The Carpet Gardens, Hesketh Park, Southport

Information

Title
The Carpet Gardens, Hesketh Park, Southport
Author or creator
Unknown
Record type
Ephemera
Original Reference
E/PC/MPG/1/S/5346
Date
1943
Scope & content
Coloured postcard showing a view of a flower garden [not the carpet garden, despite the title] in Hesketh Park, Southport. Pencil: [personal message] [address in Clevedon supplied]. Hesketh Park, Southport, was laid out on land donated by the Revd Charles Hesketh, and commissioned in 1865; it was designed by Edward Kemp, possibly using a design first produced by Paxton, and was opened in 1868
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