Garden of Remembrance

Fr Stephen provided the vision when he suggested that it would be good to commemorate the First World War by creating a Garden of Peace and Remembrance, using the existing Calvary as a focus. The then Church Warden, made a preliminary sketch which was developed into a formal plan by our inspecting architects.

Robert Smith, a local stone and wood carver and conservator, designed and constructed the Portland stone plinth and restored the corpus and the rest of The Calvary. The plinth is engraved ‘For The Fallen’.

Local tradesmen were engaged to replace the rickety fence with metal railings, pave and turf around the Cross, then hedge the area with yew. The stone benches were the final addition.

The project has cost over £25,000, but it has transformed the area.

There were some generous donations and a great deal of fundraising….