Richmond
Park
 Richmond Park |
Richmond Park, originally the Manor of Sheen, was enclosed by Charles I as a royal hunting park, but it was against local opposition and to win back support he allowed pedestrians access. His wall was eight miles long and enclosed 2500 acres.
An earlier monarch, Henry VIII, is said to have stood on the mound known as Henry VIII's Mound to watch for a rocket fired from the Tower of London to signal that Anne Boleyn had been beheaded.
Queen Victoria and Edward VIII both spent time here at White Lodge, and George VI and Queen Elizabeth spent their honeymoon here when Duke and Duchess of York. Today it is still a deer park.
 Leg o' Mutton Pond |
The ley crosses the park entering it at the Roehampton Gate, and skirting the edge of Leg o' Mutton Pond passes through Queen Elizabeth's Plantation and the cross-tracks leading toWhiteash Lodge. There was rodspin at what appeared to be a small mound by a large tree.
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