The graveyard is clearly set on a slope, and must have been quite tranqil and beautiful in it's time. Today it struggles to cope with 'mother nature' as land moves, and memorials struggle to maintain their dignity.
Note a few military ones, which I always try to spot, plus a number of Polish ones, apparently there has been a small but significant Polish community in the Amersham area for decades.
Somewhere in this cemetery, in an unmarked grave, is the
remains of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in
Britain.
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Thankyou! I too love old cemeteries. I have just started researching my fathers side of the family and know tht my great-great grandfather is buried in tis cemetery. I was hoping on a chance that his grave would have been one of those photgraphed, it wasn't but I really enjoyed looking at the others...thankyou!
hello
does anyone know the whereabouts and location or picture of Polish composer Allan Gray who worked on many Powell and Pressburger films. I believed he was buried in this cemetry
Allan Gray (23 February 1902 – 10 September 1973) was a composer, noted for his film scores.
He was born Józef Żmigrod
The 9th photo down of this grave to the right of the picture is buried Ruth Hornby also know better as Ruth Ellis who was the last woman to be hanged in the uk. She did have a headstone but her son Andy destroyed it then killed himself.
We visited St Mary's Cemetery this week hoping to find our Great Grandparents ...Clara Haynes and her Husband William Henry Haynes as we haveproof that they are buried here ..would be grateful if anyone could advise as to who we contact to find there buriel plot ..many thanks in anticipation ..
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