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John Shelley blue plaque

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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.

From the Open Plaques record 1623

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