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The history of Covent Garden’s theatrical traditions Architect Inigo Jones was commissioned by Francis Russell, the Earl of Bedford, to develop the area. He started with an Italian-style arcaded piazza centred on St Paul’s church –the earliest Renaissance square in England and the model for...
1837 was the year of Victoria’s accession: in the town of March, with many other English towns, this was celebrated with fireworks. In this year two of his older sisters emigrated to South Australia. An enthusiastic letter from one of these, Theresa, urged that there would be ...
regularly took place at Covent Garden. According to diarist Samuel Pepys, the very first Punch and Judy shows were held here in 1662. Around 1650 the first pineapples began to be grown in England, and so popular did the fruit become that it was adopted as the symbol of Covent Garden ...
After Daniel’s death in 1857, Alexander opened a London branch at 23 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden. Macmillan’s headquarters were in Cambridge until 1863, when they moved to 16 Bedford Street in London. The academic standing of the Macmillans in Cambridge (their shop was at the heart of...
One of the oldest theatres in London is the Old Vic,which first began to show plays in 1818. England also has the National Theatre,on London's south Bank near the London Eye,which opened in 1976. Across the Thames are the Royal Ballet and the Royal opera House at Covent Garden,and the...
George Robins’s Offices, in Covent-garden. Philip Chauncy was about 15 when his grandfather’s will was subject to litigation. Philip’s recollection that “we found ourselves Wards in Chancery” seems incorrect as there was no reason for the children to be placed under the care of the ...
I have a catalogue issued by A.J. Gaston in 1899 of the library of T. Padwick. A set (1864-1898) of the Almanack was advertised for £10. One of the best cricket book catalogues ever produced was that of A. Maurice & Co., of Covent Garden. It was issued in 1909 and is itse...
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