The builders soon went to work upon the twelve acres of Vauxhall Gardens, and in 1864 the church of St. Peter, Vauxhall, erected on part of the site, was consecrated. Numerous streets of small houses have for many years completely obliterated all traces of the gardens, the boundaries of which, it is, however, interesting to trace. The western boundary is marked by the present Goding Street, and the eastern by St. Oswald’s Place. Leopold Street and a small portion of Vauxhall Walk define their northern limit, and Upper Kennington Lane marks their southern extent. The space within these boundaries is occupied by Gye Street, Italian Walk, Burnett Street, Auckland Street, Glynn Street, and part of Tyers Street,[362] and also by St. Peter’s Church and the Lambeth District School of Art. [Illustration: The Farewel to VAUX HALL.] As late as 1869 “the Supper Colonnade of Vauxhall” was advertised to be sold cheap,[363] and with this prosaic detail of our own time, we must perforce take leave of the pleasure gardens of a past century. AUTHORITIES AND VIEWS. The literary and pictorial matter available for a history of Vauxhall Gardens is almost inexhaustible and, except in a monograph, it would be impossible to set forth a detailed list of authorities and views. The present sketch is primarily based on the materials furnished by an extensive collection in the writer’s possession, consisting of views, portraits, songs, bills, and cuttings from newspapers and magazines, and covering the period 1732–1859. Among many other authorities that have been consulted, the following may be mentioned:--Pepys’s _Diary_: _A Sketch of the Spring Garden, Vauxhall_ (by John Lockman, 1753?); _A Description of Vauxhall Gardens_, London, S. Hooper, 1762 (Guildhall Library, London); Kearsley’s _Stranger’s Guide_ (1793?); _Sale Catalogues of Vauxhall Gardens_, 1818 (Brit. Mus.) and 1841 (W. Coll.); _A Brief Historical and Descriptive Account of the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall_, 1822; _The Vauxhall Papers_, 1841; the histories of Lambeth and Surrey; W. H. Husk in Grove’s _Dict. of Music_, art. “Vauxhall Gardens”; Austin Dobson’s _Eighteenth Century Vignettes_, 1st ser. p. 230, ff.; Cunningham’s _Handbook of London_; Wheatley’s _London Past and Present_; Walford, vi. 447, ff.; Blanchard in _Era Almanack_ for 1870, p. 9, ff. INDEX A Abel, musician, 244 Abernethy, John, 73 Abrahams, Master, 50 Adam and Eve Tea Gardens, St. Pancras, 125–128 Adam and Eve Tea Gardens, Tottenham Court, 77–80 Adams, Master, 243 “Aeriel,” The, 320 Aitken, 243 Alexandra Theatre, 165 Alford, 65 Allen, Capt., 307 Amelia, Princess, 18 Anderson, Miss, 65 Angelo, 213 Angling, 45, 46, 68, 81 f., 168, 170 Apollo Gardens, 266, 268–270, 276 Apollo Saloon, 115, 116 Armstrong, John, 124