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Markeaton Park (Bonus Web Page) |
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Derby has over 300 open spaces and public parks In 1929, the Markeaton Hall and twenty acres of its gardens were given to the Corporation by the Reverend Clarke Maxwell who had inherited the estate from the late Mrs Mundy, on condition that the whole area would be used as a public park and that the mansion would be maintained for cultural purposes, for example a museum or and art gallery. Unfortunately the hall was used by the Army during World War 2 and allowed to fall into disrepair after the war. The Council had continually neglected the building, which eventually was declared to be unsafe. The council decided to demolish it, leaving only the Orangery and stable yards. The
remaining 180 acres of the park were bought by the Corporation in 1930. |
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The Orangery Cafe This was the Orangery and stable block to Markeaton Hall, which stood on the site of today's gardens until about 1965 |
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The Craft Village is located within the old stable yard at the rear of the Orangery |
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The Craft Village has a number of small craft workshops where hand made goods may be purchased |
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The Markeaton Light Railway runs a regular service from the Ashbourne Road, Queensway entrance to the Mundy Play Centre (© Christopher Harris, Feb 2005) |
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Markeaton Station Sign |
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YouTube video by Music Radio
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Children's boating lake at the Mundy Play Centre. The centre was donated to the people of Derby by the Mundy family in the early 1920s
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The Railway runs alongside the lake, Derby University is seen in the background
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The "Doomsday Mill" mill pond, site of an early water mill, now forms the source of the man-made Markeaton Lake
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Markeaton Lake was dug out by manual labour as a means of providing work during the depression of the 1920s
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Markeaton Hall's Formal Gardens
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Natural Woodland surrounds much of the park
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Markeaton Park boasts an 18 hole Municipal Golf Course Top
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