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In America in the 1850s and 1860s straight variety grew in popular favour. London Dispensary Society established Evans's Supper rooms Great Northern Railway opens its line from York Way to Peterborough St Martin's Hall opens on 89-91 Long Acre North London Line between Camden Town and Bow opens (known as the 'East and West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway' until 1853) Mr Falaha, the Wooden Legged Dancer performs at the London Pavilion Marble Arch relocated to Hyde Park James Wyld's Great Globe opens in Leicester Square Museum of Practical Geology opens in Jermyn Street Victoria Street opens Free Cancer Hospital (later Royal Marsden Hospital) opens in Cannon Row, Westminster Canterbury Hall built New market hall at Billingsgate City House of Correction, Holloway, opens George Edwardes born New House of Commons opens King's Cross Station opens Duke of Wellington's funeral Kennington Common opened as park to public John Wilton builds his first music hall North and South Western Junction Railway between Willesden and Kew opens Islington vestry enforces painting of street signs
Charles Morton builds his second Canterbury Hall Harry Furniss, illustrator and caricaturist born Re-erected Crystal Palace opens at Sydenham Working Men's College established in Red Lion Square Royal Panopticon of Science and Art opens in Leicester Square Great Northern Hotel at King's Cross opens Paddington Station, and Great Western Hotel open
The "great stink" Metropolitan Board of Works created Metropolitan Cattle Market at Copenhagen Fields, Islington, laid out First pillar box at corner of Farringdon Street and Fleet Street Victoria Dock opens Arthur tries his hand, at the Minerva Hall, Glasgow
Jan 6th Arthur Lloyd joins Theatre Royal Plymouth company Royal Panopticon of Science and Art in Leicester Square closes Surrey Music Hall, on the site of Surrey Zoological Gardens, opens London General Omnibus Company (LGOC) in business 21st Aug - Benefit for T. C. King at the Theatre Royal Dunlop Street In 1857 music halls began to invade the west end. Opening of the South Kensington Museum Opening of the British Library Reading Room T.C. King and Bessie King at the Queen's Theatre Dublin May 14th - Horatio Lloyd and his wife Benefit at the Theatre Royal Sunderland May 29th - Horatio and Arthur at the Theatre Royal, Trades Hall Arbroath 14th June - Horatio and Arthur at the Theatre Royal Aberdeen Third and Prsent Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, opens Canterbury
Hall further enlarged in by the addition of a grand staircase,
supper room and art gallery. Postal districts first introduced in central London Jermyn Street Turkish Baths open St. James's Hall opens Great Eastern launched at Millwall Horatio Lloyd at Theatre Royal Glasgow Backstage at the Theatre - A contemporary article Henry Irving appears at the Surrey theatre National Portrait Gallery opens to public Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association founded First London Pavilion enhanced with roof Vauxhall Gardens close 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910
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