Person    | Male  Born 13/5/1805  Died 4/1/1887

John Cornelius Park

Categories: Benefactor, Property

John Cornelius Park

From The Teddington Society: "a prominent builder and land owner. He was born in Wootton-under Edge, Gloucestershire but by the 1851 Census was living in Teddington. He bought the Lordship of the Manor of Sunbury in 1852 and he is said to have built Teddington Hall in 1863."

His bequest, together with land donated by his son, Cornelius John, enabled the Park's Almshouses to be established.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Cornelius Park

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Park's Almshouses

The Teddington Society have a good page on these buildings: The Trust specifi...

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