Newington Butts facts for kids
Newington Butts is a former village, now an area of south London. It is most famous as the location of the Newington Butts Theatre in the late 1500s. Some of the first performances of plays such as Hamlet, Titus Andronicus and The Taming of a Shrew happened here. It probably gets its name from an archery butts, or practice field.
Images for kids
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The north end of the "Newington Butts" section of the A3 terminates at a roundabout of the Elephant and Castle junction, where the Elizabethan theatre stood.
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The playground in St Mary's churchyard has mounds that can be thought of as archery butts.
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More mounds in the field of St Mary's churchyard.
See also
In Spanish: Newington Butts para niños
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