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Description: | Upton Park has existed since at least 1843 when James Bedborough bought the land in that area and built twenty-nine terraced houses and large villas looking out over the park. It is perhaps the first housing development to be advertised for commuters, as houses were recommended for their proximity to Windsor and to the Railway.
The buildings comprised three separate blocks known as Victoria Terrace, and East and West Villas. It is thought that Sir Joseph Paxton laid out the grounds, with Benjamin Baud working on the houses.
The pleasure ground, what has now become Herschel Park, contained curving paths, two small lakes, one with an island, a bridge and a wonderful variety of trees - in 1853 it was marketed as a "fashionable resort for the summer months". The houses did attract the aristocracy, gentry and professional classes. Amongst the retired colonels, daughters of colonial governors, barristers and clergy, was George Smith, the founder of the Dictionary of National Biography. Upton Park is still one of the most desirable addresses in Slough. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Slough Library | Subjects: | Houses ; Upton Lodge ; Upton Park ; Diana Lodge | Temporal: | start=2006-01-01; end=2008-02-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Michael Day | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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