[1] The body of a man who had been executed for horse-stealing was for some time exhibited by a family living on Wyndham Road at a shilling a time until brought to an end by the intervention of the Curate of St Giles' Church, Camberwell, the Rev Henry Woodcock Hyde (curate 1817-1824).
[1] A patch of land on the north of Wyndham Road remained unbuilt upon and, in 1849, was opened, with much fanfare, as the Royal Flora Gardens.
[9] By 1856 the proprietors were Courtney Stacey and Tom Stowell,[10] and by 1858 the ownership of the gardens was held by a Mr Helwell.
Collier entitled The Wood Nymphs, or The Enchanted Dell, Concert Monstre and Bal al Fresco, Ascent and Descent of Madame Genieve, the first tightrope dancer in the world, brilliant illuminations and grant pyrotechnic display, for which the admission was sixpence.
[14] In an advertisement for sale of the lease in 1852, it was described as "The grounds have been formed and laid out at an expense of several thousand pounds, and the erections include a theatre, dancing saloon, rifle-gallery, refreshment-rooms, conservatories, grottos, lake with waterfalls and fountains, etc; the whole so tastefully arranged as to render this property a worthy rival to the celebrated Vauxhall Gardens.
[9][17] On 16 August 1864 a grand gala was held as a farewell to the gardens, for the benefit of the proprietor William Walter Wale (1816-1872), the brother of the earlier co-owner.
[2] The redeveloped site included a Watney Combe & Reid pub, The Warrior,[19] and the Wyndham Road Mission.
[20] The pub survived until the early 1970s,[19] while the Mission only existed from 1876 to 1878 when it was replaced by the nearby St Michael and All Angels Church, Camberwell.