William Barefoot Gardens
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William Barefoot Gardens
Image: © Marathon Taken: 28 Jan 2021
William Barefoot Gardens were laid out in the 1930s and opened in 1942. At the entrance on Alliance Road are fine wrought iron gates with the Borough coat-of-arms. The site is steeply sloping and has an area of lawn at the base of the hill, with a path winding up through steep woodland and shrubbery to an entrance at the top of the hill, towards the left at the top of the gardens in this photograph. That entrance leads directly into Woolwich New Cemetery. The gardens are named after William Barefoot (1872-1941) who had been Mayor of Woolwich in 1925-27. There is more about his life here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barefoot
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