A MEMORIAL PARK AND GARDEN CITY FOR FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE

The Fylde in Lancashire is often associated with seaside resorts, especially Blackpool. However at the north end of the peninsula is Fleetwood, a planned Regency and garden city town shaped by two eminent designers, Decimus Burton and Sir Patrick Abercrombie. Burton designed the original Regency new...

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Published in:Garden history 2014-10, Vol.42 (1), p.73-89
Main Author: LUCZAK, MARIA
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boroughs
Gardens
Historic gardens
Home gardens
Houses
Municipal parks
Rock gardens
Towns
War memorials
World wars
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Summary:The Fylde in Lancashire is often associated with seaside resorts, especially Blackpool. However at the north end of the peninsula is Fleetwood, a planned Regency and garden city town shaped by two eminent designers, Decimus Burton and Sir Patrick Abercrombie. Burton designed the original Regency new town and Abercrombie planned its garden city expansion in the 1920s. At this time the people of Fleetwood were also raising funds for Memorial Park, their commemoration of those who lost their lives and served in the First World War. While a war memorial is the central feature of the park, from the outset it was seen as a living, usable commemoration that would form a second civic space in the growing town. Abercrombie designed the park for free as an adjunct to his town planning role, and, together with the planning of Fleetwood, it is an early example of his renowned zoning and design approach. This article examines the linked history of the town and the park, the development of the design of the park, and the significance of Memorial Park today, in a town where many still serve in the Armed Forces.
ISSN:0307-1243