Parsloes Park
Parsloes Park is a 58 hectare public park in
The park derives its name from the Passelewe family, who owned the land in the thirteenth century. Paintings of the old manor house are held in the Valence House Museum.
The land was acquired by the
In the 1930s, the stretch of the Gores Brook which flowed through Parsloes Park was channelled through a pipe and buried. The brook now runs in culvert for approximately 430 meters under the eastern section of the Park. In 2022, Thames21 supported by the Mayor of London's Green and Resilient Spaces fund, announced plans to deculvert the stretch of Gores Brook running through the park.[5]
There are entrances in Parsloes Avenue, Gale Street and Wren Road.
Parsloes is also a ward of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 9,839.[6]
References
- ^ "Parsloes Park". London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Parsloes Park Squatts". Natural England. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Parsloes Park". London Parks and Gardens Trust. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Hammers heroes open Bobby Moore Sports Hub in Dagenham | West Ham United F.C." www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
- ^ "Goresbrook Living Landscapes - Uncovering Parsloes Park's Buried Brook".
- ^ "2011 Census Profile for Parsloes Ward" (PDF). London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
External links
- "iGiGL data portal (map)". Greenspace Information for Greater London. Archived from the original on 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
- "Parsloes Park". Greenspace Information for Greater London. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-11-03.
- Lucy, Gerald. "Parsloes Park". Barking and District Historical Society.
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