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The Red House 1840
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Archaeologists digging into the foreshore of the Thames at Battersea Park recently found the brickwork of a famous old tavern, the Red House. It was demolished in 1850 and earth excavated from the Surrey Docks had been used to bury the whole landscape around it. The Red House had a dark side to it that prompted the Victorians to landscape this part of Battersea and clean up the area. Battersea fields had been a wild area of intersecting streams and thick reed-beds. It was famous for racing and gambling. Pheasant shooting was popular, along with pigeons, starlings, sparrows, and occasionally, other victims. In 1671, Colonel Blood hid in the reeds with his gun, his target being Charles II. In 1829, the Earl of Winchelsea fought a duel with the Duke of Wellington here.
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