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Beaumont Park, Plymouth

Submitted by Derek Harper

Name	Beaumont Park, Plymouth
Distance	0.08 miles from PL4
Description	"Beaumont Park was created thanks to the vision of the Reverend Thomas Archer Bewes of Beaumont House ... He settled at Beaumont sometime after the death of his father in 1857 and became a great benefactor to Charles Church and St Jude's Church and donated a stained-glass window to the new Guildhall of 1873 ... When , in 1882, the road up through Greenbank was being constructed, he purchased a strip of land alongside his land in order to extend his garden and he stipulated at the time that it was to be held until taken over by the Corporation with the remainder of the original park. When the Reverend gentleman died in 1890, his Trustees sold the house and park to the Corporation for ?26,000. Beaumont Park was officially opened to the public on Wednesday May 25th 1892". http://plymouthdata.info/Parks,%20Beaumont.htm This view is taken from near the Lodge at the south-east corner of the park.
Photographer	Derek Harper
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