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Hilary Peters

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Hilary Peters

Peters took out a lease on the derelict wharf and a house on Ballast Quay in 1963. Here she created a communal riverside garden from which grew a landscape business, Union Wharf Nursery Garden. Projects included: gardens at St. Katherine's Wharf and the founding of the Surrey Docks Farm, about which she wrote a book: Docklandscape, 1979.

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Foot-and-mouth epidemic - original memorial

  The first memorial was obviously sinking into the ground when our...

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St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, churchyard garden

St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, churchyard garden

Churchyard closed for burials and given to the Vestry of Bermondsey on 17 May 1882, it was opened to the public on 28 February 1883.

Place, Gardens / Agriculture, Religion

1 memorial
Thames Path

Thames Path

The Thames Path is a National Trail following the River Thames from one of its sources, Thames Head, to the Woolwich foot tunnel. It is about 185 miles (298 km) long. A path was first proposed in 1...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

2 memorials
Great Forest of Essex

Great Forest of Essex

Since about 1000 various areas have been designated 'forest' meaning a royal hunting ground, not necessarily wooded. At different times, under different monarchs part or all of the County of Essex...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
Market Gardens at Burgess Park

Market Gardens at Burgess Park

Our image is an extract from Stanfords 1862-71 map of London. Albany Road is the main road about a third of the way down; St George's Church is at the lower left; the present-day Chumleigh Gardens ...

Place, Food & Drink, Gardens / Agriculture

1 memorial
The Rookery - Streatham

The Rookery - Streatham

A landscaped area surrounded by Streatham Common. As well as the formal garden there are areas of woodland. Has provided a setting for many theatrical productions. The text off a number of informa...

Place, Gardens / Agriculture

2 memorials