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Rushmore-Larmer Golf Course, Tollard Royal. (1890s)
Larmer Tree Pleasure Ground came into being in the mid 1880s.
In 1895 an eighteen-hole golf course was laid out by Tom Dunn for General Pitt-Rivers. Other activities included a bowling green, tennis courts and picnic areas.
Report on the course in September 1895.
Golf – Friday 27 September 1895. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Ordnance Survey Map from the early 1900s showing Larmer Tree Lodge and pleasure grounds.
O.S. Map Revised; 1900; © Crown Copyright {year of publication 1902}.