Aldershot Park
Aldershot Park is an urban park in the town of Aldershot in Hampshire. The park is located on Guildford Road near Aldershot Cricket Club and the Lido and is owned and maintained by Rushmoor Borough Council.[1]
History
There is some evidence that the original manor in Aldershot Park dated to the early medieval period. This manor was acquired in the 16th century by Sir John White whose family were originally traders in wool. In 1599 his son Robert White died without male heirs and his estate was left to his two daughters - Ellen, the wife of Richard Tichborne, and Mary, the wife of Walter Tichborne, brother of Richard and so the manor passed to the Tichborne family.[2]
By 1670 the Tichbornes were feeling the need for a larger and grander home and built a new manor house at Manor Park and so Aldershot Park passed out of their hands. In 1842 Aldershot Park was bought by Charles Barron who built Aldershot Park Mansion. He died in 1859.[3] Later the estate was sold to John Back, on whose death it was purchased Charles D'Oridant, the owner of the Pavilion Hotel at Folkestone. From him it passed by purchase to a Miss Kennedy.[4]
The land of Aldershot Place, as it was later named, was acquired by Aldershot Urban District Council in 1920 and part was used for the building of the Park estate of council housing, and part retained as the public park we have today.[2] Aldershot Park Mansion was demolished in the 1960s to make way for Place Court old people's home.[3]
Facilities
Facilities at Aldershot Park include an extensive children's play area, which opened in 2010, as well as five football pitches and two rugby pitches (one floodlit) plus a pitch and artificial strip for Aldershot Cricket Club.[5] The Aldershot Park Pavilion provides changing rooms for sports teams and a Club Room for meetings.[1]
The large Aldershot Park lake is home to the Aldershot Park Angling Club.[1]
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Coordinates: 51°14′02″N 0°44′35″W / 51.234°N 0.743°W