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541:(BIG) under its Parks for People Scheme, and an additional £700,000 Maidstone Borough Council. In February 2011, scrubland was due to be cleared and 140 new parkland trees planted including alder, birch, hornbeam, sweet chestnut, beech, oak, redwood and lime. Historic views like that between the Volunteers Pavilion and Mote will be reinstated by the removing poorer quality trees.
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Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, Etc. of
Noblemen and Gentlemen in England:: Accompanied with Historical Descriptions of the Mansions, Lists of Pictures, Statues, &c. and Genealogical Sketches of the Families, of Their Possessorsfuker Forming Part of the General Series of Jones'
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as one of their out-grounds. After 140 consecutive years of play, Mote Park was taken off the list of county grounds used after a low scoring game that ended in under two days incurred a points deduction from the
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Cricket Club have relaid a number of wickets at a cost of £14,000 with the help of grants and technical assistance from the county cricket club and Maidstone Borough Council..
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recognising high standards in park maintenance and management. In a subsequent public vote open to those parks awarded green flags, Mote Park was named third most popular nationally behind only
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The fifteenth-century timber-framed Keeper's
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical
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1173:"Nations Third Favourite Park - Maidstone Borough Council"
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in the area of the present-day park is described as being
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758:at Maidstone Borough Council
433:between 1908 and 1910. (see
320:Frances Marsham, Lady Romney
30:For the cricket ground, see
27:Park in Kent, United Kingdom
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1101:. Maidstone Borough Council
1057:. Maidstone Borough Council
1004:"BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend"
339:Prime Minister William Pitt
158:Mote House together with a
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591:Kent County Cricket Club
583:Mote Park Cricket Ground
297:Thomas Wyatt the younger
179:Kent County Cricket Club
955:Kent Showground History
379:. At the same time the
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558:Victoria Park, London
535:Heritage Lottery Fund
527:Radio 1's Big Weekend
525:The park also hosted
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756:History of Mote Park
650:Association football
587:Maidstone rugby club
404:Gardener's Chronicle
347:Napoleon I of France
248:(or fortified) with
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556:in south Wales and
554:Margam Country Park
543:Kent Wildlife Trust
465:Caldecott Community
287:. On 17 July 1531,
269:Elizabeth Woodville
175:first-class cricket
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978:2003-05-30 at the
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