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Hampstead Heath
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John Gurney Hoare
John Gurney Hoare was born in a house near this spot in 1810. He was the prim...
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Sir John Sinclair
Founder and president of the first Board of Agriculture. Born Scotland into family of the Earls of Caithness. 1780 entered the House of Commons. Promoted a scientific and statistical approach to ag...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Science, Scotland
1 memorial
Tree Council
The Tree Council was founded in 1974 to keep up the momentum of 1973's National Tree Planting Year - "Plant a Tree in '73". They ran the first National Tree Week in 1975 and in 2004 claimed that up...
4 memorials
National Gardens Scheme
Opens (mainly private) gardens to the public to raise money for charity. Grew out of a need to provide finances for retired district nurses.
1 memorial
Great Forest of Essex
Since about 1000 various areas have been designated 'forest' meaning a royal hunting ground, not necessarily wooded. At different times, under different monarchs part or all of the County of Essex...
1 memorial
River Tyburn
Covered over in 1750 but still running, underground from Hampstead to Westminster. One of its sources is at Shepherd's Well. Diamond Geezer has tracked the entire course. LondonMyLondon shows it,...
4 memorials
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