Lecture on the sanitary condition of large towns, and of Belgravia : delivered before the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the members of the Pimlico Literary and Scientific Institution, on March 16, 1857 : with notes and topographical memoranda / by C.J.B. Aldis.

  • Aldis, C. J. B. (Charles James Berridge), 1808-1872.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Lecture on the sanitary condition of large towns, and of Belgravia : delivered before the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the members of the Pimlico Literary and Scientific Institution, on March 16, 1857 : with notes and topographical memoranda / by C.J.B. Aldis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    were almost equally high. It lasted but a short time, failing altogether to obtain public support. The “Bacchanals,” and a place of resort at the “Neate Houses,” probably complete the list of Places of Amusement in Pimlico. Other objects of interest in Pimlico may now be noticed. Charlotte Street, so called after the Queen of that name. St. Peter’s Chapel, had for its first minister and founder, the celebrated Dr. Dodd, executed for forgery in 1777; Wee- den Butler, his amanuensis and friend, succeeded him. In our own day Dr. Dillon, almost equally the subject of notoriety, was minister here. Lower Belgrave Place.—Here, at the corner of Eccleston Street, Chantrey lived and died ; Allan Cunningham was his secretary and foreman; and here his son Peter was born; Chantrey died in the drawing-room. Upper Eaton Street.—Thomas Campbell resided here after his marriage; Mrs. Abington, the actress, also in 1807. King’s Row.—Here stood an old-fashioned turnpike till 1827; the Magdalen also, an old inn, the sign of which was removed in 1827 or 28 to a house opposite, now called “the George the Fourth.” Warwick Street occupies the site of Willow Walk, an old pathway with deep cuttings on each side ; at the east end stood a lonely detached house, for many years tenanted by the notori- ous Jerry Abershaw. He was executed in 1797 on Kennington Common. Victoria Square.—Here was the last London residence of the poet Campbell. Chester Square.—Dr. Mantel], the eminent geologist, resided I here, as also the widow of the poet Shelley. Chester Place.—Sheil, the Irish orator, lived here. Ebury Square.—The “ Flask,” a low tavern, is said to have been such a century ago ; the resort of topers now, it was then of those who came out “ duck-hunting,” a sport much followed in the ponds about. Grosvenor Row, of which Royal Hospital Row, in the parish of Chelsea, is a continuation, is perhaps the most curious Street in the locality ; the numerous public houses here attest in a peculiar way to the military character of the inhabitants; the