Place    From 23/7/1898 

Queens Wood, Highgate

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Place

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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PEER

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Gardening colleagues of Kevin Davis

Gardening colleagues of Kevin Davis.

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Groundwork

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Bankside Open Spaces Trust

Bankside Open Spaces Trust

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