The park we know and enjoy today was opened almost 100
years ago in 1913, but its’ history can be traced
back as far as the 12th Century when the Kelsey area
was owned by the Lord of the Manor of Beckenham.
It is popularly believed that
the beginnings of the Kelsey Estate originate from 1408
when William Kelsiulle was granted a lease of two meadows
where he built a house close to the lower waterfall.