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Marygold Court – off the Strand

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Marygold Court – off the Strand

1728

Marygold Court, off the Strand · a molly cellar named in Dalton’s Narrative

A cellar in Marygold Court, off the Strand, is one of three houses named without a keeper in James Dalton’s Narrative of 1728 – a pamphlet account of the molly world published in the wake of the raids. The court ran off the Strand near the Savoy, so the pin marks that stretch. Dalton’s list is a reminder that much of what survives comes not from sober record but from sensational print.

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