Cremorne and the later London gardensWroth, Warwick William
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Cremorne and the later London gardens
Wroth, Warwick William
London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950; Parks -- England -- London
II.—BAYSWATER, ETC.
BOTT’S ARCHERY TAVERN, Bayswater Road.—Now No. 4, Bathurst Street.
Bathurst Street is on the site of the bowling-green (_circa_ 1834–1839).
PRINCESS ROYAL, Bayswater.—See _supra_, p. 38.
NEW BAGNIGGE WELLS (or ‘CROWN’ GARDENS), Bayswater Road.—Now Crown Hotel
(_circa_ 1819–1840).
BAYSWATER TEA-GARDENS, Lancaster Gate.—_Circa_ 1790–1854. (See _London
Pleasure-Gardens_, p. 117.)
THE MAZE, Harrow Road.—Now No. 6, Chichester Place, Harrow Road (_circa_
1842).
RANELAGH GARDENS, Paddington.—_Circa_ 1846.
JACKSON’S RACING GROUNDS AND HUNTING-SCHOOL, Westbourne Green
(1837–1840).
THE PLOUGH, Notting Hill.—Now No. 144, High Street, Notting Hill (_circa_
1834).
YORKSHIRE STINGO, Marylebone Road.—_Circa_ 1770–1848. (See _London
Pleasure-Gardens_, p. 115.)
III.—NORTH LONDON.
For White Conduit House, Belvidere Tavern, Canonbury Tavern, Hornsey Wood
House, Highbury Barn, and Kentish Town Assembly-House, see _London
Pleasure-Gardens_, Group III.
THATCHED HOUSE, Islington.—Now No. 119, Essex Road (_circa_ 1810–1830, or
later).
THE THREE COMPASSES, Hornsey, by the New River (1824 and later). (Hone,
_Every-Day Book_, ii., p. 1311; Sherington, _Story of Hornsey_, p. 43;
Thorne’s _Environs_, _s.v._ Hornsey.)
BULL AND GATE.—Now No. 389, Kentish Town Road (1801 and later).
CASTLE.—Now No. 147, Kentish Town Road. Garden site in Castle Place and
Castle Terrace (_circa_ 1830–1851).
HOXTON TEA-GARDENS, Britannia Saloon.—Now Britannia Theatre (1802–1841).
NORTH POLE, New North Road.—Now No. 190 (_circa_ 1840).
EDINBURGH CASTLE, Mornington Road, N.W.—Has still a small garden and a
museum formed by Mr. T. G. Middlebrook (before 1838).
BEDFORD ARMS, High Street, Camden Town.—Now Bedford Palace of Varieties.
The gardens were between Arlington Street and High Street. May Terrace
was built on the bowling-green (_circa_ 1824 and later).
BRECKNOCK ARMS.—Now No. 227, Camden Road (_circa_ 1839–1870).
MOTHER RED CAP.—Now 174, High Street, Camden Town (from end of eighteenth
century to early nineteenth century).
SOUTHAMPTON ARMS.—Now No. 1, High Street, Camden Town (_circa_
1818–1849).
ABBEY TAVERN, St. John’s Wood.—Now No. 8, Violet Hill Abbey Gardens, N.W.
(from _circa_ 1844).
EYRE ARMS, St. John’s Wood.—Now No. 1, Finchley Road. The space behind
the tavern and the adjoining Wellington Hall is now Hannay’s
Riding-School (chiefly 1820 and 1830).
SWISS COTTAGE, St. John’s Wood.—Now 98, Finchley Road. Has still a small
garden (_circa_ 1844).
HAMPSTEAD.—The Spaniards (see _London Pleasure-Gardens_, p. 184); Bull
and Bush (still with a garden, recently celebrated in song—_cf._ Thorne’s
_Handbook of Environs of London_, _s.v._ Hampstead); Jack Straw’s Castle.
IV.—CLERKENWELL.
BAGNIGGE WELLS, 1759–1841.—See _London Pleasure-Gardens_, Group I.; also
for some other gardens of early nineteenth century.
CHERRY GARDENS, Clerkenwell.—South-west corner of Bowling-Green Lane
(eighteenth century to _circa_ 1852).
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