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Royal Victoria Park
First opened as "The Royal Pavilion Gardens" by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1851 and operated by them and then by the Great Eastern Railway into which the ECR merged in 1862.
Opened as Royal Victoria Gardens by the London County Council in the 1890s on land which had been acquired for a public park with funds raised through public subscription. The land was formerly part of the ancient manor of Hammarsh, owned by Westminster Abbey for some 800 years and largely used for grazing from the late Middle Ages onwards.
Opened as Royal Victoria Gardens by the London County Council in the 1890s on land which had been acquired for a public park with funds raised through public subscription. The land was formerly part of the ancient manor of Hammarsh, owned by Westminster Abbey for some 800 years and largely used for grazing from the late Middle Ages onwards.
by N Chadwick
Created: Thu, 24 Jan 2013, Updated: Sat, 3 May 2025
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