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. T streams—but it was in vain : people will always throw every-thing that has to be ejected into the nearest running water ifthey can. One wants the map in order to understand hownumerous were these streams. There was one murky brookwhich ran along the backs of all the houses on the east sideof High Street—the prisoners of the Marshalsea and theKings Bench grumbled about it continually: another corre-sponding stream ran behind the west side of High Street. IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 253 Maiden Lane, now called Park Lane, rejoiced in one : GravelLane, more blessed still, was happy with a ditch or stream oneach side: Dirty Lane had one : another ran along BandyLeg Walk : other streams flowed, or crept, or crawled, acrossLambeth Marsh and St. Georges Fields. Where there wereno houses, and therefore no pollutions, the streams of thisbroad marsh, lying beneath and between the orchards,fringing the gardens, and crossing the open fields, were a
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