Landscape record 0648700000 - Marlow Cemetery

Summary

Early twentieth century cemetery gardens, laid out in 1910 with further planting in the 1920s

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Type and Period (3)

  • FORMAL GARDEN (Designed 1910, Modern - 1910 AD to 1999 AD)
  • CEMETERY (Opened 1910, 20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) MIXED CEMETERY (Modern - 1910 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Late 19th early 20th century formal garden layout in a cemetery (B1).
A typical early C20 public cemetery with buildings and layout designed by local architect C S Vardy, which survives very largely intact. The surviving planting, advised by local nurseryman Charles Turner, includes mature specimen trees and shrubs typical of late C19 and early C20 cemeteries. See report for detail (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>XYSBC19002 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1998. Historic Parks and Gardens Register Review. [Mapped feature: #12516 ]
  • <2>XYSBC24660 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2015. Marlow Cemetery, Marlow: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire. [Mapped feature: #30993 ]

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 84893 87174 (153m by 254m) (2 map features)
Civil Parish MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 28 2021 3:54PM

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