Memorial Details
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Memorial
Rose garden R.A.F. and Women's Auxiliary 1939-45 Cowgarth
Reference
H51.50
Place
HEXHAM
Map ref
NY 937642
Original Location
Cowgate (behind Abbeygate House)
Present Location
See notes below.
Which war
1939-45
Dedication, Creation or Publication date
1972.
Rededicated Sunday July 14th 2002 by Rev. Joe Linton.
Rededicated Sunday July 14th 2002 by Rev. Joe Linton.
Memorial Description
Rose garden, originally 60 rose bushes of 2 beds with 30 bushes in each. Present bed is 50 feet long x 3 feet wide containing 60 rose bushes.
The dedication is carried on a plaque with chamfered edges on the surrounding wall. At centre top is a stylised red rose. The lettering is in Roman lower case.
The dedication is carried on a plaque with chamfered edges on the surrounding wall. At centre top is a stylised red rose. The lettering is in Roman lower case.
Materials used
Rose bushes.
Inscription
was presented by the
Hexham Branch of the
Royal Air Forces Association,
dedicated to the memory
of all Royal Air Force and
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
personnel, who gave their lives
in the Second World War.
Names
None
Who commissioned
Royal Air Force Association, Hexham
Notes
1. The War Memorial Rose Garden, with 30 bushes in each of 2 beds, was laid out in 1972. The original plaques did not mention a war memorial. They read “Presented by / the Hexham Branch / of the / Royal Air Force Association.”
2. When the land to the east of Cowgarth was re-ordered and the paths relaid in 2001, as part of the Hexham Parks Landscape Restoration Scheme, the rose beds were inadverdently dug up. Tynedale Council gave another piece of land, a long narrow border on the north edge of the garden, just to the south of Abbeygate House, along with a new plaque and 60 rose bushes.
2. When the land to the east of Cowgarth was re-ordered and the paths relaid in 2001, as part of the Hexham Parks Landscape Restoration Scheme, the rose beds were inadverdently dug up. Tynedale Council gave another piece of land, a long narrow border on the north edge of the garden, just to the south of Abbeygate House, along with a new plaque and 60 rose bushes.
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photo: Colin Dallison
Hexham Courant 20/04/2001, 19/07/2002 reports rededication
Hexham Courant 20/04/2001, 19/07/2002 reports rededication
Research acknowledgements
Colin N. Dallison
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