Barnet: Ravenscroft Gardens
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Barnet: Ravenscroft Gardens
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 7 Mar 2015
This land once formed part of Barnet Common, which was partly enclosed in 1729 and fully in 1815. In the 1880s, when a new road, Ravenscroft Park, and new housing were being built here, a small area of the remaining open land, between Ravenscroft Park and Wood Street, with a pond was converted into this public park. It was originally called Barnet Recreation Ground, but it was later named after James Ravenscroft, a leading benefactor of Barnet. Serpentine walks formed part of the original layout. There used to be two ornamental ponds in the park, one in the corner shown in this view, but these were drained in 1992. Some current versions of the Ordnance Survey mapping still show the location of this pond.
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Image Location
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51.653016
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-0.210405