Vauxhall [ Sports & Leisure ]
… of Vaux Hall Gardens (1751). Victoria and Albert Museum. Abstract Vauxhall was one of the major pleasure gardens in London from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. Its architecture and spatial organization … ranging from open spaces and cultural venues to more intimate structures. It became one of the major pleasure gardens in London from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century. Soon after the opening, the essayist John … known as ‘ Vauxhall ‘ though it officially took the name only in 1785. This new garden was more distant from central London, in the rural suburb of Lambeth to the South, on the right bank of the Thames which was outside London: it was …
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