| PAGE |
| Preface | [v] |
| Introduction | [1] |
| I. CLERKENWELL AND CENTRAL GROUP |
| Islington Spa, or New Tunbridge Wells | [15] |
| The Pantheon, Spa Fields | [25] |
| The London Spa | [29] |
| The New Wells, near the London Spa | [33] |
| The English Grotto, or Grotto Garden, Rosoman Street | [37] |
| The Mulberry Garden, Clerkenwell | [40] |
| Sadler’s Wells | [43] |
| Merlin’s Cave | [54] |
| Bagnigge Wells | [56] |
| “Lord Cobham’s Head” | [68] |
| “Sir John Oldcastle” Tavern and Gardens | [70] |
| St. Chad’s Well, Battle Bridge | [72] |
| Bowling Green House, near the Foundling Hospital | [75] |
| Adam and Eve Tea Gardens, Tottenham Court Road | [77] |
| The Peerless Pool | [81] |
| The Shepherd and Shepherdess, City Road | [86] |
| The Spring Garden, Stepney | [88] |
| II. MARYLEBONE GROUP |
| Marylebone Gardens | [93] |
| § 1. Origin of Marylebone Gardens | [93] |
| § 2. Marylebone Gardens, 1738–1763 | [95] |
| § 3. The Gardens under Thomas Lowe | [101] |
| § 4. Later History, 1768–1778 | [103] |
| The Queen’s Head and Artichoke | [111] |
| The Jew’s Harp House and Tea Gardens | [113] |
| The Yorkshire Stingo | [115] |
| Bayswater Tea Gardens | [117] |
| III. NORTH LONDON GROUP |
| Pancras Wells | [123] |
| Adam and Eve Tea Gardens, St. Pancras | [127] |
| The Assembly House, Kentish Town | [129] |
| White Conduit House | [131] |
| Dobney’s Bowling Green, or Prospect House | [141] |
| Belvidere Tea Gardens, Pentonville Road | [145] |
| The Castle Inn and Tea Gardens, Colebrooke Row, Islington | [147] |
| Three Hats, Islington | [148] |
| Barley Mow Tea House and Gardens, Islington | [153] |
| Canonbury House Tea Gardens | [154] |
| Copenhagen House | [156] |
| Highbury Barn | [161] |
| The Devil’s House, Holloway | [167] |
| Hornsey Wood House | [169] |
| The Spring Garden, Stoke Newington | [172] |
| The Black Queen Coffee House and Tea Gardens, Shacklewell | [173] |
| IV. HAMPSTEAD GROUP |
| Hampstead Wells | [177] |
| The Spaniards | [184] |
| New Georgia | [187] |
| Belsize House | [189] |
| Kilburn Wells | [194] |
| V. CHELSEA GROUP |
| Ranelagh House and Gardens | [199] |
| § 1. Origin of Ranelagh | [199] |
| § 2. The Rotunda | [201] |
| § 3. The Entertainments and the Company | [203] |
| § 4. Annals of Ranelagh, 1742–1769 | [208] |
| § 5. Later History, 1770–1805 | [212] |
| Strombolo House and Gardens | [219] |
| Star and Garter Tavern and Gardens, Chelsea | [220] |
| Jenny’s Whim, Pimlico | [222] |
| Cromwell’s Gardens, afterwards Florida Gardens, Brompton | [225] |
| VI. SOUTH LONDON GROUP |
| Bermondsey Spa Gardens | [231] |
| St. Helena Gardens, Rotherhithe | [238] |
| Finch’s Grotto Gardens | [241] |
| Cuper’s Gardens | [247] |
| “The Folly” on the Thames | [258] |
| Belvedere House and Gardens, Lambeth | [261] |
| Restoration Spring Gardens, St. George’s Fields | [263] |
| The Flora Tea Gardens (or Mount Gardens) Westminster Bridge Road | [265] |
| The Temple of Flora | [266] |
| Apollo Gardens (or Temple of Apollo) | [268] |
| Dog and Duck, St. George’s Fields (St. George’s Spa) | [271] |
| The Black Prince, Newington Butts | [278] |
| Lambeth Wells | [279] |
| Marble Hall, Vauxhall | [281] |
| The Cumberland Tea Gardens, Vauxhall (Smith’s Tea Gardens) | [283] |
| Vauxhall Gardens | [286] |
| § 1. 1661–1728 | [286] |
| § 2. 1732–1767 | [290] |
| § 3. 1768–1790 | [305] |
| § 4. 1791–1821 | [311] |
| § 5. 1822–1859 | [316] |
| INDEX | [327] |