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Memorials : 7
Location : Avonhead, Christchurch City, New Zealand
Website : ccc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/operational-cemeteries/#avonhead
Coordinate : -43.5095390, 172.5503920
Description : Avonhead Park Cemetery opened in 1983 and is surrounded by established trees in a park like setting. Graves are marked either in the original lawn area with plaques or in the newer memorial area with headstones. When the cemetery was developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s it was proposed that there would be a complete absence of memorials in the cemetery - no headstones and no plaques. Instead, a metal tag was buried on the spot where the deceased lay and names were added to the memorial wall by the records room. A metal detector could be utilised... Read More

frequently asked questions (FAQ):

  • Where is Avonhead Memorial Cemetery?

    Avonhead Memorial Cemetery is located at 140 Hawthornden Road Avonhead, Christchurch City ,Canterbury , 8042New Zealand.

  • Avonhead Memorial Cemetery cemetery's updated grave count on graveviews.com?

    7 memorials

  • Where are the coordinates of the Avonhead Memorial Cemetery?

    Latitude: -43.5095390
    Longitude: 172.5503920

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