Annotation:Vauxhall Walk

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VAUXHALL WALK. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title may refer to the name of a lane:

On the 1745 edition of Rocque's map Vauxhall Walk (or Lowner's Lane) is shown as a lane with hedges and fields on either side leading from Lambeth Butts (Black Prince Road) to Vauxhall Gardens. In 1768 the Duchy of Cornwall granted a building lease of ground on the west side of the road to William Pace and 28 houses were erected there; of these only 8 survive. [From Roberts & Godfrey's Survey of London: volume 23: Lambeth: South Bank and Vauxhall (1951)].

Or, it may refer to the 'Grand Walk' within Vauxhall Gardens, as depicted at left in Canaletto's (1697-1768) "View of the Grand Walk, Vauxhall Gardens, with the Orchestra Pavilion, the Organ House, the Turkish Dining Tent and the Statue of Aurora."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Skillern (Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1782), 1782; p. 10.

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