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Private Roads, TICKETS and PASSES, Private Roads, CHELSEA, King’s Private Road, type I, cast brass, undated, crowned gr monogram, rev. for the kings private roads, 32mm, 13.65g (Bendall 1; W 1160; D & W 320/7). Obverse fair, reverse fine; pierced for suspension £120-150

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 T. Millett October 2007.

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