Samuel Pepys, John Evelyn, Bear Gardens, London, Elizabeth I Of England, And 2 Other

18 New Globe Walk, London, SE1 9DR

On This Site Was Built The Davies Amphitheatre 1662-1682 The Last Bear-baiting Ring Of Bankside Visited By Samuel Pepys And John Evelyn. To The North From Mid 16th Century Was The Bear Gardens, A Bear-baiting Ring Visited By Queen Elizabeth I And Replaced By The Hope Playhouse 1614-1656, Built For Plays And Bear-baiting Where Ben Jonson's Play 'Bartholomew Fair' Was First Performed

Samuel Pepys, John Evelyn, Bear Gardens, London, Elizabeth I Of England, And 2 Other Map

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William Powell Frith Blue Plaque - W. P. Frith 1819-1909 painter lived and died here
Charles Fort White Plaque - Charles Fort (1874-1932) American founder of Forteanism, the study of anomalous phenomena lived here 1921-1928
Lillie Langtry Blue Plaque - Lillie Langtry 1852-1929 actress lived here