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2 unusual facts about Roundhay Park


Battle of Hill 60

Hill 60 in Roundhay Park, Leeds, named in honour of those who had died in the WWI battles around Ypres.

Sarah Rhodes

On 1 December 1807 in Leeds, Sarah married a banker, Stephen Nicholson (1779 Chapel Allerton -23 Feb 1858 Roundhay), son of William Nicholson and Grace Whitaker, who inherited Roundhay Park and Chapel Allerton estates on 8 February 1833 after the death of his older half-brother Thomas' widow.



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