1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/97 See Gavin Parker &Neil Ravenscroft, ‘Benevolence, nationalism and hegemony: fifty years of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949′, Leisure Studies, 18: 4 (1999) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/026143699374871
1906 Open Spaces Act http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/6/25
1887 Open Spaces Act http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/50-51/32/contents/enacted
1884 Disused Burial Grounds Act https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/47-48/72/contents
Metropolitan Public Garden Boulevard and Playground Association formed http://www.mpga.org.uk/ https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/london-metropolitan-archives/visitor-information/Documents/56-records-of-gardening-and-parks-and-open-spaces-in-london-metropolitan-archives.pdf
Metropolitan Open Spaces Act enabled grounds to be transferred to local authorities for use as a public garden debate in parliament – https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1906/jul/30/open-spaces-bill
Committee for Securing Open Spaces formed
Corporation of London (Open Spaces) Act 1878