page_title: Boston Manor Park
section_title: Estate dispersal and park opening
hierarchical_section_title: Boston Manor Park / History of the park / Estate dispersal and park opening
caption_attribution_description: English: Ornamental lake in the grounds of Boston Manor House. Situated on gently sloping ground it is therefore, obviously not natural in origin and nor does not appear on John Rocques map of 1745. It is fed by spring water.
context_page_description: Boston Manor Park is a large public park in the London Borough of Hounslow. A combination of woodland and open space, with an area adjoining the Grand Union Canal, it was created in 1924 from part of the historic estate of the 17th-century stately home Boston Manor.
context_section_description: By 1918, the Boston Manor estate had become untenable and the Clitherow family decided to sell it. Estate agent's particulars described an estate containing glasshouses for growing melons and cucumbers, grapevines and a 200-yard herbaceous border. The house did not reach its reserve price so, in 1923, Colonel Stacey Clitherow sold the manor and 50 acres to Brentford Urban District Council. Some land was developed as housing and the park was opened to the public on 11 September 1924.
caption: An ornamental lake with island, dating from the era when this was a grand estate, stands close to Boston Manor
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