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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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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Hilary Peters
Peters took our 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. Pr...
1 memorial
David Bellamy
Environmental campaigner and botanist. Brought up in London. Built up a media career as a protector of the environment. Initially supported the campaign to raise awareness of man-made climate ch...
1 memorial
Friends of Friary Park
From their website: "The Friends of Friary Park was formed in 1990 as the result of local discontent with the deteriorating condition of the Park. More than 200 people attended the inaugural meetin...
1 memorial
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
Cypress Oak
Rather than risk life and limb in trying to get to the central reservation, we have borrowed a photograph. The latin name Quercus Robur translates as 'hardy oak'. The cultivar 'Fastigiata' is diffe...
1 memorial
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