Rosslyn Park (other)
Rosslyn Park may refer to: * Rosslyn Park, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide * Rosslyn Park F.C. Rosslyn Park Football Club is a rugby union club based in south west London. History Founded in 1879 by cricketing friends in north London, at the end of their first season, Charles Hoyer Millar proposed forming a football club to keep the p ...

Rosslyn Park, South Australia
Rosslyn Park is an eastern suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside. History Dr Penfold Most of Rosslyn Park started life as paddocks belonging to Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold, of Penfolds Wine. Dr Penfold was an English emigrant who purchased of land in the area in 1844. Here he planted vines and established Penfolds as one of the leading winemakers in Australia. He and subsequent generations of his family resided at the Grange Cottage, to the east of Penfold Road. Dr Penfold became the first chairman of the District Council of Burnside in 1856. Sub-division Upon Dr Penfold's death in 1870, his son-in-law, Thomas Hyland, assumed control of the business, and began to sell some of the land. The area of Rosslyn Park to the west of Gordon Terrace, between Kensington Road and The Parade, was sold in 1877 to a syndicate made up of: *James Gartrell, merchant, partner in G. Wood, Son & Co. *Thomas Gordon, accountant *William Taylor, draper *Alexander McGeorge, draper *Dav ...
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