South London . ora TeaGardens, the Restoration Spring Gardens, the Dog and Duck,the Folly on the Thames ; Cupers Gardens ; Finchs Grotto,the Bermondsey Spa, and St. Helena Gardens, doubt there were others, but these were the principalGardens. Cupers Gardens lay exactly opposite to Somerset Waterloo Bridge and Waterloo Bridge Road wereconstructed the latter passed right through the former site ofthe Gardens. St. Johns Church marks the southern limit of THE PLEASURE GARDENS 289 the Gardens. They were opened about the year 1678 by oneCuper, gardener to the Earl of Arunde
South London . ora TeaGardens, the Restoration Spring Gardens, the Dog and Duck,the Folly on the Thames ; Cupers Gardens ; Finchs Grotto,the Bermondsey Spa, and St. Helena Gardens, doubt there were others, but these were the principalGardens. Cupers Gardens lay exactly opposite to Somerset Waterloo Bridge and Waterloo Bridge Road wereconstructed the latter passed right through the former site ofthe Gardens. St. Johns Church marks the southern limit of THE PLEASURE GARDENS 289 the Gardens. They were opened about the year 1678 by oneCuper, gardener to the Earl of Arundel. He begged such ofthe statues belonging to his master as were mutilated, anddecorated the new gardens with them. Aubrey mentionsthem as belonging to Jesus College, Oxford ; he calls themCupids gardens, and speaks of the arbours and walks of theplace. There was a tavern connected with the gardens bythe riverside, and fireworks were exhibited. These gardenscontinued until 1753, when they were suppressed as a (1. ^- >4^,,,^ii THE DOG AND DUCK, BETHLEM nuisance. Cunningham quotes the prologue to Mrs. Centlivres Busy Body. The Fleet Street sempstress, toast of Temple sparks, That runs spruce neckcloths for attorneys clerks, At Cupids Gardens will her hours regale, Sing Fair Dorinda/ and drink bottled ale. In the Sunday Ramble(1794) the Dog and Duck isone of the last places visited in the course of that veryremarkable Sunday * out, which began at four oclock in themorning and ended at one oclock next morning, such wasthe zeal of the ramblers. The place was a tavern in St. U 290 SOUTH LONDON Georges Fields. On its site now stands Bethlehem Hos-pital. It was first built for the accommodation of those whocame to this spot in order to drink the waters of a springsupposed to possess wonderful properties, especially in thecase of cutaneous disorders and scrofula. The spring, likeso many other medicinal springs, has long since been for-gotten. Where is Beulah Spa ? Who rememberethHamps
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