Chorley recognise who was gifted Lever Park
Jun 13th, 2011 by bobdootson
http://www.chorley.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=4099&p=0
Chorley Profile…… State of the Borough Report….. November 2010.
Historic Parks and Gardens
2.8 There are a number of historic parks and gardens in the Borough, including four on English
Heritage’s Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. These are shown below:
Lever Park: The roughly 160 hectare site is situated between the villages of Rivington and
Horwich, on land which slopes westwards down to Lower Rivington Reservoir. Gifted to the
people of Bolton by Lord Leverhulme, Lever Park has been a country park since 1904.
Two Pillars mark the entrance located at the junction of Scholes Bank and Lever Park Avenue, Horwich. The pillars are inscribed with the words:
“William Hesketh Lever 1st Viscount Leverhulme. Lever Park the gift of William Hesketh Lever 1st Viscount Leverhulme born at 6 Wood Street, Bolton, September 19, 1851 died at Hampstead, London, May 7, 1925. For the benefit of the citizens of his native town and neighbourhood by act of parliament in 1902 the ownership and care of the park were vested in the Corporation of the City of Liverpool”.