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PARKS AND RECREATION GROUNDS

ALEXANDRA PARK

Updated:  08 September 2011 

Alexandra Park is situated at the brow of the hill between Keyham (Royal Navy Avenue) and Keyham Barton.   It provides a fine vantage point over a wide area including the Royal Dockyard and the Royal Naval Barracks.

During the planning stage it was known as the Keyham Barton Park but at a Devonport Council meeting on September 24th 1907 it was given its official name of Alexandra Park.  The land was given by John, Lord Saint Levan.  [1]

It was officially opened on June 26th 1907 although the shelters and urinal were not then in place.  The two shelters, each 21 feet by 7 feet 6 inches, were installed towards the end of the year at a cost of £297 10s.  The Council's Sanitary Committee provided the urinal.  [1]

There is a reference in the Council minutes of April 10th 1907 to there being an Iron Chapel situated in the Park at this time  [2].  This building is also mentioned in the history of the Church of Saint Thomas the Apostle.

Alexandra Park was used as a Barrage Balloon Station during the Second World War.  [3]

Sources:

[1]  Devonport Council Minute number 62 dated September 24th 1907.

[2]  Devonport Council Minute number 36 dated April 10th 1907.

[3]  ?

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