South London . ^fe \ / 11/ ^r the other, west of Winchester House, was called WinchesterPark. Paris Gardens were no more. Blackfriars Bridge Road, inwhich there were as yet but few houses, had been cut ruth-lessly right through the middle of the old Gardens ; the trees,once so thick and close, had been laid low, but there were stillkitchen gardens. South of the Gardens, with an interval ofa few side streets, we come upon St. Georges Fields, andon the west of these fields upon Lambeth Marsh, which was 252 SOUTH LONDON cut up into ropewalks, tenter grounds, nurseries, and kitchengardens. Where W
South London . ^fe \ / 11/ ^r the other, west of Winchester House, was called WinchesterPark. Paris Gardens were no more. Blackfriars Bridge Road, inwhich there were as yet but few houses, had been cut ruth-lessly right through the middle of the old Gardens ; the trees,once so thick and close, had been laid low, but there were stillkitchen gardens. South of the Gardens, with an interval ofa few side streets, we come upon St. Georges Fields, andon the west of these fields upon Lambeth Marsh, which was 252 SOUTH LONDON cut up into ropewalks, tenter grounds, nurseries, and kitchengardens. Where Waterloo Station now stands were CupersGardens : there were half a dozen Pleasure Gardens, of whichmore anon : there were turnpikes wherever two roads perhaps the most remarkable feature of this quarter inthe last century was the immense number of streams andditches and ponds : most of these were little better than opensewers: complaints were common of the pollution of these
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