Court Hey Park
Introduction
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Court Hey Park
Image: © Sue Adair Taken: 4 Aug 2010
Court Hey Park can be traced back to 1783 when it was a farmer's field, part of Lord Derby's Estate. The grounds were acquired by Robertson Gladstone, elder brother Prime Minster William Gladstone who built his family mansion there. J. Bibby and Sons, cattle food manufacturers, bought the estate and established an experimental poultry and cattle foods farm also developing the park as a Centre for sport and recreation. During the Second World War the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Foods requisitioned part of the estate as a quarantine station. The hall was demolished in 1956 and part of the land sold to Vernons Pools. A building footprint of the mansion house has been created following a year-long archaeological dig and all of the original stable buildings were renovated and sections of the original walled garden developed as part of the National Wildflower Centre in 2000. The Friends of Court Hey Park are now based in the stable block. Further info:- http://web.ukonline.co.uk/court.heypark2/
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Image Location
Latitude
53.405217
Longitude
-2.876444