This month sees the publication in book form of essays on Vauxhall Gardens written by the historian David E. Coke …
Remembering the Remembrance Day when the Stockwell Memorial was unveiled
By Naomi Clifford Earlier this year, Vauxhall History was made aware of two previously unknown images of the unveiling of …
The Space Art of Ralph Smith in Vauxhall
by Ken MacTaggart FBIS A unique collection of unusual art adorns the walls of the British Interplanetary Society’s headquarters in …
Want to self-publish your history book? Vauxhall History’s Naomi Clifford to give free online talk telling you how
Naomi Clifford, co-editor of the vauxhallhistory.org website, has written and self-published two nonfiction history books, each with Lambeth connections. She’s happy to …
Caret Press to publish David E. Coke’s Six Essays on Vauxhall Gardens in October 2021
A collection of six papers on Vauxhall Gardens by David E. Coke, a leading expert on London’s Georgian pleasure gardens …
Henry Evans Evanion, ‘The Royal Conjuror’ of Kennington
A recent discovery among a batch of printed ephemera from Victorian Vauxhall by Vauxhall History co-editor and co-author of Vauxhall Gardens: A …
Louise Michel, anarchist heroine of the Paris Commune, tours the Lambeth workhouse
In 1883, Louise Michel, a notorious political radical and veteran of the Paris Commune, was invited to view the Lambeth …
Watercolour nostalgia for Vauxhall Gardens
The recent discovery of an anonymous 19th-century watercolour painting of ‘The Coach Entrance, Royal Gardens, Vauxhall’ has sparked a series of questions …
Become a Lambeth Guide
Starting in September 2021, Morley College is offering a brand new course for those who wish to learn to design …
Talk: Anarchist in the UK: Louise Michel, heroine of the Paris Commune, in south London
Louise Michel, feminist, anarchist, poet, playwright and journalist, survived the bloody end of the 1871 Paris Commune and subsequent exile …
Claudia Jones’s Vauxhall years and the genesis of the West Indian Gazette
In the late 1950s Vauxhall was home to Claudia Jones, one of the most important figures in black British history …
The Prisoners’ Friend: The Work of the Indefatigable Mrs Meredith in south London
Naomi Clifford, with research assistance from Paul T. Klein, explores the life of Susanna Meredith, a 19th-century pioneer in the …
Knaves or ‘Slaves’? – the Waiters of Vauxhall Gardens
David Coke explores the world of the Vauxhall Gardens waiter. Was he an insolent rascal or the epitome of unobtrusive efficiency?
Online talk: “By her own consent” – The Murder of Mary Ashford and Rape Culture in the Georgian Era
Tuesday 8 December 2020, 7pm. Email southlambethlibrary@lambeth.gov.uk to book a place.
When John Archer took aim at injustice
Sean Creighton, biographer of John Archer, relates how over a century ago this black progressive and Labour activist battled for …
Who was the mystery ‘Lady of Colour’ who sang and gave a pianoforte recital at Vauxhall Gardens in 1822?
Vauxhall Gardens, summer 1822. To great acclaim ‘Madame Georgina’, a singer and classical pianist from Calcutta, accompanies herself and performs …
When ‘Vauxhall’ changed gear and hit the road to make motoring history
Why do all Russian railway stations carry the name of an English middle-class car? Eric Dymock explains all.
Myth and Monolith – The Nine Elms Cold Store
Andrew Rogers on the short and chequered history of the Nine Elms Cold Store.
Fun and Games at Vauxhall: ‘The New and Favorite Game of Mother Goose and the Golden Egg’, a board game of 1808
By David Coke In 2019 I attended a lecture intriguingly entitled ‘The Shows and Sights of Georgian London – a …
The Man in the White Cotton Suit: William Roupell, MP, Treachery and Fraud in Queen Victoria’s Lambeth
Olga and Michael Leapman tell the story of William Roupell, MP for Lambeth and convicted fraudster.
Vauxhall Park not lost for lavender
The opening of a lavender garden on the former bowling green in 2004 is one of the cheerier and certainly …
Lambeth Palace Library move recalls marriage scandals of past times
Dating back to 1610, Lambeth Palace Library can claim to be the oldest public library in the country. It may …
Following in Nellie Roberts’ brushstrokes – the work of orchid painter Deborah Lambkin
‘Why no flowers for Nellie, orchid-painter extraordinaire?’ we asked in a previous post. In her 56 years as Royal Horticultural …
“Exotic Outdoor Pleasure”: Vauxhall Gardens – historians in discussion at the Foundling Museum, London, Wednesday 4 October 2019
A chance to learn more about the Vauxhall Gardens, an 18th-century hub of art, music and socialising Historians Danielle Thom …