Walks through Islington; comprising an historical and descriptive account of that extensive and important district, both in its ancient and present state: together with some particulars of the most remarkable objects immediately adjacent . Bulls Pond. ?M&SILANIID WALK THE SECOND. 199 tilled up, was at that time frequented for duck-hunt-ing, &c. and became coupled with the name of thehost. The road is continued from this spot by a re-tired and winding lane, leading to Newington Green;between which and Balls Pond there was within me-mory another old public-house and tea-gardens, calledSpring Gar
Walks through Islington; comprising an historical and descriptive account of that extensive and important district, both in its ancient and present state: together with some particulars of the most remarkable objects immediately adjacent . Bulls Pond. ?M&SILANIID WALK THE SECOND. 199 tilled up, was at that time frequented for duck-hunt-ing, &c. and became coupled with the name of thehost. The road is continued from this spot by a re-tired and winding lane, leading to Newington Green;between which and Balls Pond there was within me-mory another old public-house and tea-gardens, calledSpring Gardens, the site of which is laid down in theplan in the vestry-room dated 1735. In October,1811, a field in the same vicinity was the scene of asingular cricket-match, between eleven women ofSurrey against eleven of Hampshire. It lasted twodays ; and was said to have been made between twonoblemen for the sum of five hundred guineas. Aturnpike marks the intersection of the roads men-tioned, with that to Kingsland on the one hand, andto the termination of the Upper Street, &c. on theother. The last-mentioned is Hopping Lane; northof which lies the plot of land, containing twelve acresnearly, before spoken of as The Hoppinge, orHop-G
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