Naomi Clifford, with research assistance from Paul T. Klein, explores the life of Susanna Meredith, a 19th-century pioneer in the …
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 …
Myth and Monolith – The Nine Elms Cold Store
Andrew Rogers on the short and chequered history of the Nine Elms Cold Store.
Dr Johnson and the Vauxhall Gardens Mysteries
At the heart of Dr Johnson’s connections with this celebrated London pleasure resort, there lies a mystery, and behind that mystery lurks an enigma.
Oval brick a brac? The Richardsons of Vauxhall and Brunswick Wharf
The Vauxhall branch of the Richardson family brick-making firm made a notable contribution to the foundations of what is now the Kia Oval cricket ground.
Vauxhall’s other pleasure gardens and a ‘Vauxhall Cross Plan’ of yesterday
Added 13 June 2015 By David Coke The extraordinary commercial success of the re-launched Vauxhall Gardens in the middle of …
Henry Fawcett: The Mysterious Case of Vauxhall Park’s Missing Monument
By Sarah Bridger A terracotta statue of Henry Fawcett, which was unveiled on Wednesday 7th June 1893 by the Archbishop …
The Boundaries of Anglo-Saxon Vauxhall and Stockwell
Planned changes to constituency boundaries bring into focus the perennial need to define the interfaces between blocks of land at …
Victoria Line
Initial plans for a Victoria line were made in 1937 but work on the first new underground line for 61 …
Nine Elms: The National Railway Museum now leaving…
By Simon Midgley Imagine if Vauxhall were to become home to a world-class museum. What would that do for the …
Nine Elms Station
Nine Elms Station was designed by Sir William Tite as the London terminus of the London and Southampton Railway and …
Nine Elms
William Lithgow’s Survey of the Civil War defences of London in early May 1643 mentions a fort at ‘Nyne Elmes’. …
London Pneumatic Despatch Company
In the mid 1850s the Post Office commissioned a feasibility study to investigate the possibility of a pneumatic tube system …
Windmills in Lambeth Walk
The following is based on an article by Peggy Sheath published in The Vauxhall Society’s Newsletter during 1980. There were …
Gas
Practical use of gas was first demonstrated by William Murdock in 1792. He developed production techniques, which made commercial use …
New Covent Garden Market
One of the major developments of recent years, which has profoundly affected the economic and social life of Vauxhall, is …
Cement works at Nine Elms
Major A. J. Francis of Tunbridge Wells writes: “My two greats grandfather, Charles Francis, set up a cement works at …
Brunswick House
Brunswick House (30 Wandsworth Road) was built by John Dawson in 1758 on about three acres of freehold land bought …
Vauxhall Gardens, Birmingham
Vauxhall Gardens lay in an area which, at that time, was just outside Birmingham, called Duddeston. Dudda’ s tun means …
Battersea
Battersea was first mentioned in 693AD as Batrices Ege and belonged to the Abbess of Barking. The name means Badric’s …
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens
Under Charles II public entertainments were once more became fashionable and England strove to outdo the extravagances of the court …