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NOTE1850

NOTES UPON CUNNINGHAM'S HANDBOOK FOR LONDON

By EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

*Baldwin's Gardens.*—A passage upon the east side of Gray's Inn Lane, leading into Leather Lane. Tom Brown dates some introductory verses, prefixed to Playford's *Pleasant Musical Companion*, 1698, "from Mr. Steward's, at the Hole-in-the-Wall, in *Baldwin's Gardens*." There is extant a single sheet with an engraved head, published by J. Applebee, 1707, and called,— "The English and French Prophets mad, or bewitcht, at their assemblies in *Baldwin's Gardens*." A Letter of Anthony Wood's, in the writer's collection, is thus addressed:— "For John Aubrey, Esq. To be left at Mr. Caley's house, in *…

Topics: Taverns, Historical Locations, Music History, Victorian Customs

Locations: Baldwin's Gardens, Gray's Inn Lane, Leather Lane, London, Bishopsgate Street, Cheapside, St. Paul's Alley, St. Paul's Church Yard, Soho