Hyde Park from Domesday-book to Date

Ashton, John · 1911

The only History of Hyde Park, at all worthy of the name, is Vol. I. of “The Story of the London Parks,” by Jacob Larwood. But, its author says, definitely, “What happened in Hyde Park subsequently to 1825, approaches too near to contemporary history to be told in these pages.” This (for Hyde Park has a history since then), added to the inaccuracies and imperfections of the book, has induced me to write a History of Hyde Park from Domesday Book to Date. The forests round London--The Manor of Eia in Domesday Book--Its subdivision--The Manor of Hyde--The Manor of Ebury--The Manor of Neate--The Neat houses--Henry VIII. and Hyde Park--Queen Elizabeth and Hyde Park--James I.--The deer in the …

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