Battersea Park bronze plaque

London, England, United Kingdom

Battersea Park The site of this park was formerly known as Battersea Fields. Part of the ground was used for market gardening, but much of it was a marshy waste reclaimed from the river in the sixteenth century and later used for pigeon shooting, fairs, donkey racing and other amusements. The famous

duel between the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Wichelsea took place here in 1829. In 1846, an act authorised the purchase by H.M. Office of Works of 320 acres in Battersea Fields for a public pa

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