1823. BADCOCK (Jon Bee), Dictionary of the Turf, etc., s.v. PARK. The PARK is also the rules or privileged circuit round the kings bench or fleet. The PARK is well stocked, when many prisoners have obtained the rules.
1847. HALLIWELL, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, etc., s.v.
2. (common).A back yard; a strip of town-garden.