Cremorne and the later London gardens

by Warwick William Wroth

The Horns, Kennington.—Now No. 214, Kennington Park Road. Gardens circa 1800–1824.

The Beehive, Walworth.—See supra, p. 81.

Victoria (or Royal Victoria) Gardens, Vauxhall.—Separated from Vauxhall Gardens by Miller’s Lane (now St. Oswald’s Place). Tate Street and part of Neville Street on site. Bounded on east by Vauxhall Street (circa 1837–1840).

Green Gate, Lambeth.—Now 114, Ethelred Street (circa 1710–1893).

Camberwell Grove House.—End of eighteenth century to circa 1846.

Nine Elms Tavern.—Now 33, Nine Elms Lane, S.W. The garden site now occupied by the wharf of John Bryan and Co. (circa 1840).

Springfield Watercress and Pleasure-Grounds.—Near the Stag Turnpike, Wandsworth Road (circa 1860). Fêtes, with dancing and illuminations.

Jamaica House, Bermondsey.—At the end of Cherry Garden Street, south of the Jamaica Road. Visited by Pepys, 1667. Gardens existed till circa 1858.

Cherry Gardens, Rotherhithe.—Part of Cherry Garden Street now on the site. There is a Cherry-Tree public-house, No. 50, in that street. Visited by Pepys, 1664. Gardens existed till circa 1846.

Mention must also be made of a few other nineteenth-century gardens which, though not in London, were a good deal frequented by Londoners: