An edition of The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century (1896)

The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century

With Sixty-Two Illustrations

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An edition of The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century (1896)

The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century

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Bound in original dark green cloth, gilt spine title, gilt medallion on front cover, dark green endpapers, top edges gilt.

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Macmillan and Co., Ltd., The Macmillan Co.
Language
English
Pages
408

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Subjects
History, Parks, Gardens, Gardens, great britain
Places
England, London, London (England)
Times
18th century
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Cover of: The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century
The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century
1979, Archon Books
Hardcover in English - Reprint in Facsimile
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Cover of: The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century
The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century: With Sixty-Two Illustrations
1896, Macmillan and Co., Ltd., The Macmillan Co.
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Table of Contents

Page Page
Preface Page n10
Introduction Page 1
I. CLERKENWELL AND CENTRAL GROUP
Islington Spa, or New Tunbridge Wells Page 15 The Pantheon, Spa Fields Page 25 The London Spa Page 29 The New Wells, near the London Spa Page 33 The English Grotto, or Grotto Garden, Rosoman Street Page 37 The Mulberry Garden, Clerkenwell Page 40 Sadler's Wells Page 43 Merlin's Cave Page 54 Bagnigge Wells Page 56 "Lord Cobham's Head" Page 68 "Sir John Oldcastle" Tavern and Gardens Page 70 St. Chad's Well, Battle Bridge Page 72 Bowling Green House, near the Foundling Hospital Page 75 Adam and Eve Tea Gardens, Tottenham Court Road Page 77 The Peerless Pool Page 81 The Shepherd and Shepherdess, City Road Page 86 The Spring Garden, Stepney Page 88
II. MARYLEBONE GROUP
Marylebone Gardens Page 93 § 1. Origin of Marylebone Gardens Page 93 § 2. Marylebone Gardens, 1738—1763 Page 95 § 3. The Gardens under Thomas Lowe Page 101 § 4. Later History, 1768—1778 Page 103 The Queen's Head and Artichoke Page 111 The Jew's Harp House and Tea Gardens Page 113 The Yorkshire Stingo Page 115 Bayswater Tea Gardens Page 117
III. NORTH LONDON GROUP
Pancras Wells Page 123 Adam and Eve Tea Gardens, St. Pancras Page 127 The Assembly House, Kentish Town Page 129 White Conduit House Page 131 Dobney's Bowling Green, or Prospect House Page 141 Belvidere Tea Gardens, Pentonville Road Page 145 The Castle Inn and Tea Gardens, Colebrooke Row, Islington Page 147 Canonbury House Tea Gardens Page 148 Copenhagen House Page 153 Highbury Barn Page 154 The Devil's House, Holloway Page 156 Hornsey Wood House Page 161 The Spring Garden, Stoke Newington Page 167 The Black Queen Coffee House and Tea Gardens, Shacklewell Page 169
IV. HAMPSTEAD GROUP
Hampstead Wells Page 177 The Spaniards Page 184 New Georgia Page 187 Belsize House Page 189 Kilburn Wells Page 194
V. CHELSEA GROUP
Ranelagh House and Gardens Page 199 § 1. Origin of Ranelagh Page 199 § 2. The Rotunda Page 201 § 3. The Entertainments and the Company Page 203 § 4. Annals of Ranelagh, 1742—1769 Page 208 § 5. Later History, 1770—1805 Page 212 Strombolo House and Gardens Page 219 Star and Garter Tavern and Gardens, Chelsea Page 220 Jenny's Whim, Pimlico Page 222 Cromwell's Gardens, afterwards Florida Gardens, Brompton Page 225
VI. SOUTH LONDON GROUP
Bermondsey Spa Gardens Page 231 St. Helena Gardens, Rotherhithe Page 238 Finch's Grotto Gardens Page 241 Cuper's Gardens Page 247 "The Folly" on the Thames Page 258 Belvedere House and Gardens, Lambeth Page 261 Restoration Spring Gardens, St. George's Fields Page 263 The Flora Tea Gardens (or Mount Gardens) Westminster Bridge Road Page 265 The Temple of Flora Page 266 Apollo Gardens (or Temple of Apollo) Page 268 Dog and Duck, St. George's Fields (St. George's Spa) Page 271 The Black Prince, Newington Butts Page 278 Lambeth Wells Page 279 Marble Hall, Vauxhall Page 281 The Cumberland Tea Gardens, Vauxhall (Smith's Tea Gardens) Page 283 Vauxhall Gardens Page 286 § 1. 1661—1728 Page 286 § 2. 1732—1767 Page 290 § 3. 1768—1790 Page 305 § 4. 1791—1821 Page 311 § 5. 1822—1859 Page 316 INDEX Page 327

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
942.1
Library of Congress
DA689.P2 W9, DA689.P2 W98, DA689.P2 W96

Contributors

Assisted by
Arthur Edgar Wroth
Epigraph
"A great deal of company, and the weather and garden pleasant and it is very cheap and pleasant going thither. . . . But to hear the nightingale and the birds, and here fiddles and there a harp, and here a Jew's trump, and here laughing and there fine people walking is mighty divertising."—Samuel Pepys.
Preface
Warwick Wroth
Printer
Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, London and Bungay.

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xviii p., 1 l., 335 p., [27] leaves of plates : col. front., illus. (incl. facsims.), plates (part. col., part double), ports., plans (1 double) ; 23 cm. (8º).
Number of pages
408

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6922772M
Internet Archive
londonpleasurega00wrot
LCCN
02030198
OCLC/WorldCat
2664512, 59485322, 470497063, 185165661, 298024044, 561975041, 459157695, 503943640
Hathi Trust
000236790
Canadian National Library Archive
4274609, 25623095, 17604239
Oxford University Bodleian Library Aleph System Number
014460140, 016408139
Cornell University eCommons
3648036
British Library
003985635, 012825249
Harvard University Library
003619406
Shelfari
2623644
Library Thing
8691830

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The history of parks and gardens in London.

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