The Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London: Their History and Associations

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John James Sexby

The Municipal Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces of London

Their History and Associations

John James Sexby

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English

Cambridge University Press
18 December 2014

Landscape art & architecture; History of architecture; British & Irish history; Gardens (descriptions, history etc)

Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture

This survey, and fascinating history, of the public green spaces of London was published in 1898. Its author, John J. Sexby, the Chief Officer of Parks of the London County Council, is described as a lieutenant-colonel and a professional associate of the Surveyors' Institution, from which it can be deduced that he probably worked as a surveyor in the army. His skills as a horticulturalist and garden designer cannot be doubted, and he left his mark on many of the municipal parks and gardens about which he writes with such enthusiasm. Sexby focuses on the municipal parks (those maintained by local authorities) rather than the nationally managed parks in central London. He describes large open spaces such as Hampstead Heath as well as small, disused churchyards like that of St Dunstan's in Stepney, providing details of their former owners and use as well as their present condition.

By: John James Sexby
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 43mm
Weight: 1.030kg
ISBN: 9781108076135
ISBN 10: 1108076130
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
Pages: 674
Publication Date: 18 December 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Battersea Park; 2. Blackheath; 3. Bostal Heath; 4. Brockwell Park; 5. Clapham Common; 6. Hilly Fields; 7. Kennington Park; 8. Ladywell recreation-ground; 9. Myatt's Fields; 10. Southwark Park; 11. Tooting Graveney Common; 12. Wandsworth Common; 13. Bethnal Green Gardens; 14. The Embankment Gardens; 15. The Embankment Gardens (cont.); 16. Finsbury Park; 17. Hackney Commons; 18. Hackney Commons (cont.); 19. Hampstead Heath; 20. Hampstead Heath (cont.); 21. Parliament Hill; 22. Highbury Fields; 23. Island Gardens, Poplar; 24. Leicester Square; 25. Lincoln's Inn Fields; 26. Ravenscourt Park; 27. Spa Green; 28. Victoria Park; 29. Waterlow Park; 30. Western Commons; 31. Wapping recreation-ground; Appendix; Index.