Vauxhall ("Fox-hall")
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The overlays that highlight 17th century London features are approximate and derived from:
- Built-up London – Hollar's 1666 map before the Fire
- City of London wall and Great Fire damage – Hollar's 1666 map after the Fire
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TerryF Link to this
"Vauxhall is an...area....located on the south bank of the River Thames, across the water from...the House of Commons."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall,_London,_...
Mary Link to this
This was an area of pleasure gardens beside the Thames; avenues, covered walks and booths in which one could obtain a drink. It provided (as in Pepys' case) an area providing discreet, amatory resort and became notorious by the early 18th century for the numbers of prostitutes who plied their trade there.