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Holte Bridgman's Apollo Gardens were one of the main [[pleasure gardens]] of 18th century [[Birmingham]], located on Moseley Street in [[Deritend]], within the parish of [[Aston]].^ref

Entertainments at the Apollo included music – concerts of trios and duets by  and [[Handel]] are recorded in 1748 – and [[fireworks]].^ref The Apollo was also the site of the first [[cricket]] match definitely recorded to have taken place within Birmingham, when "Eleven of the Gentlemen of the Holte Bridgman's Club and Eleven of the Gentlemen of Mr Thomas Bellamy's Club" played "the most of three innings, for Twenty-Two Guineas" on Monday 15 July 1751.^ref

Although the Apollo Gardens were smaller and less successful than their principal rival, the [[Birmingham Vauxhall Gardens]] in [[Duddeston]], an article from 1787 in [[Aris's Birmingham Gazette]] described them as "lovely, sequestered and elegant" and described how they could be reached by pleasure boat on the [[River Rea]], travelling under the bridges of Deritend, Bradford Street and Cheapside past field paths "gay with wild flowers".^ref

The garden closed in 1751 when its owner resumed his profession of house painting.^ref

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'''Holte Bridgman's Apollo Gardens''' were one of the main [[pleasure gardens]] of 18th century [[Birmingham]], located on Moseley Street in [[Deritend]], within the parish of [[Aston]].<ref name="Handfordp30">{{Citation|last=Handford|first=Margaret|year=2006|title=Sounds Unlikely: Music in Birmingham|publication-place=Studley|publisher=Brewin Books|page=30-31|isbn=1858582873}}</ref>

Entertainments at the Apollo included music – concerts of trios and duets by <<link:0>> and [[Handel]] are recorded in 1748 – and [[fireworks]].<ref name="Handfordp30" /> The Apollo was also the site of the first [[cricket]] match definitely recorded to have taken place within Birmingham, when "Eleven of the Gentlemen of the Holte Bridgman's Club and Eleven of the Gentlemen of Mr Thomas Bellamy's Club" played "the most of three innings, for Twenty-Two Guineas" on Monday 15 July 1751.<ref>{{citation|last=Bannister|first=Jack|title=The history of Warwickshire County Cricket Club|year=1990|publisher=Christopher Helm|location=London|isbn=0-7470-0217-7|page=10}}</ref>

Although the Apollo Gardens were smaller and less successful than their principal rival, the [[Birmingham Vauxhall Gardens]] in [[Duddeston]], an article from 1787 in [[Aris's Birmingham Gazette]] described them as "lovely, sequestered and elegant" and described how they could be reached by pleasure boat on the [[River Rea]], travelling under the bridges of Deritend, Bradford Street and Cheapside past field paths "gay with wild flowers".<ref>{{Citation|last=Handford|first=Margaret|year=2006|title=Sounds Unlikely: Music in Birmingham|publication-place=Studley|publisher=Brewin Books|page=31-32|isbn=1858582873}}</ref>

The garden closed in 1751 when its owner resumed his profession of house painting.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=T_7oAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA83&lpg=PA83&dq=%22Apollo+Gardens%22+birmingham&source=bl&ots=a6PrzQVOFz&sig=5kxIUYYKky0tbntPtyHx6JOCvto&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wRtLUd_XE8HhrAGu5oDQCg&ved=0CC0Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22Apollo%20Gardens%22%20birmingham&f=false | title=Experience and Identity in the West Midlands 1760-1800 | publisher=Manchester University Press | author=Money, John | year=1977 | location=Manchester | pages=83}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Pleasure gardens in England]]
[[Category:History of Birmingham, West Midlands]]

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