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Location Information:
Stamford Bridge is a football
stadium in Fulham, in the London
Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham,
west London, that is home to Chelsea
Football Club. The stadium is
located within the Moore Park Estate
also known as Walham Green. It is
nicknamed "The Bridge" by the club's
supporters. The capacity is 41,841,
making it the seventh largest ground
in the Premier League and the
smallest amongst the so-called big
four clubs. KSS Design Group
(architects) designed the complete
redevelopment of Stamford Bridge
Stadium and its hotels, megastore,
offices and residential buildings.
'Stamford Bridge' is considered to
be a corruption of 'Samfordesbrigge'
meaning 'the bridge at the sandy
ford'. Eighteenth century maps show
a 'Stanford Creek' running along the
route of what is now a railway line
at the back of the East Stand as a
tributary of the Thames. The upper
reaches of this tributary have been
variously known as Billingswell
Ditch, Pools Creek and Counters
Creek. In mediaeval times the Creek
was known as Billingwell Dyche,
derived from 'Billing's spring or
stream'. It formed the boundary
between the parishes of Kensington
and Fulham. By the eighteenth
century the creek had become known
as Counter's Creek which is the name
it has retained since.
The
stream had two local bridges:
Stanford Bridge on the Fulham Road
(also recorded as Little Chelsea
Bridge) and Stanbridge on the Kings
Road, now known as Stanley
Bridge.The existing Stamford Bridge
was built of brick in 1860–2 and has
been partly reconstructed since
then.
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