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Postcard of Hesketh Park

A colour postcard of Hesketh Park in c1910. 

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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 and designed by Edward Kemp.
Location Southport
Photograph Date c1910
Photograph ID NS_P25_43