Assembly rooms [ Sports & Leisure / Associational culture / Dance, Music & Songs ]
… Borsay, The English Urban Renaissance (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989), p.150; T.B. Burr, A History of Tunbridge Wells (London, 1766), pp. 38, 44-45. Location Prior to existing in purpose-built buildings, assembly rooms could be located in … 3 . John Macky, A Journey through England in Familiar Letters from a Gentleman Here, to His Friend Abroad, 3 vols. (London, 1722), vol II, p. 41. Assembly rooms typically had a few central rooms, including a ballroom, tearoom, and rooms … a ball or genteel entertainment’. 6 4 . Edward Philips, The New World of English Words, or, a General Dictionary (London: Taylor, 1720), p. 62 ; Borsay, pp. 336-49. 5 . Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia: or an Universal Dictionary of Arts …
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