel alley. 5. White’s alley. CHERTSEY, a town in Surry, nineteen miles from London, carries on a considerable trade in malt, which is sent in barges to London. Here was once an abbey, in which was deposited the corpse of Henry VI. who was stabbed in the Tower, but his body was afterwards removed by Henry VII. to Windsor. Out of the ruins of this abbey Sir Henry Carew, master of the buckhounds to King Charles II. built a very fine house. To this village Cowley, the Poet, retired after being weary of attending on the court, and there ended his days. Here is a bridge over the Thames to Shepperton, and a handsome free-school erected by Sir William Perkins, who had a seat here. CHESHAM, a market town in Buckinghamshire, situated on the borders of Hertfordshire, twenty-nine miles from London. It had formerly a chantry, and has now a charity school. CHESHIRE’S _rents_, 1. Fleet lane, by the Fleet market.† 2. Shipwright’s street, Rotherhith.† CHESHUNT, with its park and wash, are situated about fifteen miles from London near the river Lea in Hertfordshire. Here was formerly a convent of nuns; and King Edward III. gave Cheshunt the privilege of a market, which has been long discontinued. [Illustration: _L^{d.} Egremont’s_ ] [Illustration: _Chesterfield House._ _S. Wale del._ _B. Green sculp._ ]