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Pall-mall, a ball game similar to croquet, was introduced to England in the early 17th century by James I. The game, already popular in France and Scotland, was enjoyed by James' sons Henry and Charles. [4] In 1630, St James's Field, London's first pall-mall court, was laid out to the north of the Haymarket – St James road.
Drawing of a game of "pell-mell" between Frederick V of the Palatinate and Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, by Adriaen van de Venne, c. 1620–1626.. Pall-mall, paille-maille, palle-maille, pell-mell, or palle-malle (/ ˈ p æ l ˈ m æ l /, / ˈ p ɛ l ˈ m ɛ l /, also US: / ˈ p ɔː l ˈ m ɔː l / [1] [2]) is a lawn game (though primarily played on earth surfaces rather than grass) that ...
Pall Mall ad from The Elks Magazine, 1925. The Pall Mall brand was introduced in 1899 by the Black Butler Company (UK) in an attempt to cater to the upper class with the first "premium" cigarette. It is named after Pall Mall, a well-known street in the St James's area of London, containing several of the private clubs which such people patronized.
Pall Mall (/ pæl mæl / PAL MAL) is a small unincorporated community in the Wolf River valley of Fentress County, Tennessee, United States. It is named after Pall Mall, London. [1][2] Pall Mall is located near the Kentucky-Tennessee state-line in northeastern-central Tennessee. The population was at 1,398 people according to the 2000 census.
The Royal Automobile Club is a British private social and athletic club. It has two clubhouses: one in London at 89 Pall Mall, and the other in the countryside at Woodcote Park, near Epsom in Surrey. Both provide accommodation and a range of dining and sporting facilities. The Royal Automobile Club has a wide range of members.
Pall Mall, London, a street in the City of Westminster, London. Pall Mall, a long-running farm near Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales, named after the London street. Pall Mall, Tennessee, a small unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee. Pall Mall (Bendigo), urban downtown area of Bendigo, Australia.
The Pall Mall Magazine was a monthly British literary magazine published between 1893 and 1914. Begun by William Waldorf Astor as an offshoot of The Pall Mall Gazette, the magazine included poetry, short stories, serialized fiction, and general commentaries, along with extensive artwork. It was notable in its time as the first British magazine ...
The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on 7 February 1865 by George Murray Smith; its first editor was Frederick Greenwood. In 1921, The Globe merged into The Pall Mall Gazette, which itself was absorbed into The Evening Standard in 1923. Beginning late in 1868 and continuing at least through the 1880s, a selection or ...