Sage Wood, Havering

Central Park, Harold Hill

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Central Park is found in Gooshayes Ward of Harold Hill. The name probably comes from Geoffrey Goshaye who cleared the woodland and enclosed the new arable land in the late 12th century. The literal meaning of Gooshayes is 'goose enclosure'. The house at Gooshayes was rebuilt during the reign of Charles II. In front of the brick-built manor house lay terraced gardens, at the bottom of which were two horse-shoe ponds which were medieval in origin. Beyond the ponds ran Payne's Brook. By the late 18th century, the original manor house was in ruins, replaced by a Georgian farmhouse, partly constructed from the remains. All that remained of the house in 1800 were the foundations, the terraced garden and the two fishponds.

Uploaded to Geograph by Marathon on 14 June 2017

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