Edward Kemp

Edward Kemp (1817–1891) was an English garden designer and author.

Kemp trained under Joseph Paxton at Chatsworth. He worked with Paxton on the design of Birkenhead Park, later becoming superintendent of the park.cite web |url=http://www.gardenvisit.com/biography/edward_kemp |title=Edward Kemp |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Garden Visit ] He went on to design gardens, parks and cemeteries mainly in Liverpool and the surrounding area. He was one of the judges in the Central Park Competition of 1858. His writings include "How to lay out a Small Garden" (1850) and "The Parks and Gardens of London" (1850).

Designs

*Lymm Hall, Flower Garden, Lymm, Cheshire, 1849 [cite web |url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_parksandgardens&task=site&id=3757&Itemid=293 |title=Lymm Hall, Flower Garden |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Parks & Gardens Data Services ]
*Park Place, Frodsham, Cheshire, 1851 [cite web |url=http://www2.valeroyal.gov.uk/internet/vr.nsf/0/1025CB90027E63FA802573790049F922 |title=Castle Park House and Gardens History |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Vale Royal Borough Council ]
*Stanacres (later Thornton Farm), Raby, Merseyside 1851 [Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 318.]
*St Helens Borough Cemetery, St Helens, Merseyside 1858 (with T. D. Barry) [cite web |url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_parksandgardens&task=site&id=3088&Itemid=293 |title=St Helens Borough Cemetery |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Parks & Gardens Data Services ]
*Halton Grange, Runcorn, Cheshire, 1853–54 [Kemp, pp. 270–272, 337–338.]
*Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool, 1861–64 [cite web |url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_parksandgardens&task=site&id=99&Itemid=293 |title= Anfield Cemetery |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Parks & Gardens Data Services ] [cite book | last =Pollard| first =Richard | authorlink = | coauthors =Nikolaus Pevsner | title =The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West |edition= | publisher =Yale University Press | date =2006 | location =New Haven & London | pages =394 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0 300 10910 5 ]
*Pyrgo Park Garden, Havering-atte-Bower, Greater London 1863 [cite web |url=http://lh.matthewbeckett.com/houses/lh_essex_pyrgopark.html |title=Pyrgo Park |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Lost Heritage ]
*Flaybrick Hill Cemetery, Birkenhead, 1864 [cite web |url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_parksandgardens&task=site&id=1342&Itemid=293 |title= Flaybrick Memorial Gardens, Birkenhead |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Parks & Gardens Data Services ]
*Hesketh Park, Southport, Merseyside, 1864–68 [cite web |url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_parksandgardens&task=site&id=1702&Itemid=293 |title=Hesketh Park, Southport |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Parks & Gardens Data Services ] [cite book | last =Pevsner | first =Nikolaus | authorlink =Nikolaus Pevsner | coauthors = | title =The Buildings of England: North Lancashire |edition= | publisher =Yale University Press | date =2002 | origyear=1969 | location = New Haven & London| pages =233 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0 300 09617 8]
*Stanley Park, Liverpool, 1866 [cite web |url=http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Parks_and_recreation/Parks_and_gardens/Stanley_Park/index.asp |title=Stanley Park |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=City of Liverpool ]
*Grosvenor Park, Chester, Cheshire, 1867 [cite web |url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_parksandgardens&task=site&id=1544&Itemid=293 |title=Grosvenor Park, Chester |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Parks & Gardens Data Services ] [Pevsner and Hubbard, p. 160.]
*Newsham Park, Liverpool, 1868 [cite web |url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_parksandgardens&task=site&id=2413&Itemid=293 |title=Newsham Park |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Parks & Gardens Data Services ]
*Congleton Park, Congleton, Cheshire, 1871 [cite web |url=http://www.welcometocongleton.com/xsdbimgs/Congleton%20Park%20L%20Art.pdf |title=Congleton Park |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Congleton Borough Council ]
*Saltwell Park, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, 1876 [cite web |url=http://www.visitnortheastengland.com/site/international-e-newsletter |title=Britain's Best Park 2005 |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=One North East Tourism Team ]
*Knightshayes Garden, Tiverton, Devon, 1870s [cite web |url=http://www.gardens-guide.com/gardenpages/_0236.htm |title=Knightshayes Court |accessdate=2008-04-26 |publisher=Gardens Guide ]
*Queens Park, Crewe, Cheshire 1887 [cite web |url=http://www.crewe-nantwich.gov.uk/leisure_and_tourism/queens_park/about_queens_park.aspx |title=Queens Park Crewe |accessdate=2008-04-24 |publisher=Borough of Crewe and Nantwich ]

*Leighton Hall Garden, Cilcewydd, Powis [cite web |url=http://www.parksandgardens.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_parksandgardens&task=site&id=2045&Itemid=293 |title=Leighton Hall |accessdate=2008-04-23 |publisher=Parks & Gardens Data Services ]
*Bank House, Runcorn, Cheshire [Kemp, pp. 344–346.]
*Shendish, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [cite web |url=http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden/shendish |title=Shendish |accessdate=2008-04-26 |publisher=Garden Visit ] cite web |url=http://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/library_online_ebooks/tom_turner_english_garden_design/mixed_style_of_garden_design#kemp |title=Mixed Style of Garden Design |accessdate=2008-04-26 |publisher=Garden Visit ]
*Underscar, Applethwaite, Keswick, Cumbria

References

Notes

Bibliography

*cite book | last =Kemp | first =Edward | authorlink =Edward Kemp | coauthors = | title =How to Lay out a Garden |edition=2nd | publisher =John Wiley | date =1860 | location =New York | pages = | url =http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OiU2AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA270&dq=%22charles+verelst%22&output=html | doi = | id = | isbn =
*cite book | last =Pevsner | first =Nikolaus | authorlink =Nikolaus Pevsner | coauthors =Edward Hubbard | title =The Buildings of England: Cheshire |edition= | publisher =Yale University Press| date =2003| origyear=1971| location =New Haven & London| pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =0 300 09588 0