Carpet Garden at Hesketh Park
A late Victorian view of the Carpet Gardens in Hesketh Park, Southport.
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| Comments | The Rev. Charles Hesketh donated the land for the future Hesketh Park with a proviso and the Improvement Commissioners gratefully accepted. The conditions stated that the park would be surrounded with an iron palisade and four entrance gates, ornamental features mounds, trees, shrubs, and a walkway and to keep the park in good order. The opening ceremony took place on May 1st, 1868, by the first Mayor of Southport Dr Peter Wood. |
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| Location | Southport, Hesketh Park, |
| Photograph Date | c1900 |
| Photograph ID | NS_P22_30 |
