MUNICIPAL PARKS 
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part disused, stands above the bend of the New River, 
which makes a loop through the grounds. It is a white 
Georgian house with columns, and looks well with 
wide steps and slope to the water’s edge, now alas! 
Stoke Newington Church from Clissold Park 
disfigured by high iron railings. The place belonged to 
the Crawshay family, by whom it was sold. The 
daughter of one of the owners had a romantic attach¬ 
ment to a curate, the Rev. Augustus Clissold, but the 
father would not allow the marriage, and kept his 
