A new recreation-ground and public garden was opened last Saturday at the rear of the London Hospital, Whitechapel-road, as the result of the efforts of a committee, of which Mr. Stanley Kemp-Welch is chairman, and the Rev. Sidney Vatcher is hon. secretary. A neglected piece of ground in front of some almshouses belonging to the brewers' Company had been handed over to the committee, together with a grant towards the salary of a gardener from the funds.

Source: The Illustrated London News, July 8, 1882, p.42