The park around Farnborough Hall, Warwickshire, contains sites and monuments from the early medieval period onwards. Many of these are to do with the use and management of water. This account, mainly based on these remains, tells the story of the changing ways in which water resources have been exploited. A detailed account of the development of the Georgian park under the aegis of two individuals — William Holbech, the landowner, and Sanderson Miller, a gentleman architect — looks at factors which influenced the design of the park, documents a number of surviving structures and examines some of the technical aspects of construction. A number of highly unusual features have been recorded, including a garden amphitheatre, a large raised pool and an elongated waterway which shares some characteristics with early river navigations. The consideration of the options available to both the workforce and the social elite who shared the park explores the divide between labour and leisure.

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水之道——水资源与 18 世纪公园的生活

沃里克郡范堡罗大厅周围的公园包含中世纪早期的遗址和纪念碑。其中许多与水的使用和管理有关。这篇主要基于这些遗骸的叙述讲述了水资源开发方式不断变化的故事。在两个人（地主威廉·霍尔贝克（William Holbech）和绅士建筑师桑德森·米勒（Sanderson Miller））的支持下，乔治亚公园发展的详细描述着眼于影响公园设计的因素，记录了许多幸存的结构并进行了检查施工的一些技术方面。记录了许多非常不寻常的特征，包括一个花园圆形剧场、一个大型凸起的水池和一条细长的水道，这些水道与早期的河流航行具有一些共同特征。