John Shelley blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir J. V. Shelley Bart. built this entrance to Maresfield Park after 1847 on the site of the old Stretehouse. During the first world war the park was a military camp and the lodge used as the guardroom. The Royal Corps of Signals was formed in Maresfield Park in 1920 Recorded plaque organisation: Maresfield Conservation Group.

Sir John Shelley, 7th Baronet, was a British baronet who significantly contributed to the landscape of Maresfield Park by building its entrance after 1847; during World War I, the park served as a military camp, and in 1920, it became the birthplace of the Royal Corps of Signals.