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The Lillie Bridge Grounds was a sports ground in London near to present day Stamford Bridge, opened around 1867. The ground started to fall into disuse after the opening of Stamford Bridge, and after a riot on 18 September 1887 which destroyed the track and grandstand, it finally closed in 1888.〔http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/image_browse?query=Lillie%20Bridge&first=&last=&imgurl=http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/Pix/TRA/68/10417968_T.JPG&refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scienceandsociety.co.uk%2Fresults.asp%3Ftxtkeys1%3DForemen&width=128&height=106&requestId=4a30cf7bbeb70cf1&clickedItemRank=5&encquery=Lillie%20Bridge&page=4〕〔http://www.london-underground.de/albums/Depots1/lillie_bridge_depot_1.jpg〕 Lillie Bridge is these days better known as a London Underground (LUL) maintenance depot, and the Earls Court 2 annexe of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre complex was built over the railway lines.〔http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/image_browse?query=Lillie%20Bridge%20Grounds&first=&last=&imgurl=http://prodigi.bl.uk/EvanImages/BLCD/big/C080/C0809-08.jpg&refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bl.uk%2Fcatalogues%2Fevanion%2FZOOM.ASP%3FEvanID%3D439%26ImageNo%3D0&width=1066&height=1500&requestId=8d0771872a81a964&clickedItemRank=4&encquery=Lillie%20Bridge%20Grounds&page=〕 It is also now home to the Empress State Building completed in 1961. Actually, Charles Booth's map suggested that Lille Bridge Ground was located south of Lille Road and to the East of Seagrave Road, which is latterly a car park for the Earls Court Exhibition Centre and Avis' local more car centre. The site is bound on the south side by Brompton Park Crescent (formerly a hospital) and the District (Wimbledon Branch). Earl's Court and Empress State Building site to the North of Lille Road and adjacent to the LUL maintenance depot. Sports contested at the venue included athletics, bicycle racing, football and cricket.〔http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/image_browse?query=Lillie%20Bridge%20Grounds&first=&last=&imgurl=http://prodigi.bl.uk/EvanImages/BLCD/big/C081/C0810-02.jpg&refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bl.uk%2Fcatalogues%2Fevanion%2FZOOM.ASP%3FEvanID%3D441%26ImageNo%3D0&width=1064&height=1500&requestId=8d0771872a81a964&clickedItemRank=3&encquery=Lillie%20Bridge%20Grounds&page=〕 The ground also hosted hot air balloon festivals and county fairs in the Victorian era. ==Boxing== The ground held the first ever amateur boxing matches in 1867, cups being supplied by the Marquess of Queensberry, which is where the phrase Queensberry Rules comes from. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lillie Bridge Grounds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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