An area roughly equivalent to modern-day Hyde Park. It was owned by Westminster Abbey, and its woods afforded both fire-wood and shelter for the monks and for their game and water-fowl.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Manor of Hyde
A supply of water by conduit from this spot was granted to the Abbey of Westm...
Westminster Tree Trust (originally the Pimlico Tree and Preservation Trust) was founded by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean in 1982 as a charity dedicated to improving the environment in Westminster. Website.
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Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Politics & Administration, Russia
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Works with local people to develop parks and gardens so they can relax, kick a ball, grow plants or just hang out.
Swedish botanist. Came to London in June 1760 to promote Carl Linnaeus’ taxonomy and used it to catalogue the natural history collections at the British Museum. Travelled with Joseph Banks on Capta...