50 acres. Prompted by a campaign led by Henry Reader Williams Hornsey Council purchased Queen's Wood (then called Churchyard Bottom Wood) in 1898 for "the free use of the public forever". The change in name was in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The opening and dedication ceremony was led by HRH the Duchess of Albany.
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Queens Wood, Highgate
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Queens Wood
Previously known as Churchyard Bottom Wood, the wood was renamed in honour of...
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Southwark Park
The Park was created mainly from market gardens. More information at  Historic England. The opening day is variously given as 19 or 9. An information board at each of the main entrances to the par...
2 memorials
Octavia Hill
Housing reformer and co-founder of The National Trust. Â Born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, her father's eighth daughter (yes, really). Â She believed that social housing should be small houses (rather...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, History, Property, Social Welfare
9 memorials
Victoria Park Society
Tower Hamlets have a "copy of the Constitution, showing that the society was founded 11 May 1970". Founders included: Israel Renson and Peggy Temple. We've found reference to this group being acti...
2 memorials
Fred Cleary
Member of the City of London Court of Common Council 1959-84, Chairman of the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association, pastmaster of the Company of Gardeners and a leading light in the many gardens...
1 memorial
Portman Square Garden
Laid out and the plane trees planted following private Acts of Parliament of 1780 and 1823.
1 memorial
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