Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of LondonThis survey, and fascinating history, of the public green spaces of London was published in 1898. Its author, John J. Sexby, the Chief Officer of Parks of the London County Council, is described as a lieutenant-colonel and a professional associate of the Surveyors' Institution, from which it can be deduced that he probably worked as a surveyor in the army. His skills as a horticulturalist and garden designer cannot be doubted, and he left his mark on many of the municipal parks and gardens about which he writes with such enthusiasm. Sexby focuses on the municipal parks (those maintained by local authorities) rather than the nationally managed parks in central London. He describes large open spaces such as Hampstead Heath as well as small, disused churchyards like that of St Dunstan's in Stepney, providing details of their former owners and use as well as their present condition. |
Contents
VIEW OF BOSTAL WOODS Frontispiece | 2 |
BATTERSEA PARK | 3 |
THE RED HOUSE BATTERSEA | 9 |
THE SUBTROPICAL GARDENS BATTERSEA PARK | 17 |
BLACKHEATH | 24 |
PRINCESS OF WALEs POND BLACKHEATH | 27 |
CHESTERFIELD WALK BLACKHEATH | 39 |
wRICKLEMARSH THE SEAT OF SIR GREGORY PAGE TURNER 1730 | 45 |
THE LAKE SouTHWARK PARK | 202 |
THE MAIN AVENUE Too TING coMMON | 215 |
OLD TREE ON TOOTING COMMON | 221 |
TOOTING GRAVENEY COMMON TOOTING BECK COMMON STREATHAM GREENSTREATHAM COMMON 209 | 224 |
A VIEW ON STREATHAM COMMON IN THE EIGHTEENTH | 233 |
WANDSWORTH COMMON | 235 |
THE GARRATT ELECTION | 242 |
BETHNAL GREEN GARDENS | 250 |
BOSTAL HEATHBOSTAL WOODSPI_UMSTEAD COMMON SHOULDER OF MUTTON GREEN | 50 |
MAIN waLK TO THE PINES BOSTAL WOOD | 51 |
BOSTAL WOODS FROM PLUMSTEAD COMMON | 57 |
VIEW OF PLUMSTEAD MARSHES FROM THE COMMON 1851 | 66 |
IN THE OLD GARDEN BROCKWELL PARK | 73 |
A BAND PERFORMANCE IN BROCKWELL PARK | 75 |
BROCKWELL PARKDULWICH PARK | 80 |
VIEw of LAKE DULwICH PARK | 82 |
CLAPHAM COMMON | 96 |
THE ROOKERY CLAPHAM COMMON | 100 |
THE EAGLE POND CLAPHAM COMMON | 109 |
HILLY FIELDs DEPTFORD PARK AND TELEGRAPH HILL | 116 |
GENERAL v1Ew of DEPTFoRD FROM BROCKLEY 1815 | 117 |
THE MANORHOUSE SAYES COURT | 125 |
EXTERIOR OF THE SEMAPHORESTATION TELEGRAPH HILL | 132 |
HATCHAM HOUSE | 138 |
KENNINGTON PARK I4 I | 141 |
KENNINGTON comMON AND CHURCH IN 1830 | 147 |
THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN KENNINGTON PARK | 154 |
LADYWELL RECREATIONGROUNDMARYON PARK | 158 |
THE SOURCE OF THE RAVENSBOURNE KESTON HEATH | 161 |
Coxs MoUNT MARYON PARK | 170 |
MYATTs FIELDsPECKHAM RYEPECKHAM RYE PARK GOOSE GREEN NUNHEAD GREEN | 172 |
THE FOUNTAIN AND RIVULET PECKHAM RYE PARK | 179 |
HEATONs Folly IN 1804 | 186 |
SOUTHWARK PARK NELSON RECREATIONGROUND NEWINGTON RECREATIONGROUNDWALWORTH RE CREATIONGROUND | 190 |
ENTRANCE AND suPERINTENDENTs LODGE souTHwARK PARK | 192 |
KIRBY CASTLE BETHNAL GREEN THE BLIND BEGGARs | 257 |
THE EMBANKMENT GARDENS | 265 |
CLEOPATRAs NEEDLE | 272 |
DURHAM HousB AND THE STRAND IN 1660 | 279 |
THE EMBANKMENT GARDENs continued | 290 |
LAMBETH PALACE AND ALBERT EMBANKMENT GARDENS | 293 |
SHREWSBURY HOUSE | 299 |
DoN SALTEROs CHEYNE waLK 1840 | 305 |
FINSBURY PARKCLISSOLD PARK | 309 |
HACKNEY COMMONS | 334 |
HACKNEY COMMONs continuedHACKNEY MARSH 35I XIX HAMPSTEAD HEATH | 375 |
HAMPSTEAD HEATH continued | 396 |
CHAPTER PAGE XXI HAMPSTEAD HEATH EXTENSION OR PARLIAMENT HILL 4 | 413 |
HIGHBURY FIELDS | 436 |
ISLAND GARDENs POPLARROYAL VICTORIA GARDENS | 447 |
LEICESTER SQUARE | 466 |
LINCOLNS INN FIELDsRED LION SQUARE | 487 |
RAVENSCOURT PARKSHEPHERDs BUSH COMMON | 518 |
SPA GREENWHITFIELD GARDENS | 530 |
VICTORIA PARKMEATH GARDENS | 552 |
WATERLOW PARK | 575 |
WESTERN COMMONS | 597 |
WAPPING RECREATIONGROUND CHURCHYARDS AND SMALL PLAYGROUNDSPLACES IN COURSE OF ACQUI SITION | 615 |
APPENDIX | 625 |
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Common terms and phrases
acres adjoining afterwards ancient Battersea Battersea Park Bethnal Green Bishop Blackheath Bridge Brockwell Park building built called Camberwell century Chelsea church Churchyard Clapham Clissold Park common connection Court Crown Deptford died Duke Dulwich Dulwich Park Earl Edward Embankment England Environs of London erected Fields Finsbury Park formed formerly gardens granted Greenwich ground Hackney Hampstead Heath Henry Highgate Hill History inhabitants John Kennington King known land Lane late Metropolitan Board lease Leicester Leicester Square Lewisham Lincoln's Inn Fields London County Council Lord Lysons manor manor-house mansion marsh mentioned Metropolis Metropolitan Board neighbourhood open spaces owner palace parish park Parliament Parliament Hill passed Pepys Plumstead Plumstead Common Pond portion present purchased Queen recreation-ground reign remains residence river Road Royal side sold Square Stoke Newington Streatham Street tavern Thames Thomas tion Tooting trees Vestry Victoria Walk Wandsworth whilst William Wood