flaybrick memorial gardens,
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flaybrick memorial gardens,
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of the 140 different types of trees in Flaybrick The main entrance avenue The Roberts Memorial to the astronomers Isaac and Dorothea Roberts; probably our most significant memorial. Our largest memorial to a Catholic bishop A memorial with fine relief angel carving |
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Flaybrick
is situated beneath the wooded Bidston Hill, west of Birkenhead. The town decided as early as 1843 that a cemetery should be laid out on the site. Financial problems meant that it was 20 years before Edward Kemp, drew up plans.Earlier, he had planted Birkenhead Park so successfully, it's influence on the design of New York's Central Park was freely admitted by Olmsted. Even today, the fine landscaping, which takes the visitor through many changes of level via formal and informal paths, still impresses. The planting remains much as it was when it was opened to the public in 1864. |
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140 species of trees punctuate sweeping banks of flowering shrubs. So, it seemed natural to the Friends of Flaybrick to change the name of Flaybrick Cemetery and this was done in 1995. Graves in Flaybrick relate to such famous disasters as the Thetis and the Lusitania sinkings, three scientists of international standing, I.Roberts, A.Doodson, D.Klumpke and the founders of Birkenhead. |
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