Leeds - Roundhay Park multiview 1930s local publisher

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Souvenir of Roundhay Park - various RP views including a waterfall, lakes etc.
• Publisher:  H. Burnison, Leeds
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s):  n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
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UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p

Europe: £1.60

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Roundhay Park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is one of the biggest city parks in Europe.^[1] It has over 700 acres (2.8 km²) of parkland, lakes, woodland and gardens which are owned by Leeds City Council. The park is one of the most popular attractions in Leeds, nearly a million people visit each year. It is situated on the north-east edge of the city, bordered by the suburb of Roundhay to the west and Oakwood to the south.

Originally, Roundhay Park was a hunting park for the De Lacy family during the 13th Century. William the Conqueror granted the estate to Ilbert De Lacy for his loyalty to the king. It passed by succession to John of Gaunt and thereby to his son, Henry IV. Henry VIII gave the park (though not the manor) to the Darcy family whence it passed by succession and marriage to Lord Stourton. The estate was purchased from later Lord Stourton by Thomas Nicholson and Samuel Elam in 1803. Nicholson took the Northern part which is now Roundhay Park.^[2]

The lands taken over by Thomas Nicholson had the remains of quarries and coal mines, which were disguised by the construction of two lakes, the Upper Lake and the Waterloo Lake. A mansion house (see below) was built in the period 1811 to 1826 with a view over the Upper Lake. He also constructed a folly, a mock castle.^[2] The Nicholson family was also responsible for building the Church of St John, almshouses and a school on the south side of the park.^[2]

Following the death of Thomas Nicholson in 1821, the estate passed to his half brother Stephen Nicholson, and following his death in 1858, Stephen's nephew William Nicholson Nicholson inherited the park. In 1871 three years of the death of William Nicholson, Roundhay park was put up for sale and was purchased for £139,000 by a group including the Mayor of Leeds John Barran, then purchased by Leeds City Council for the same sum, and given to the people of Leeds as a Park.^[2][3] At the time Roundhay was over 3 miles (4.8 km) away from Leeds and the council was unable to purchase such a large tract of land without an Act of Parliament, which was obtained on 21 June 1871. George Corson, a major Leeds architect, won the competition for the landscaping of the park. Other parts of the Park were sold as building plots which helped to reimburse the council and Barran for their outlay. Prince Arthur officially re-opened the park as a public estate in 1872 in front of 100,000 people.^[3] In 1891 the first public electric tram with overhead power (trolley system) in Britain was inaugurated, linking the city centre with Roundhay Park.^[2][4] The tram terminus is now a car park, but some of the trolley poles are still there.