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Articles found in Period Tag: Edwardian

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Manchester’s green revolution: how Victorian parks helped build a modern city

One of the city’s most enduring innovations has been quietly shaping lives for almost two centuries.

Topics

A History of British Football Playing Surfaces

The first football pitches of the 1800s were scythed or grazed but over time evolved into highly maintained landscapes incorporating drainage, heating and new technology such as Astroturf

Topics

A potted history of public parks

One of the greatest ‘inventions’ of the 19th century was the public park. Today, we all use them – and love them – but what do we actually know about them?

Places

Sheffield Botanical Gardens

Established to provide recreation and education for the growing middle classes, Sheffield Botanical Gardens was first designed by Robert Marnock in 1834.

Places

Tatton Park Japanese Garden

Inspired by the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition of 1910, Lord Egerton decided to install his own Japanese Garden at Tatton Park.

People

William Robinson

William Robinson (1835–1935) was apparently responsible for the design of only one garden, Gravetye Manor in Sussex, but his influence is still felt today.

People

Ellen Wilmott

In a time when women were expected to stay in the drawing room, Ellen Ann Willmott (1858–1934) was digging in the dirt, often quite literally reshaping the landscape of British gardening.

Places

Hestercombe Gardens

A unique site with four complete period gardens including 17th century, Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian gardens.