Wormleybury, Waltham Abbey, England

This site is NOT open to public.

Brief description of site

Wormleybury is an 18th-century landscape park of 57 hectares. The remnants of early-19th-century gardens lie adjacent to the present house.

Brief history of site

Sir Abraham Hume built Wormleybury house in the 1770s on the site of an earlier house which had been built, in 1733-5, by his brother, Alexander Hume. His son and daughter-in-law were responsible for many plant introductions between 1785 and 1825, especially from India and the Far East, and the gardens became noted for the collection of rare plants both under glass and in the open.

Location information:

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number:	166	Grid Ref:	TL355057
Latitude:	51.73364	Longitude:	-0.03922912

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