Sherborne Pageant Gardens

Information

Title
Sherborne Pageant Gardens
Author or creator
Unknown
Record type
Ephemera
Original Reference
E/PC/MPG/1/S/5144
Date
c.1910
Scope & content
Sepia-tinted postcard showing a view of the Sherborne Pageant Gardens. The Sherborne Pageant was held in 1905, to commemorate the 1200th anniversary of the founding of Sherborne Abbey. The Pageant Gardens, a site donated by F. Wingfield Digby, were designed by F. W. Mayer of Robert Veitch & Son, and after the conclusion of the Pageant they were opened as a municipal park in 1906
Extent
1 postcard
Physical description
9 (h) x 15 (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