Past events

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

“Exotic Outdoor Pleasure”: Vauxhall Gardens – historians in discussion at the Foundling Museum, London, Wednesday 4 October 2019

Walk and Talk: Vauxhall Gardens and Samuel Johnson – two events on 2 September

Monday 20 May: David Coke guides Vauxhall Gardens history walk

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

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

Saturday 10 February: ‘South Lambeth Road Stories’ guided walk with Sean Creighton

A Judicial Murder? Did Eliza Fenning deserve to die for the alleged poisoning of a Vauxhall couple? Wed 13 Dec at Tate South Lambeth Library

Monday 4 September: David Coke guides Vauxhall Gardens history walk

Lambeth Local History Fair: 2 September 2017