Erection date: 14/9/2018
Inscription
1769 - 1893. Here stood Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, the world's first circus building. Celebrating the invention of modern circus by riding master Philip Astley in 1768.
Commemorative stone laid September 2018.
Donated by Zippos Circus, London's favourite circus.
London SE1 has a magnificent photo of the circus folk that accompanied the unveiling, which took place in the year of the 250th anniversary of the first performance in Lambeth by Philip Astley, widely regarded as the father of modern circus.
Site: Astley's Circus - St Thomas's Hospital Gardens (1 memorial)
SE1, Westminster Bridge Road, St Thomas's Hospital Gardens
The stone is laid into the paving between the benches in our photo.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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