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[[File:Lambethmap.jpg|right|550px|thumb|Three Coney Walk is circled in blue on John Rocque's map of 1746.  Lambeth Wells is circled in green, and the Three Coneys and Feathers pub in purple.]]''Coney'' refers to a hare or rabbit; thus New York City's Coney Island was an island once known for its abundance of wild rabbits. However Three Coney Walk was a country lane in Lambeth, on which was situated Lambeth Wells, a place of mineral wells around which public entertainments grew up, with a "Great Room" for music and dancing that opened before 1697.  Later Three Coney Walk became known as Lambeth Walk. This description is quoted from Louis Alexis Chamerovzow's '''The Embassy, or the key to a Mystery''' (1846), a novel, although the quotation is from the factual appendices which support the narrative:
[[File:Lambethmap.jpg|right|650px|thumb|Three Coney Walk is circled in blue on John Rocque's map of 1746.  Lambeth Wells is circled in green, and the Three Coneys and Feathers pub in purple.]]''Coney'' refers to a hare or rabbit; thus New York City's Coney Island was an island once known for its abundance of wild rabbits. However Three Coney Walk was a country lane in Lambeth (now south London), on which was situated Lambeth Wells, a place of mineral wells around which public entertainments grew up, with a "Great Room" for music and dancing that opened before 1697.  Later Three Coney Walk became known as Lambeth Walk. This description is quoted from Louis Alexis Chamerovzow's '''The Embassy, or the key to a Mystery''' (1846), a novel, although the quotation is from the factual appendices which support the narrative:
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''The lane...was called Three Coney Lane, and derived its name from a small wayside Inn or Public Tap at the corner of''  
''The lane...was called Three Coney Lane, and derived its name from a small wayside Inn or Public Tap at the corner of''  
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''all across the country to Newington and Kennington, both "famouse places;" whilst river-wards arose a multitude of small''  
''all across the country to Newington and Kennington, both "famouse places;" whilst river-wards arose a multitude of small''  
''cottages and tenements in the midst of gardens, the whole forming the hamlet of Lambythe.''
''cottages and tenements in the midst of gardens, the whole forming the hamlet of Lambythe.''
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''The Three Conies and Feathers was a small, low house, sunk some two or three feet below the level of the main road, and attained''  
''The Three Conies and Feathers was a small, low house, sunk some two or three feet below the level of the main road, and attained''  
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