Huddersfield, Beaumont Park c.1960
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Denham, a stalwart of Highfields Chapel. As early as 1869 he called a public meeting to win support for the acquisition of the Greenhead estate, including Gledholt Glen (now known as T P Woods after former owner, T P Crosland), to prevent the encroachment of housing. Both the mayor, C H Jones, and the town clerk opposed the purchase. The Ramsden Estate was demanding too high a price and would benefit from the new roads by building houses on the parts they refused to sell. Denham was so committed to this project that he rented the land himself from the Ramsden Estate and by 1872 had opened it to the public in the summer for concerts, fetes and other gatherings. It was eventually purchased by the Borough for £30,000 and officially opened on 27 September 1884.
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