19th century

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

Caret Press to publish David E. Coke’s Six Essays on Vauxhall Gardens in October 2021

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

When John Archer took aim at injustice

Who was the mystery ‘Lady of Colour’ who sang and gave a pianoforte recital at Vauxhall Gardens in 1822?

When ‘Vauxhall’ changed gear and hit the road to make motoring history

Fun and Games at Vauxhall: ‘The New and Favorite Game of Mother Goose and the Golden Egg’, a board game of 1808

The Man in the White Cotton Suit: William Roupell, MP, Treachery and Fraud in Queen Victoria’s Lambeth

Vauxhall Park not lost for lavender

When Vauxhall Gardens went global but The Grove lost its groove and the bandstand missed a beat

Millicent Fawcett and Vauxhall Park

“The Great Original” – C.H. Simpson, Master of Ceremonies at the Royal Gardens Vauxhall 1797–1835

Philip Astley, ringmaster of the modern Circus, commemorated at Westminster Bridge

Why no flowers for Nellie, orchid-painter extraordinaire?

Talk: Mon 3 Sep. The Opening Night of the Old Vic and the Murder of Mary Ashford

Rolfe Judd’s light-touch makeover of a Victorian Chapel

A litter-bin now marks the spot in Vauxhall Gardens where once stood Roubiliac’s life-size statue of Handel: Free Vauxhall Gardens guided history walk, 21 May 2018

The Old Vic and the murder of Mary Ashford: the opening night of the Royal Coburg Theatre, 11 May 1818