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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Roundhay Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Originally, Roundhay Park was a hunting park for the De Lacy family during the 13th Century. William the Conqueror granted the estate to Ilbert De Lacy for his loyalty to the king. It passed by succession to John of Gaunt and thereby to his son, Henry IV. Henry VIII gave the park (though not the manor) to the Darcy family whence it passed by succession and marriage to Lord Stourton. The estate was purchased from later Lord Stourton by Thomas Nicholson and Samuel Elam in 1803. Nicholson took the Northern part which is now Roundhay Park. The lands taken over by Thomas Nicholson had the remains of quarries and coal mines, which were disguised by the construction of two lakes, the Upper Lake and the Waterloo Lake. A mansion house (see below) was built in the period 1811 to 1826 with a view over the Upper Lake. He also constructed a folly, a mock castle. The Nicholson family was also responsible for building the Church of St John, almshouses and a school on the south side of the park. Following the death of Thomas Nicholson in 1821, the estate passed to his half brother Stephen Nicholson, and following his death in 1858, Stephen's nephew William Nicholson Nicholson inherited the park. In 1871 three years of the death of William Nicholson, Roundhay park was put up for sale and was purchased for 139,000 by a group including the Mayor of Leeds John Barran, then purchased by Leeds City Council for the same sum, and given to the people of Leeds as a Park. At the time Roundhay was over 3 miles (4.8 km) away from Leeds and the council was unable to purchase such a large tract of land without an Act of Parliament, which was obtained on 21 June 1871. George Corson, a major Leeds architect, won the competit... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2748028


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156245958
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Roundhay Park
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1156245958
  • Publisher Date: 31 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 73 gr


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