The Secret Garden - Wolverton - Buck's
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Norfolk12
N 52° 03.852 W 000° 48.276
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A Secret Garden hidden away Between the Grand Union Canal and the Railway. In Wolverton Bucks.
Waymark Code: WMD7HZ
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/01/2011
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This was once the site of the Station Masters House.and has been excavated and the outline of the house restored.
The garden, is built on the site formerly occupied by 4 villas, built by the London & Birmingham Railway Company in the 1840s to house some of the important members of the management of the Railway Works. The houses were occupied until the late 1960s when they were demolished and the area became neglected. It was recently purchased from Network Rail and turned into a wonderful community garden.
The foundations of the villas remain. On their doorsteps some mosaics have been created. Three of the designs are based on objects that might have been found in different rooms of the houses -the other two doorsteps were made in the style of encaustic tiled doorsteps of Wolverton's terraced houses, with a train for the Stationmaster's House and a quill, account book and money for the Accountant's house.
Location Name: Stratford Road - Wolverton
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