²õ²¹²â:Ìý"William III bought what was originally part of Hyde Park in 1689.  An asthma sufferer, the king found the location quiet and the air salubrious and so he commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to design the redbrick building that is Kensington Palace. Queen Anne enlarged the Palace Gardens by 'transferring' 30 acres from Hyde Park and was responsible for the creation of the Orangery in 1704."
Queen Caroline extended the Gardens even further into Hyde Park.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Kensington Gardens
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Buck Hill bastion
This is really an information board rather than a plaque and has a number of ...
Ha-ha in Hyde Park
We find the terminology used on the information board confusing; 'bastion' is...
Other Subjects
Abercrombie Plan
The Abercrombie Plan consists of the 1943 'County of London Plan' and the 1944 'Greater London Plan'. Devised by Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie and John Henry Forshaw in preparation for regeneratio...
Concept, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, Transport
1 memorial
Hugh Gyle-Thompson
Born Denbighshire, Wales, son of A. G. Thompson and Bertha Evelyn Thompson. In 1938 he married Sara Elizabeth Ninita Forbes, daughter of Sir Victor Courtenay Walter Forbes. A person with this name...
1 memorial
Cobley Farm and Fallow Farm
First documented in 1674, at its largest the farmland was bounded by High Road, Ballards Lane, Long Lane, Squire's Lane. Â The Cobley family owned he farm from 1680 to 1902 when it was sold, the bui...
4 memorials
John Hearn
Conservationist. Born in Wapping hospital and known as Ernie. A printer until retirement. He moved to the Waterloo area in the 1960s and found there was a lack of open spaces for walking his dog. T...
1 memorial
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