COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, London
Alternate Title:
Hyde Park
Image View:
Path among trees; park is an arboretum with many specimen trees
Creator:
Charles Bridgeman (British landscape architect, died 1738)
Location:
site: London, England, United Kingdom
Location Note:
South boundry, Kensington Road, north boundry, Bayswater Road
GPS:
+51.508611-0.163611
Date:
begun 1536 (creation)
Cultural Context:
British
Style Period:
Eighteenth century
Work Type 1:
parks (recreation areas)
Work Type 2:
garden
Classification:
landscape architecture
Material:
stone; brick; paving material; plant material
Technique:
construction (assembling); gardening
Measurements:
350 ac (area, Hyde Park); 270 ac (area,Kensington Gardens)
Description:
Largest park area in central London and two of the Royal Parks of London. The park is divided in two by the Serpentine; the western half is Kensington Gardens. The two parks are contiguous; although often still assumed to be part of Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens has been technically separate since 1728, when Queen Caroline made a division between the two. The combined area of 630 acres is larger than the Principality of Monaco (480 acres), though smaller than New York City's Central Park (840 acres). The park was the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851, for which the Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton. The park started as a royal deer park under Henry VIII in 1536. In 1689 William III laid out a drive on the south side that still exists, known as Rotten Row. The first coherent landscaping was undertaken by Charles Bridgeman for Queen Caroline. It was completed in 1733; the Serpentine (1731) was formed by damming the little Westbourne river. The Serpentine is divided from the Long Water by a bridge designed by George Rennie (1826). (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Seven
Identifier:
1A2-E-L-HP-A18
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, London
