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Jesmond Dene through the years: Park offered to the public on this day in 1866
ChronicleLive On November 7 1866, a letter was read out to the town council in which Lord Armstrong offered Jesmond Dene as a public park. This gift included the Banqueting Hall and several houses, as well as 62 acres of land, although the Armstrongs maintained … |
Source: Jesmond Student News