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The opening of Wyndham Park

May 16, 2023 by Grantham Matters Leave a Comment

On Thursday 10th July 1924, in front of a large gathering of local people, the Dowager Lady Leconfield opened Wyndham Park. The park was named in memory of her son, the Honourable William Reginald Wyndham, who had been killed in action on 6th November 1914 while serving as a Lieutenant with the 1st Life Guards. For several years before the war he had lived at North House, North Parade. While it is named after one man it was also dedicated as a memorial to all from Grantham who had been killed or died on active service during the war. The park cost about £5000 of which Lady Leconfield donated £1000. While some of the £5000 had been raised by public subscription most was either paid from the rates or taken from a Relief Fund organised at the beginning of the war to relieve poverty amongst the working class who it was thought would become unemployed because of the war. However because of the military camps built around the town very little unemployment was caused by the war and there was a large surplus left in the Fund at the end of the war. From Malcolm Baxter

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