Shandy Park is a green space a few blocks due south of this site. It was opened in 1837 as the East London Cemetery with its own chapel, by local landowner, John Thomas Barber Beaumont. Beaumont arranged for his own tomb to be at the centre of the cemetery, in front of the chapel, marked out by immense pedestals of granite. The cemetery closed for burials in 1853, and was landscaped as Shandy Park in 1885. Quite short-lived so we are lucky it was caught on this 1870 map.
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Shandy Park / East London Cemetery
This information plaque is giving the provenance of the immense slab of infor...
Businessman and management consultant. He has held posts at many companies, and has been chairman of the Royal Ballet School and the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. This photo comes from the Kew A...
Person, Commerce, Dance, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration
For the history of this beautiful place go to: external site.
A charity dedicated to the conservation, improvement and enjoyment of Greenwich Park.
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