Stuart0742 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Norfolk Heritage Park Map Ref 62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Osgathorpe Park (aka Earl Marshall Park) Photos Dunsbyowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Oxley Park Map Ref 63 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Parkwood Springs (under development) http://www.parkwood-springs.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 5, 2009 Author Share Posted June 5, 2009 Parson Cross Park Map Ref 64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Phillimore Park Map Ref 65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Rivelin Valley Park Map Ref 69 http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/i...post&p=1705 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Roe Wood Map Ref 70 http://www.heritagewoodsonline.co.uk/map/025/025.html History (courtesy Dunsbyowl) In the 17th Century it was recorded that this ancient woodland were in the possession of the Earl of Shrewsbury. In the 18th century wood passed to the Dukes of Norfolk was split into Great and Little Roe Woods. The 11th Duke who, in the Queen’s Jubilee year of 1897 when he became Sheffield’s first Lord Mayor, presented Roe Wood to the City as a public open space. For a while after this the wood became known as Victoria Park but usage of this name lapsed. Towards the top of the wood were the sports ground is was a site of a hillfort dating from Romano/British times which was destroyed when the sports ground was constructed 1923. The camp consisted of an oval ditch surrounding an area of 3/4 acre with an indistinct rampart. Within the area a number of finds of Roman pottery and coins had been made. The Site was surveyed by Addy. Photo Dunsbyowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Rolling Acres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Rother Valley Country Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Ruskin Park http://www.ruskinpark.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Sheffield Botanical Gardens Map Ref 71 http://www.sbg.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Sky Edge Playing Field/ Manor Oaks Road Map Ref 72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Stannington Park Map Ref 73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Thorncliffe Recreation Ground Map Ref 76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Tinsley Parkhill Map Ref 77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Tinsley Green Recreation Ground Map Ref 78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Tongue Gutter Map Ref 79 http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/par...park-masterplan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Totley Hall Playing Field (New Site) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Waterthorpe Park Map Ref 80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Weston Park Map Ref 81 Multimap Link http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/par...rks/weston-park http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/WPM.asp http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/i...ost&p=43481 The 12 1/2 acre estate which formed Weston Park was formerly the home of Thomas Harrison and his daughters Anne and Elizabeth. The estate was purchased by the Town Council for £18,000 and opened as Sheffield's first public park. The park was offically opened on 4 May 1874. Weston Park Observatory http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/pi...ff.refno=s10855 http://www.picturesheffield.com/cgi-bin/pi...ff.refno=y01774 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted June 6, 2009 Author Share Posted June 6, 2009 Westwood Country Park Map Ref 82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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