Aerial View Hesketh Park Southport

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An aerial view showing Hesketh Park Southport in1930.

Keywords	Areial, Southport, Hesketh Park, houses
Location	Southport
Photograph Date	c1930
Photograph ID	NS_P16_11
Comments	The 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.