NOTE1850
NOTES UPON CUNNINGHAM'S HANDBOOK FOR LONDON
By EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.
*Lambeth Wells.*—A place of public entertainment, first opened in 1697. It was celebrated for its mineral water, which was sold at one penny per quart. At the beginning of the eighteenth century it was provided with a band of music, which played at intervals during the day, and the price of admission was threepence. A monthly concert, under the direction of Starling Goodwin, organist of St. Saviour's church, Southwark, was held here in 1727. *Hickford's Rooms, Panton Street, Haymarket.*—These rooms, under the name of "Hickford's Dancing Rooms," were in existence as early as 1710. In 1738, they…
Topics: Historical Entertainment Venues, Music History, Victorian London
Locations: Lambeth Wells, St. Saviour's church, Southwark, Hickford's Rooms, Panton Street, Haymarket, Brewer Street, Golden Square, Dean Street, Soho, Charles Street, Covent Garden, Bow Street, Villier Street, York Buildings, Lamb's Conduit, Ormond Street, White Conduit House, Whitehall, Goodman's Field Wells, Bride Lane, St. Bride's