Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London : Their History and Associations
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1108076130
ISBN-13
9781108076135
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
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GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 18th, 2014
Print length
674 Pages
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1,004 grams
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23.00 x 15.10 x 3.90 cms
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This history of the public green spaces of London was published in 1898. John Sexby, the Chief Officer of Parks of the London County Council, describes spaces ranging from Hampstead Heath to small, disused churchyards, providing details of their former owners and use as well as their present condition.
This 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.
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