Royal Parks say: "William III bought what was originally part of Hyde Park in 1689. An asthma sufferer, the king found the location quiet and the air salubrious and so he commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to design the redbrick building that is Kensington Palace. Queen Anne enlarged the Palace Gardens by 'transferring' 30 acres from Hyde Park and was responsible for the creation of the Orangery in 1704."
Queen Caroline extended the Gardens even further into Hyde Park.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Kensington Gardens
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Buck Hill bastion
This is really an information board rather than a plaque and has a number of ...
Ha-ha in Hyde Park
We find the terminology used on the information board confusing; 'bastion' is...
Other Subjects
Harkness Roses
Rose growing company, founded in Yorkshire by brothers John and Robert Harkness, and still run as a family firm.
1 memorial
Geoffrey Mills
Valuation surveyor involved in the creation of Burgess Park. He was piloting a Cessna 172 light aircraft when it crashed in a field near Biggin Hill Airfield, Kent. Three colleagues from work were ...
1 memorial
Robert Weir Schultz
Scottish Arts and Crafts architect, artist, landscape designer and furniture designer. He did much work on the Isle of Bute. Almost all of his buildings are now category A listed buildings, reflect...
Person, Architecture, Craft / Design, Gardens / Agriculture, Scotland
1 memorial
Edward Bowles
Horticulturalist. Born Edward Augustus Bowles but professionally known as E. A. Bowles. Born at his family's home, Myddelton House near Enfield, where he later created a garden, now open to the pu...
2 memorials
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