Title

White Conduit House started life in the late 17th century as a tea garden in Islington, London

Caption

White Conduit House started life in the late 17th century as a tea garden where city dwellers could escape for the grassy fields and relatively clean air of Islington. According to Oliver Goldsmith it was a site where "the inhabitants of London often assemble to celebrate a feast of hot rolls and butter". For over a century from the 1750s to the 1850s the curved front of White Conduit House and its pleasure gardens hosted not just cricket matches played on White Conduit Fields to the North West, but a wide range of entertainments of all kinds, as illustrated in the images below. 1820

Date

1820

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP24A01_369

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No

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NA

License type

Rights managed

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12,0Mb (1,9Mb) / 8,5in x 5,5in / 2557 x 1638 (300dpi)

Keywords

White Conduit House tea garden Islington Oliver Goldsmith pleasure gardens cricket matches White Conduit Fields entertainment 19th century

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