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William Morton Stanley Redditch People
Needle & Fishing Tackle Manufacturer & 1841 - 1924
Benefactor
William Morton Stanley
William Morton Stanley was a Needle and Fishing (Source: Gary Stanley)
Tackle Manufacturer and Benefactor.
The land today that makes up Morton Stanley Park,
was once Upper Grinsty Farm, which was bought
about 1912 by William Morton Stanley. About 15
years before he died he retired from manufacturing
and spent his time farming. At his death in 1924 he
left Upper Grinsty Farm to the people of Redditch and
Webheath to be made into a Public Park, little
knowing it would be about 60 years before this was
done.
Source/Researched by: Redditch Indicator
Entrance to the Park from Windmill Drive (Source: Google Monument celebrating his donation to the town
Street View)
Life and Times of William Morton Stanley
William Morton Stanley was born in 1841 to Henry Morton Stanley (1806 – 1882) and
Ann while
living on Fish Hill West, later to become Prospect Hill at some time after 1851. The couple
eventually had 7 children.
Walter Stanley (1828 - ?)
Mary Stanley (1830 - ?)
Matilda Stanley (1835 - ?)
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