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• Eaglesfield Park: The changing landscape

  Posted on January 31, 2010 | Reply
  Tags: eaglesfield park, past (17)

  

  Coat of Arms of John Lidgbird Sheriff of Kent, 1741 - from which the park takes its name

  The modern name for Eaglesfield is derived from the coat of arms of John Lidgbird, who was made High Sheriff of Kent in 1741 and owned the site. His coat of arms displayed two eagles. The current play park there has seen a number of changes over the years, but as features go, it possibly started out as a dew pond, formed to collect drinking water for the Oxen grazing on deforested areas (hence the name Oxleas)¹.

  At some point it became the yacht pond, as seen in the postcard pictures below, and later still a paddling pool, before being transformed into a play park around 1994.

  There’s also pictures of the (hopefully) soon to be reinstated Lily Pond.

  
  

  Update – plumstead-stories.com sent me another nice one of the park, can’t quite figure out whereabouts it is though:
  

  1. From the Eaglesfield Park management plan (2008 draft). ↩
   

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• Good Dog (Owner)

  Posted on September 20, 2009 | Reply
  Tags: eaglesfield park, fauna (2), oxleas woods (8), present (9), shrewsbury park (3), streets (3), wimpey estate

  

  Love your dog

  It might not quite be a banksy, but the council dog stencil does seem to be fairly effective at keeping the hill clean and safe, at least in the bits it appears; I certainly would tread carefully walking across the roundabout lawns on the wimpey estate, or certain parts of eaglesfield or shrewsbury park or the woods, although things are getting better.

  Anyway it seems to be a fairly serious initiative with its own enforcement officials being geared up to hit anti-social dog-owners where it hurts, i.e. the purse.

  I’m not sure what kind of dog the stencilhound is? I once saw a similar street painting in paris, and it was definitely a lapdog of some sort, you know the type that fits in a handbag, but the Greenwich version appears to be modelled on a cross between a Poodle and an Alsation, I call it a Poosation.

   

• The Treasures of Eaglesfield Park

  Posted on June 10, 2009
  Tags: eaglesfield park, events (14), past (17)

  

  Eaglesfield Park Lilypond

  Title: The Treasures of Eaglesfield Park
  Location: Eaglesfield Park Lily Pond
  Link out: http://www.foep.org.uk
  Description: Find out more about the history of this fantastic park from the
  Bronze Age to the present day and be part of shaping its future:

  * A new wildlife pond for Eaglesfield Park – what do you think?
  * Displays, pond restoration plans and information
  * Guided walks of the park will begin at 2pm and 3pm: look at the history of the park, it’s wildlife and proposals for restoring the pond
  * Children’s Nature Activities – seed planting, bark rubbing, colouring and more
  * Dress up in 1940’s costume and join in the fun!

  Free entrance / disabled access: Via ramp at the corner of Foxcroft Road and Cleanthus Road, SE18

  Organised by: The Friends of Eaglesfield Park, Froglife, Groundwork London, and Digging Dads Army Project

  Working in partnership with Greenwich Council Parks and Open Spaces
  Start Time: 12:30
  Date: 2009-06-20
  End Time: 16:00