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The Herbaceous Garden at Hesketh Park

The Herbaceous Garden at Hesketh Park at Southport in 1901. 

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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.
Location Southport
Photograph Date c1901
Photograph ID NS_P98_94