Moments in history

Sir Winston Churchill on Wisteria Walk

A GUIDE AND INSIGHT INTO TRENT PARK’S RICH HISTORY HENRY IV SECOND WORLD WAR COLLEGE CONVERSION Trent Park dates back to the fourteenth During the Second World War, Trent Park was In 1950 it became the Trent Park College century when it was a part of Enfield Chase, used as a centre to extract information from of Education, a constituent college of the one of Henry IV’s hunting grounds. captured German officers. University of London, Institute of Education a residential, co-educational training college.

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Uncovering the 1939secrets of war

THE HOST WITH THE MOST Sir Philip Sassoon was a British politician, MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY SHAPED BY HISTORY art collector and social host, entertaining In 1974 Trent Park College of Education became many celebrity guests at Trent Park. The backstory to Trent Park unveils its legacy part of Middlesex Polytechnic, which itself and legendary status. On these grounds, became Middlesex University in 1992. Royalty hunted on horseback. In the Mansion House, the highest of society celebrated and in its rooms British Intelligence brought down 1920 the enemy. This timepiece legacy is now writing 1992 its next chapter.

Sir Philip Sassoon

The Queen Mother

As PLACEMAKERS we are both guardians Sir Winston Churchill of the past and visionaries for the future. Sir Philip Sassoon with King Edward VIII and George VI RICH IN HISTORY Named after Trento, the location in Northern Italy 1912 1947 where the life of King George III’s younger brother Following the death of The estate was saved, Trent Park is deeply rooted in history and Sir Philip Sassoon’s father became a Ministry now ready to write its next chapter in full colour. in 1912, he inherited his estate. of Education During this time he covered emergency the house in the rose-red training college bricks that you see today for male teachers, and planted a million daŠodil then in 1950 bulbs that became known as a co-educational the famous DaŠodil Lawn. training college.

1909 Sold to Edward Sassoon. 1920-1930s The Sassoons were descendants The most extravagant parties with of Baghdadi Jews who had guests such as Sir Winston Churchill, emigrated to India. Charlie Chaplin, George Bernard Shaw 1974-2012 and John Singer Sargent. Trent Country Park became part of Middlesex University.

GRANDEUR OF THE PAST TODAY TRENT PARK was used In 2015 Trent Park was purchased by Berkeley Homes. 1066 for spying, bugging and The vision for Trent Park is to restore where possible the The earliest known lord eavesdropping. Vital historic buildings, and create of Trent Park was Ansgar, new homes and a museum. who inherited the land from his Danish ancestors. intelligence was gathered at TRENT PARK on 1939-1945 Trent Park was requisitioned by the Hitler’s secret weapons War Oce for the secret British Intelligence unit MI9. programme and the atomic bomb. 1399 The estate passed into the hands of Henry IV in 1399 who converted the land into a royal game reserve. Timeline written by Helen Fry, Author and Historian TRENT-PARK.CO.UK