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Yorkshire estate known as world’s first nature reserve gets Grade II listing
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 06:00
Eccentric Victorian owner of Waterton Park, near Wakefield, made pioneering decisions to protect wildlife
A Yorkshire parkland regarded as the world’s first nature reserve – which was created by an eccentric pioneering 19th-century environmentalist – has been given a Grade II listing.
Historic England said Waterton Park, near Wakefield , was the earliest known example of a landscape designed specifically to attract and protect native wildlife.
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