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'Princes Park' in Toxteth, Liverpool is a 45 hectare municipal park, 2 miles south east of Liverpool city centre.
It was originally a private development by Richard Vaughan Yates, but in 1918 the park was acquired by Liverpool City Council.
Prince's Park was designed by Joseph Paxton and James Pennethorne and opened in 1842. The plan was drawn by John Robertson and Edward Milner supervised the work. The original gates can still be seen. With its serpentine lake and a circular carriage drive, the park set a style which was to be widely emulated in Victorian urban development, most notably by Paxton himself on a larger scale at Birkenhead Park.
An obelisk and drinking fountain in the park bears the inscription
:"TO THE MEMORY OF RICHARD VAUGHAN YATES THE ENLIGHTENED & PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDER OF PRINCES PARK ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1858"

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See also

★ Sefton Park

External links

★ Liverpool City Council Parks and Gardens

★ Richard Vaughan Yates Obelisk Drinking Fountain

★ http://www.gardenvisit.com/g/pri3.htm

★ Aerial Photo