Zusammenfassung
This history of the public green spaces of London was published in 1898. John Sexby, the Chief Officer of Parks of the London County Council, describes spaces ranging from Hampstead Heath to small, disused churchyards, providing details of their former owners and use as well as their present condition.

Inhalt

Introduction; 1. Battersea Park; 2. Blackheath; 3. Bostal Heath; 4. Brockwell Park; 5. Clapham Common; 6. Hilly Fields; 7. Kennington Park; 8. Ladywell recreation-ground; 9. Myatt's Fields; 10. Southwark Park; 11. Tooting Graveney Common; 12. Wandsworth Common; 13. Bethnal Green Gardens; 14. The Embankment Gardens; 15. The Embankment Gardens (cont.); 16. Finsbury Park; 17. Hackney Commons; 18. Hackney Commons (cont.); 19. Hampstead Heath; 20. Hampstead Heath (cont.); 21. Parliament Hill; 22. Highbury Fields; 23. Island Gardens, Poplar; 24. Leicester Square; 25. Lincoln's Inn Fields; 26. Ravenscourt Park; 27. Spa Green; 28. Victoria Park; 29. Waterlow Park; 30. Western Commons; 31. Wapping recreation-ground; Appendix; Index.