Hesketh Park and the Carpet Gardens

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A view of the Carpet Gardens in Hesketh Park Southport. 

Comments	he Rev. Charles Hesketh donated the land for the future Hesketh Park with a proviso and the Improvement Commissioners gratefully accepted. The conditions stated that the park would be surrounded with an iron palisade and four entrance gates, ornamental features mounds, trees, shrubs, and a walkway and to keep the park in good order. The opening ceremony took place on May 1st, 1868, by the first Mayor of Southport Dr Peter Wood and designed by Edward Kemp.
Location	Southport, Hesketh Park
Photograph Date	c1900
Photograph ID	NS_P22_35