Manages 8 major Royal Parks covering 5,000 acres: Bushy Park (with the Longford River), The Green Park, Greenwich Park, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Regent's Park (and Primrose Hill), Richmond Park and St James's Park. That’s the official list - note the “the’s” on Green and Regent’s. Would make a good trivia question.
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The Royal Parks
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Buck Hill bastion
This is really an information board rather than a plaque and has a number of ...
Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - entrance
Building designed by: Joseph Paxton First large scale prefabricated glass and...
Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - NE
British Isles & Empire exhibitors: 7381 Foreign exhibitors: 6556 Number o...
Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - NW
700 tons of wrought iron 3800 tons of cast iron 24 miles of wooden guttering ...
Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - SE
Project funded by: public subscription Cost of building and fittings: £200,00...
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Local people (King's Cross)
Local people fought and won against office development and created The Calthorpe Project, community gardens, play space and under fives' area.
1 memorial
Bishop Henry Compton
Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713. Born Warwickshire. After a period in Charles II's army he chose the church and within 5 years was made a bishop and a member of the Privy Council. His strong op...
1 memorial
Norland Square Garden Committee
The managing committee of Norland Square Garden in London, W11.
1 memorial
Harold Nicolson
Diplomat and politician. Born as Harold George Nicolson at the British legation, Tehran in what was then Persia. Joined the diplomatic service in 1909 and served in various posts. Entered parliamen...
Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Literature, Politics & Administration, Germany, Iran/Persia, Spain, Turkey
1 memorial
William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire
The "Bachelor Duke" after whom the Cavendish banana was named. Born Paris, son of the 5th Duke, who died in 1811. Had a strong interest in gardening and agriculture and gave his estates a lot of a...
2 memorials
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Mohamed Al-Fayed
Shop-keeper. Born Egypt. Arrived in London in the 70s and added the aristocratic "al" prefix to his name. He owned Harrods, the Paris Ritz and Fulham Football Club. The drunk chauffeur of the ca...
2 memorials
Nicolas Poussin
Artist. Born in Les Andelys, Normandy. He spent a large part of his life in Rome, producing many paintings with an historical theme, such as 'The Adoration of the Golden Calf'.
2 memorials
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
415 memorials
William Mitchell
Sculptor. He has worked in a vast variety of techniques and media, producing some grand-scale works. Among his London projects are the interior of the Curzon Cinema,Mayfair, the concrete frieze in ...
4 memorials
Festival of Britain
'A tonic for the Nation', The Festival was intended to cheer us all up after WW2, and incidentally to celebrate the centenary of the 1851 Great Exhibition. The symbol for the Festival was designed ...
20 memorials
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