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Manor House Gardens

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Manor House Gardens is a 3.34-hectare public park and gardens situated in Lee, in south east London. [1]

35 relations: Aesculus, Canada goose, Common mallow, Coot, Cypress, Flower garden, Gatekeeper (butterfly), Great Storm of 1987, Great tit, Greater London Council, Guy's Hospital, Heritage Lottery Fund, Heron, Kingfisher, Lee, London, Leucanthemum vulgare, London, London Borough of Lewisham, London County Council, Moorhen, National Heritage List for England, Oak, Painted lady, Pieris rapae, Platanus × acerifolia, Ranunculus acris, River Quaggy, Rose-ringed parakeet, Salix babylonica, Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, Stag beetle, Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Thomas Lucas, Vanessa atalanta, Wren.

Aesculus

The genus Aesculus, with varieties called buckeye and horse chestnut, comprises 13–19 species of flowering plants in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae.

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Canada goose

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), also called the Canadian goose, is a large wild goose species with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body.

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Common mallow

Common mallow is a common name used for a number of different species of Malva.

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Coot

Coots are small water birds that are members of the rail family, Rallidae.

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Cypress

Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs of northern temperate regions that belong to the family Cupressaceae.

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Flower garden

A flower garden or floral garden is any garden where flowers are grown and displayed.

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Gatekeeper (butterfly)

The gatekeeper or hedge brown (Pyronia tithonus) is most commonly found in southern and eastern Britain and coastal areas of south and south-east Ireland.

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Great Storm of 1987

The Great Storm of 1987 was a violent extratropical cyclone that occurred on the night of 15–16 October, with hurricane-force winds causing casualties in England, France and the Channel Islands as a severe depression in the Bay of Biscay moved northeast.

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Great tit

The great tit (Parus major) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.

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Greater London Council

The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986.

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Guy's Hospital

Guy's Hospital is an NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in central London.

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Heritage Lottery Fund

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) distributes a share of National Lottery funding, supporting a wide range of heritage projects across the United Kingdom.

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Heron

The herons are the long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons.

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Kingfisher

Kingfishers or Alcedinidae are a family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes.

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Lee, London

Lee, also known as Lee Green, is a district of south east London, within the London Boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich.

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Leucanthemum vulgare

Leucanthemum vulgare, the ox-eye daisy, or oxeye daisy, is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia and an introduced plant to North America, Australia and New Zealand.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Borough of Lewisham

The London Borough of Lewisham is a London borough in south London, England and forms part of Inner London.

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London County Council

London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.

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Moorhen

Moorhens — sometimes called marsh hens — are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family (Rallidae).

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National Heritage List for England

The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is Historic England's official list of buildings, monuments, parks and gardens, wrecks, battlefields, World Heritage Sites and other heritage assets considered worthy of preservation.

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Oak

An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae.

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Painted lady

The Cynthia group of colourful butterflies, commonly called painted ladies, comprises a subgenus of the genus Vanessa in the family Nymphalidae.

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Pieris rapae

Pieris rapae, the small white, is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae.

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Platanus × acerifolia

Platanus × acerifolia, the London plane, London planetree, or hybrid plane, is a tree in the genus Platanus.

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Ranunculus acris

Ranunculus acris is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, and is one of the more common buttercups across Europe and temperate Eurasia.

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River Quaggy

The River Quaggy (often the Quaggy River or simply Quaggy) is a river, in length, passing through the south-east London boroughs of Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

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Rose-ringed parakeet

The rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri), also known as the ring-necked parakeet, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula of the family Psittacidae and has a very wide range.

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Salix babylonica

Salix babylonica (Babylon willow or weeping willow) is a species of willow native to dry areas of northern China, but cultivated for millennia elsewhere in Asia, being traded along the Silk Road to southwest Asia and Europe.

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Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet (18 April 1740 – 11 September 1810) was an English merchant banker, a member of the Baring family, later becoming the first of the Baring baronets.

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Stag beetle

Stag beetles are a group of about 1,200 species of beetles in the family Lucanidae, presently classified in four subfamilies.

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Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook

Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, (22 January 1826 – 15 November 1904) was a British Liberal statesman.

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Thomas Lucas

Thomas Lucas (c.1720-1784) MP, was a West India merchant, treasurer of Guy's Hospital 1764-1774 and then president of its board of governors until his death.

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Vanessa atalanta

Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral or previously, the red admirable, is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, orange bands, and white spots.

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Wren

The wrens are mostly small, brownish passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_House_Gardens

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