The historic grounds of Abney Park are situated in Stoke Newington, London, England. It is a 13ha (32 acre) park dating from just before 1700AD. In the early 1700s it became landscaped and laid-out by the first Lady of the Manor of Stoke Newington, the Independent, Lady Mary Abney, who moved here several years after the death of her husband, Sir Thomas Abney.

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  • The historic grounds of Abney Park are situated in Stoke Newington, London, England. It is a 13ha (32 acre) park dating from just before 1700AD. In the early 1700s it became landscaped and laid-out by the first Lady of the Manor of Stoke Newington, the Independent, Lady Mary Abney, who moved here several years after the death of her husband, Sir Thomas Abney. She was helped in the task of landscaping the grounds by the learned Dr Isaac Watts, and the neighbouring Hartopp family who leased the eastern part of the park from Lady Abney. In the early 17th century, Lady Mary Abney's park was accessed via the frontages and gardens of two large mansions on her estate — her own manor house (Abney House), and the neighbouring Fleetwood House and its detached Summerhouse. Both mansions fronted onto Church Street in the quiet nonconformist village of Stoke Newington. Landscape improvements carried out by Dr Isaac Watts and Lady Mary Abney included the planting of two elm walks — the Great Elm Walk and Little Elm Walk that established shady walks down to the island Heronry of the Hackney Brook at the bottom of the park. Both Wych Elm and English Elm were planted. At the neighbouring Fleetwood House, one of the early UK plantings of a Cedar of Lebanon tree had already taken place, adjacent to an ornamental pond. This tree survived into the 1920s and is illustrated in many engravings. Other trees planted at an early date at Abney Park (either in the portion leased to Fleetwood Hosue, or that attached solely to Abney House) included American Larch and Tulip Trees from the New World where Stoke Newington's nonconformists had strong connections.
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  • The historic grounds of Abney Park are situated in Stoke Newington, London, England. It is a 13ha (32 acre) park dating from just before 1700AD. In the early 1700s it became landscaped and laid-out by the first Lady of the Manor of Stoke Newington, the Independent, Lady Mary Abney, who moved here several years after the death of her husband, Sir Thomas Abney.
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