Cannon in Grenfell Park
Introduction
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Cannon in Grenfell Park
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 29 Jul 2014
Grenfell Park was donated to the town in 1897 by Lord Desborough (William Grenfell) to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The park has a number of unusual trees, the seeds of which were provided by Lord Desborough after travelling the world. The cannon is one of the park's original features and is of a type known as a Finbanker. Update:- I got this e-mail which questions the origin of the cannon. It says " I have just found this photo of a Canon in Grenfell Park Maidenhead described as an original feature. The canon was not in the park, at least until after 1976. I lived in the lodge with my parents, My father being the park attendant at the time, and definitely it was not there" So, question mark over the cannon. But it's a nice park anyway.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.520008
Longitude
-0.72601