Home > Places > Britain, Ireland, France, and the Low Countries > British and Irish Political Geography

Research topic:Hyde Park

Find more facts and information on our topic page about Hyde Park

Hyde Park

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Hyde Park 615 acres (249 hectares) in Westminster borough, London, England. Once the manor of Hyde, a part of the old Westminster Abbey property, it became a deer park under Henry VIII. Races were held there in the 17th cent. In 1730, Queen Caroline had an artificial lake, the Serpentine, constructed. It curves diagonally through Hyde Park; in Kensington Gardens the lake is called the Long Water. Distinctive features of the park are Hyde Park Corner (near the Marble Arch), the meeting place of soapbox orators; Rotten Row, a famous bridle path; and the oval, streamlike Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain (near Serpentine Bridge).


Find more facts and information related to the .
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Hyde Park makeover; homes&property.
; Byline: JANE BARRY Transforming Hyde Park Corner into a haven involves plentiful...idyllic plan FANCY an outing to Hyde Park Corner? The giant roundabout, used...to change that. Not only has Hyde Park Corner's imposing Wellington Arch been... Read more
KEN TO BLOCK CART-FREE HYDE PARK
; ...idea of banning traffic from Hyde Park Corner, one person whose support he...to kill". Not a bit of it. "Hyde Park Corner is used by over 100,000 vehicles...either permanent or part time of Hyde Park Corner to traffic would inflict massive... Read more
Hyde parks shingle at Fox.(Hyde Park Entertainment signs contract with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.)
; ...studio within a studio, Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment has signed a five-year...on all films falling under the deal; Hyde Park will handle international. Pact also anticipates Hyde Park fully financing movies with budgets under... Read more
HOW THEY TAMED HYDE PARK CORNER
; The chaotic traffic at Hyde Park Corner has always been a test for the...envisaged as they arrived at Hyde Park Corner to review their 550,000 revamp...in vehicle flow. The aim at Hyde Park Corner was to eradicate the notorious... Read more
The Razz: Live 8: The roads that lead to Hyde Park.(Features)
; ...along the Mall and Constitution Hill to Hyde Park Corner. Or take bus 9 to Hyde Park corner, or bus 6, 15, 23 or 159 to Marble Arch...s Cross St Pancras - Piccadilly line to Hyde Park Corner. Or take bus 10, 30, 73 or 390 from the... Read more
The arch angel of Hyde Park Corner
; ...bottlenecks in London. Now, at last, Hyde Park Corner's monumental Wellington Arch...crumble. Even in Victorian times, Hyde Park Corner was the capital's most notorious...centre of the new roundabout - Hyde Park Corner - at the top of Constitution... Read more
A monumental problem Two new war memorials are to be built at Hyde Park Corner. Already, their designs are causing controversy
; HYDE Park Corner is not one of modern London's luckier...is there any one body in charge of Hyde Park Corner, or any kind of vision of how it might...point where Constitution Hill joins Hyde Park Corner. There is even a chance that it will... Read more
Fresh funds for Ashok.(Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment)(Jessika Borsiczky and Patrick Aiello appointed)
; ...to make more movies, Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment has added $100 million...Jessika Borsiczky and Patrick Aiello. Hyde Park's credit and debt facilities now stand...money comes from U.K. fund managers. Hyde Park receives all of its U.S. financing from... Read more
HYDE PARK // Neighborhood is the home of some of city's finest residences
; Hyde Park's leafy side streets, together with those...later, primary residences in the area. Hyde Park is bounded by 51st Street, Lake Michigan...Lloyd Wright's most famous designs, is in Hyde Park. It's a star among the good-looking mix... Read more
Hyde Park Enjoys Rich History
; It says a lot about Hyde Park that it has an unofficial school historian. Hyde Park needs a historian to keep track of all its notable...say, `Didn't you know so-and-so graduated from Hyde Park,' " said Tom Staniszewski, the school historian... Read more

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

Hyde Park riots
Hyde Park riots, 1866. Soon after the death of Palmerston...a large Reform League meeting called for Hyde Park found it closed. The crowd broke down the railings and clashed with police inside the park. Lord Stanley, a member of the cabinet, commented... Read more
Hyde Park riots
Hyde Park riots, 1866. Soon after the death of Palmerston...a large Reform League meeting called for Hyde Park found it closed. The crowd broke down the...clashed with police in reserve inside the park. Lord Stanley, a member of the cabinet, commented... Read more
Hyde Park Declaration
Hyde Park Declaration, economic agreement between Canada and the USA which was signed by Roosevelt and Mackenzie King on 20 April 1941 at Hyde Park, the American president's home on the Hudson River. It was designed to help... Read more
Hyde Park
Hyde Park, Guyana, USA USA (New York): named after a local estate which itself was named after Edward Hyde (1710–52), Viscount Cornbury, governor of New York (1702–8). Read more
Hyde Park
Hyde Park the largest British royal park, in west central London, between Bayswater Road and Kensington Road. It contains the Serpentine, Marble Arch, the Albert Memorial, and Speakers' Corner. Read more

Related research topics

Online videos

Cycling Hyde Park 24 Jan 07 - Snow (1)

For Students and teachers!

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: