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Thompson Park (Columbus, Ohio)
Thompson Park may refer to: United Kingdom *Thompson's Park, Cardiff, Wales *Thompson Park (Burnley), Burnley, Lancashire, England United States *Thompson Park (Lincroft, New Jersey), part of the Monmouth County Park System *Thompson Park (Watertown, New York) *Thompson Park (Charlotte, North Carolina) *Thompson Park (Portland, Oregon) See also * ''Thompson v Park'' (KB 408), a 1944 English law case concerning licenses in land * Thomson Park (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson's Park
Thompson's Park, originally known as Sir David’s Field, is a park in Cardiff, Wales, located in the Canton area. It is one of the city's oldest parks, featuring areas of woodland mixed with open grassed areas and ornamental planting. The park is named after the influential family of James Pyke Thompson who owned it before it was acquired by Cardiff Council who continue to own and maintain the park. Landscape Located on a hill, there is a large mixture of trees and shrubs in the park which is bordered by flowering plants. Woodland and pond areas are habitats for wildlife. Near the pond there are a number of ornamental planted areas with wild flower bulb areas. Thompson's Park no longer has a bowling green and pavilion, but has large open grassed areas and a surfaced network of paths. The park holds a giant tree carving of the 'green man' (cut down to a stump in the summer of 2013) and a bronze statue of 'Joyance', which forms the centrepiece of the fountain. and has many fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson Park (Burnley)
Thompson Park is a formal Edwardian park in Burnley, Lancashire. It was opened to the public in 1930. Located near the town centre, features include a boating lake, paddling pool, Italian gardens and a playground. Largely ornamental by design, the park contains a large number of flower beds and a rose garden. Dogs are banned from entering the park. The land that the park occupies was part of the estate of Bank Hall. Historically known as Bank Top, it was acquired by a colliery-owner, the Rev. John Hargreaves, who had built the hall on Colne Road by 1796. Later inherited by Charlotte Anne Hargreaves, it became the home of herself and her husband, General Sir James Yorke Scarlett, a hero of the Battle of Balaclava. As the couple produced no children, the hall and shares in the executors of John Hargreaves' company passed to Charlotte's sister, Eleanor Mary, who was married to the Rev. William Thursby, and thus came under the control of the Thursby family. The company's Bank Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson Park (Lincroft, New Jersey)
Thompson Park is a public park located at 805 Newman Springs Road in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, New Jersey. The park is operated by the Monmouth County Park System. In 1968, at the bequest of Geraldine Morgan Thompson, of the Brookdale Farm were donated to the county to create the park. The Brookdale Farm Historic District, located in the park, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. The visitor center is a reconstruction of the Thompson Mansion, which was destroyed by a fire in 2006. The original mansion had been remodeled and expanded by the architectural firm of Carrère and Hastings in 1896. With accompanying 102 photos. File:Thompson Park entrance, Lincroft, NJ.jpg, Thompson Park entrance File:Gazebo and vista, Thompson Park, Lincroft, NJ.jpg, Park landscape See also *There is another Thompson Park that is nearby, located in Monroe Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson Park (Watertown, New York)
Thompson Park is an urban park designed by John Charles Olmsted (The nephew and adopted son of Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Central Park) located in Watertown, New York. It was donated to the city by industrialist John C. Thompson in 1916. The park features a zoo and a 18-hole golf club as well as a monument to soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division. The monument was designed, built and unveiled on July 1, 2016, by the North Country community. History Thompson Park was donated to Watertown, New York in 1916. A playground began construction in November 2016 which was completed on May 23, 2017, with the ribbon cutting ceremony being held on June 5, 2017. The park & Zoo was closed down due to COVID-19 on March 19, 2020, and was reopened again on June 27, 2020. Zoo The park is the location of "Zoo New York", a zoo located North-West of the Parks entrance. It was founded in 1920, and contains animals mostly native to Northern New York, with a Roosevelt Elk, a Bobca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson Park (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populous city in the U.S., the seventh most populous city in the South, and the second most populous city in the Southeast behind Jacksonville, Florida. The city is the cultural, economic, and transportation center of the Charlotte metropolitan area, whose 2020 population of 2,660,329 ranked 22nd in the U.S. Metrolina is part of a sixteen-county market region or combined statistical area with a 2020 census-estimated population of 2,846,550. Between 2004 and 2014, Charlotte was ranked as the country's fastest-growing metro area, with 888,000 new residents. Based on U.S. Census data from 2005 to 2015, Charlotte tops the U.S. in millennial population growth. It is the third-fastest-growing major city in the United States. Residents are re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson Park (Portland, Oregon)
Thompson Park is a public park in the Russell neighborhood of northeastern Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populou ..., United States. The park was acquired in 1986. References External links * 1986 establishments in Oregon Parks in Northeast Portland, Oregon {{Oregon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thompson V Park
''Thompson v Park'' 944KB 408 is an English law case, concerning licenses in land. Facts Mr. Thompson, the school's headmaster, wanted an injunction for Mr. Park to leave his school, after Mr. Park had forced his way back into the premises which they had amalgamated as a joint venture together at Broughton Hall, Eccleshall, Staffordshire. Park had a class of 25 pupils before relations broke down, and Thompson had revoked the license. Park countered that he had been denied of his investment. Judgment Goddard LJ granted the injunction because of the behavior Park demonstrated. 944KB 408, 409-410 Not followed in *'' Verrall v Great Yarmouth BC'' 981QB 202; EWCA Distinguished in *''Luganda v Service Hotels Ltd'' 9692 Ch 209; EWCA See also *English land law *English tort law English tort law concerns the compensation for harm to people's rights to health and safety, a clean environment, property, their economic interests, or their reputations. A "tort" is a wrong in civi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
