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

The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century

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

The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century

With Sixty-Two Illustrations

First Edition

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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

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England, London, London (England)

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18th century
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The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century
1979, Archon Books
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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.

Published in
London, New York

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

Edition Identifiers

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
LibraryThing
8691830

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2189234W

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The history of parks and gardens in London.

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