Erection date: 21/5/1926
Gunnersbury Park opened for the use of the public 21st May 1926 by the Right Hon. Neville Chamberlain, M.P. Minister of Health. Purchased by the Town Councils of Acton and Ealing, one fourth of the cost being contributed by the Middlesex County Council.
Members of the Gunnersbury Park Joint Committee:
Coun. W. Hutchings (Ealing) - Chairman
Ald. Miss S. M. Smee J.P. (Acton) - Vice-Chairman
Ald. J. P. Hamilton J.P. (Acton)
Ald. R. J. Hewett J.P. Mayor of Acton (Acton)
Ald. J. Kent J.P. (Acton)
Coun. J. C. Fuller (Ealing)
Coun. Lt Col. R. R. Kimmitt (Ealing) O.B.E. J.P.
W. G. Cross A.M.Inst.C.E. - Borough Engineer & Surveyor, Acton
W. Armstrong F.R.H.S. - Park Superintendent
W. R. Hicks M.Inst C.E.F.S.I. - Borough Engineer & Surveyor, Ealing
Site: Gunnersbury Park (2 memorials)
W5, Pope's Lane, Gunnersbury Park Museum, Gunnersbury Park
The two plaques are on either side of the interior of the arch.
Gunnersbury Park is a park between Acton, Brentford, Chiswick and Ealing. Purchased for the nation from the Rothschild family, it was opened to the public by Neville Chamberlain, then Minister of Health, on 21 May 1926. Currently (2025) jointly managed by Hounslow and Ealing borough councils. The first Gunnersbury House, built on the estate in 1663, was demolished in 1801 and the estate split in two, each with its own mansion. In 1889 the Rothschilds reunited the two parts, extended the estate further, to the west and the north and sold it jointly to Ealing and Acton.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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