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
UNION TAVERN.—Now 2, King’s Cross Road (_circa_ 1844–1860).
V.—EAST LONDON.
FALCON TAVERN.—East side of Bethnal Green (1830).
PITT’S HEAD, Bethnal Green.—_Circa_ 1820–1840.
BEN JONSON, Stepney.—_Circa_ 1832.
GREEN DRAGON, Stepney (1830).
GOLDEN EAGLE TAVERN, Mile End Road.—_Circa_ 1827.
LUSBY’S PLEASURE-GARDENS, Mile End Road.—Now Paragon Theatre of
Varieties, 95, Mile End Road (_circa_ 1874–1877).
NEW VICTORIA GARDENS, Mile End.—The Victoria Tavern, No. 110, Grove Road,
Arbery Road, and Medhurst Road, mark the site (_circa_ 1840–1850).
RED COW, Dalston.—_Circa_ 1801–1847.
VI.—SOUTH LONDON.
For VAUXHALL GARDENS (_circa_ 1661–1859), CUMBERLAND GARDENS, etc., see
_London Pleasure-Gardens_, Group VI.
OLD KING’S ARMS, Southwark.—Now No. 68, Surrey Row—formerly Melancholy
Walk (before 1852). (See Rendle and Norman, _Old Inns of Southwark_.)
THE HORNS, Kennington.—Now No. 214, Kennington Park Road. Gardens
_circa_ 1800–1824.
THE BEEHIVE, Walworth.—See _supra_, p. 81.
VICTORIA (or ROYAL VICTORIA) GARDENS, Vauxhall.—Separated from Vauxhall
Gardens by Miller’s Lane (now St. Oswald’s Place). Tate Street and part
of Neville Street on site. Bounded on east by Vauxhall Street (_circa_
1837–1840).
GREEN GATE, Lambeth.—Now 114, Ethelred Street (_circa_ 1710–1893).
CAMBERWELL GROVE HOUSE.—End of eighteenth century to _circa_ 1846.
NINE ELMS TAVERN.—Now 33, Nine Elms Lane, S.W. The garden site now
occupied by the wharf of John Bryan and Co. (_circa_ 1840).
SPRINGFIELD WATERCRESS AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS.—Near the Stag Turnpike,
Wandsworth Road (_circa_ 1860). Fêtes, with dancing and illuminations.
JAMAICA HOUSE, Bermondsey.—At the end of Cherry Garden Street, south of
the Jamaica Road. Visited by Pepys, 1667. Gardens existed till _circa_
1858.
CHERRY GARDENS, Rotherhithe.—Part of Cherry Garden Street now on the
site. There is a Cherry-Tree public-house, No. 50, in that street.
Visited by Pepys, 1664. Gardens existed till _circa_ 1846.
* * * * *
Mention must also be made of a few other nineteenth-century gardens
which, though not in London, were a good deal frequented by Londoners:
ROSHERVILLE GARDENS, Gravesend.—Established 1837, and still in existence.
THE NORTH WOOLWICH GARDENS (1851 to _circa_ 1883).—Now represented by the
Pavilion Hotel and the Royal Victoria Gardens, a public recreation-ground
(Sexby’s _Municipal Parks_, p. 457).
BEULAH SPA (_circa_ 1831–1854), with its archery and entertainments of
the ‘fancy fair’ kind, the site now partly occupied by the Beulah Spa
‘Hydro’ and its grounds.
ANERLEY GARDENS.—Near the station, Anerley (_circa_ 1841–1868).
(Thorne’s _Environs_, _s.v._ Anerley; Walford, _Old and New London_, vi.
314.)
INDEX
A
ABBEY TAVERN, 95
Acrotormentarian Society, 40
Adams, W. H., balloonist, 9
Adams, Mrs. W. H., 46
Adelaide Gallery Casino, 7
Adelphi Theatre, 64
Admiral Keppel, Chelsea, 93
Albert Saloon, 68, 69
Albion Tavern, 5
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