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  • Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell (ZSL Secretary 1903-1935) was inspired by a visit to the Bronx Zoological Park to create a park in Britain as a conservation centre. Hall Farm, a derelict farm on the Dunstable Downs, 30 miles (48 km) to the north of London was purchased by the Zoological Society of London in 1926 for £13,480 12s 10d, The site was fenced, roads built and trees planted. The first animals arrived at the park in 1928, including two Lady Amherst's pheasants, a golden pheasant and five red junglefowl. Others soon followed, including muntjac, llama, wombats and skunks. Whipsnade Park Zoo opened on Sunday 23 May 1931. It was the first open zoo in Europe to be easily accessible to the visiting public. The collection of animals was boosted in 1932 by the purchase of a collection from a defunct travelling menagerie and some of the larger animals walked to the zoo from Dunstable station. During the Second World War, the zoo acted as a refuge for animals evacuated from London Zoo. During 1940, 41 bombs fell on the park with little damage to the zoo structure. Some of the ponds in the park are the remains of bomb craters from this period.

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          Whipsnade (E H Tong)
          SUP/5/1/4/30 · Documento · 1948
          Parte de Superintendents

          Correspondence between E H Tong and Geoffrey Marr Vevers regarding a Road Fund Licence, a water softening plant at Whipsnade, suggestions for improvements at Whipsnade, a train accident, rules regarding the admission of children, and lists of shrubs
          Evacuation list
          WAR/2/1/61 · Item · c.1939
          Parte de Second world war

          List of staff and their families wishing to be evacuated to Whipsnade Zoo
          War damage claims
          WAR/2/2 · Documento · 1940-1960 
          Parte de Second world war

          Claims for compensation for war damage at London and Whipsnade Zoos
          Extraordinary Expenditure
          FIN/4/4 · Documento · 1864-1939
          Parte de Finance

          2 volumes denoting extraordinary expenditure at London and Whipsnade Zoos, between 1864 and 1939. They detail yearly spending on enclosures and buildings, some costs of animals.
          Regent's Park Accident Book
          STA/7/8 · Item · 1948-1959
          Parte de Staff

          Volume of accidents which happened to employees at London and Whipsnade Zoo between 1948 and 1959. Includes staff member names, location and description of accidents, and if they had to stop work for any period of time due to injury