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The pleasure gardens of 18th-century London | OUPblog Vauxhall Gardens, Georgian London, Regency London, Pleasure Garden, Historical London, William Hogarth, Regency England, Georgette Heyer, History Of England

By David Blackwell A popular form of aristocratic entertainment in mid-18th-century London was to stroll round the city’s ornamental pleasure gardens, both those at Vauxhall (launched in 1732 with a masked gala) and its more fashionable rival, Ranelagh Gardens (opened in 1742 and now the site of the annual Chelsea Flower Show).

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Vauxhall Gardens from The Microcosm of London (1808-10) Vauxhall Gardens, Georgiana Cavendish, Bridgerton Daphne, Samuel Morse, Georgian London, Duchess Of Devonshire, Regency London, Pleasure Garden, Old Cities

During the Georgian period, it was fashionable to visit pleasure gardens. Some of the most famous gardens were those at Vauxhall. For the modest sum of a shilling, members of the public from all walks of life could escape from the hubbub of the city and visit the gardens and sample its amusements.1

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