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Camer Country Park is in Meopham, in Kent, England. It is a former estate landscape, with grassland and woodland. ==History== This park was originally the country estate of the Smith-Masters family. It was one of the largest estates in Meopham, where there had been a farmstead in the area since the 13th century. The estate reached its peak size in the 18th and 19th centuries under the Smith-Masters.〔 http://www.meopham.org/docs/Meopham%2011-13%20FINAL.pdf〕 The family included William Smith-Masters, an English cricketer, who died in Meopham on 27 August 1937. The last known resident was Kate (or Catherine) Smith-Masters. Her son George Smith then inherited the estate.〔http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62865〕 He kept the house but sold the rest of the estate, and it was bought in 1967 by the Strood Rural District Counci, for the sum of £9,750. The council converted the estate into a Country Park.〔 http://www.ukattraction.com/south-east-england/camer-park.htm 〕 It was opened in the early 1970s by Kent County Council, who still manages it.〔 http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/countryside_and_coast/parks_and_open_spaces/country_parks/camer_park.aspx〕 The Smith-Masters estate house (a Grade II listed building) was built in 1716.〔http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-356791-camer-house-meopham〕 It still exists in private hands and can be seen from the park. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Camer Park Country Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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