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unusual facts about Forest Park, Chalfont



Alex Hales

His father Gary broke several local batting records (including 321 not out for Gerrards Cross versus Chalfont St Peter in a limited overs league match in 1991) while his grandfather Dennis was a talented tennis player who once forced Rod Laver to five sets at Wimbledon.

Apotheosis of St. Louis

Apotheosis of St. Louis is a statue of King Louis IX of France, namesake of St. Louis, Missouri, located in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park.

Chalfont, Pennsylvania

In 1720, Simon Butler bought over 150 acres of land, including the "Village of Chalfont."

Crossroads College Preparatory School

There is a MetroLink mass transit station within walking distance.

Donald Macleay

His legacy includes Macleay Park, a part of Forest Park in Portland, and Macleay, an unincorporated Oregon community that was renamed in his honor in 1882.

East Forest Park, Springfield, Massachusetts

The neighborhood borders East Longmeadow, Forest Park, and the Sixteen Acres neighborhood.

Forest Park, Chalfont

Eckhardt operated the former Simon Butler mill during the first half of the 19th century and was well known for his secret counting of his profits every Saturday night by candlelight.

Forest Park, Georgia

Russel L. Honoré, retired Lieutenant General and former Commander of Joint Task Force Katrina

John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville

Frescheville was the son of Sir Peter Frescheville of Staveley, Derbyshire and his first wife Joyce Fleetwood, daughter of Thomas Fleetwood of The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire.

Josh Outman

Outman pitched for Forest Park Community College in Saint Louis, before transferring to the University of Central Missouri (formerly Central Missouri State University).

Maria, Lady Walpole

She was born between 1723 and 1734 and later married Colonel Charles Churchill of Chalfont, with whom she had two daughters.

Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League

Forest Park/C.D. Hylton Bruins/Bulldogs

Pennsylvania Route 52

PA 52 ran concurrent with US 122 between West Chester and New Hope by way of Paoli, King of Prussia, Norristown, Montgomeryville, Chalfont, Doylestown, and Buckingham.

Philip de la Vache

He was the son of Sir Richard de la Vache, a well-to-do Buckinghamshire landowner who had acquired estates in Chalfont St Giles and Aston Clinton.

Sakowitz

L. J. Hooker, an Australian retail development firm, purchased the Sakowitz chain in 1988 so that a location could be opened at Forest Fair Mall (now Cincinnati Mall) in Forest Park, Ohio and Fairfield, Ohio.

Swinley Forest

Swinley Forest includes Crowthorne Woods around Caesar's Camp between the Nine Mile Ride and Crowthorne; Swinley Park between Forest Park and the B3017; Bagshot Heath just west of Bagshot; and Swinley Woods around Kings Ride between the B3017 and South Ascot.

Under Wildwood

The 576 page novel, the sequel to Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book One, continues the tale of Prue McKeel and her adventures in the "Impassable Wilderness," a fantastical version of Portland, Oregon's Forest Park.


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