[37] Rockhoutt = Rockholt House in Essex.
[38] The legs referred to are those of Sir Thomas Robinson, the principal proprietor of Ranelagh, nicknamed Long Sir Thomas.
[39] The New Wells, Clerkenwell.
[40] Cuper’s Gardens, Lambeth.
[41] Newspaper advertisement in “Public Gardens” collection in Guildhall Library, London.
[42] Advertisement in Daily Advertiser, 8 July, 1745.
[43] Sadler originally advertised the place as “Sadler’s New Tunbridge Wells,” but it soon became known simply as Sadler’s Wells. On the confusion with the neighbouring New Tunbridge Wells (Islington Spa), see Islington Spa, supra, note 3.
[44] About 1800 the forgotten well was accidentally re-discovered between the stage door and the New River.
[45] A poem by William Garbott, entitled the New River, published probably about 1725.
[46] A new song on Sadler’s Wells, set by Mr. Brett, 1740.