Masons Field
Masons Fieldis a 2.9 hectareLocal Nature Reserve(LNR) inKingsburyin theLondon Borough of Brent.It was declared an LNR in 2013, it is owned byLondon Underground Ltd[1]and managed byBrent Councilon a 125-year leasehold.[2][3]
The site was part of a larger area called Masons Field, which was rented in 1426 by a mason called John Lyon. In the late sixteenth century it was shown as farmland on a map of Kingsbury produced by the landowner,All Souls College, Oxford.In 1927 theLondon General Omnibus Companypurchased the land to provide a sports ground for its employees. In the 1990sLondon Transportsold part of the land for housing, with the rest becoming public open space joined to the neighbouringFryent Country Park.[4]TheHeritage Lottery Fundcontributed £47,000 to assist in restoring the site to a countryside habitat.[5]The Barn Hill Conservation Group works with Brent Council to convert the site to a wildflower meadow.[6]
There is access from Fryent Country Park and from Larkspur Close.
References
[edit]- ^"PAR No. 235".Property Asset Register Public Web Map.Transport for London.Retrieved17 July2020.
- ^"Local Nature Reserve Declaration at Masons Field, Fryent Country Park"(PDF).Brent Council Executive Committee.Retrieved17 July2020.
- ^"Masons Field LNR".Designated Sites. Natural England. 9 September 2013.Retrieved17 July2020.
- ^Noticeboard on the site
- ^"Selection of land and biodiversity projects funded in London since 2010"(PDF).Heritage Lottery Fund London. 23 October 2013. p. 2.
- ^"Masons Field".Barn Hill Conservation Group.Retrieved23 April2015.