The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century

The Black Queen Coffee-House and Tea-Gardens, Shacklewell

The Black Queen Coffee-house situated on Shacklewell Green had attached to it a bowling green and tea-gardens planted with fruit trees, yews, limes, and poplars. It is said to have been resorted to by “genteel company,” but little is known of it, except that in 1793 (when in possession of a Mr. Moore) the lease was advertised to be sold by auction (13th September, 1793).

[The Daily Advertiser for 3 September, 1793.]