19th century

The True Cost of Fireworks: Sarah Ann Vaughan Williams and Caroline Bridges, two 11-year-olds

Talk: Mrs Meredith and the Convict laundries of Vauxhall and Stockwell – 22 May 2023

Tableaux Pyrotechniques, or Picture-Models at Vauxhall Gardens

John Mackay’s birthday visit to Vauxhall Gardens on 31 July 1837

Edward Maxted, the firebrand vicar from Vauxhall who was once burnt in effigy

Just published by The Vauxhall Society: Six Essays on Vauxhall Gardens by David E. Coke

Henry Evans Evanion, ‘The Royal Conjuror’ of Kennington

Louise Michel, anarchist heroine of the Paris Commune, tours the Lambeth workhouse

Watercolour nostalgia for Vauxhall Gardens

The Prisoners’ Friend: The Work of the Indefatigable Mrs Meredith in south London

Knaves or ‘Slaves’? – the Waiters of Vauxhall Gardens

Online talk: “By her own consent” – The Murder of Mary Ashford and Rape Culture in the Georgian Era