Canbury Gardens, Kingston

Information

Title
Canbury Gardens, Kingston
Record type
Ephemera
Original Reference
E/PC/MPG/1/K/2253
Author or creator
Unknown
Date
14 Sep 1905
Scope & content
Coloured postcard showing a view along the Thames in Canbury Gardens, Kingston-on-Thames. Ink: [personal message] [address in Hitchin supplied]. Canbury Gardens, Kingston-on-Thames, was an area of grazing land and stone extraction alongside the Thames. In 1887 the decision was taken to turn the area into a public park; designed by the borough surveyor Henry Macaulay, it was opened in 1890
Extent
1 postcard
Physical description
9 (h) x 14 (w) cm. Photomechanical print
Is part of
Municipal Parks and Gardens postcard collection
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Credit Line
RHS Lindley Collections
Usage terms
Public Domain

Location