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Amersham Garden of Remembrance (also known as Amersham Crematorium, Chilterns Crematorium)

Introduction

The garden of remembrance is a woodland garden, adjacent to a town cemetery, with an ornamental pond and a variety of trees and shrubs.

The Memorial Gardens were opened in 1949 to commemorate the fallen heroes of the first and second world wars.

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
History

The Amersham War Memorial was dedicated on 10 July 1921 by the Lord Bishop of Buckingham and unveiled by Brigadier-General R.J. Cooper on a site just to the south-east of St Mary's Church.

The war memorial was designed by a local architect, Philip M Johnstone, who had designed the war memorial in Tring, and built by The Art Memorial company.

Features & Designations

Features

  • Woodland garden
  • Description: woodland garden
  • Cemetery
  • Description: adjacent to a town cemetery
  • Ornamental Pond
  • Shrubbery, Trees
  • Description: variety of trees and shrubs.
Key Information

Type

Garden

Purpose

Sacred / Ritual / Funerary

Principal Building

Religious Ritual And Funerary

Survival

Extant

Open to the public

Yes

Civil Parish

Amersham