Heritage Research
The Royal Parks Guild has an excellent Research Team looking into the history of the Royal Parks. This has been used in projects, displays, interpretation, publications, podcasts, website content, e-bulletin articles and printed newsletters.
We even published a book about the Royal Parks in World War One as part of the centenary.
Some examples of what we have done are below.
The Royal Parks in the Great War
'The Royal Parks in the Great War' publication was researched, compiled and edited by Guild members David and Claire Ivison, ...
Model Allotment Hyde Park
In July 1940, the Ministry of Agriculture planned to set up a model pig, poultry and rabbit farm at Hyde ...
What a load of Rubbish!
In February 1954, it was announced that a government committee was to be set up by Sir David Eccles, the ...
The construction of the ‘Blue Bridge’
It was 57 years ago that the new pre-stressed concrete bridge was completed across the lake in St James’s Park ...