St Joseph's Burial Ground
Location/Address
St Joseph's Burial Ground
Austenwood Lane
Chalfont St Peter
Buckinghamshire
SL9 9RY
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.
Description
Name: St. Joseph’s Burial Ground
Position: Austenwood Lane
Description: Almost a mini-Highgate cemetery, given the number of prominent individuals buried
here. These include: Frank McNamara VC– one of the village’s 2 VC holders; Lady Cecelia Congreve
– one of the most decorated women of WW1 and a published war poet, whose father, husband and
son were all nominated for the VC; Carola Geisler-Schubert – great niece of world famous
composer Franz Schubert and herself a fêted concert pianist; Cesare Tito Giuseppe Formilli – a
prominent Italian painter, whose works hang in the Victoria & Albert Museum and whose frescoes
adorn many of London’s best hotels and several stately homes; Baroness Marchesi – a famous
French opera singer and descendant of Baron Hausmann the architect who built Paris [the
Baroness bought the Priory and land and had St Joseph’s church built]; German Countess Alice
Franziska Caroline von Kuenburg; Italian Contessa Fede Maria Riccardi; and Count Michael de la
Bedoyère – for many years editor of The Catholic Herald.
Reasons for registration
1. Historic
2. Aesthetic
3. Community value
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Church Burial GroundAge
1915(?)Historic Interest
Description: Almost a mini-Highgate cemetery, given the number of prominent individuals buried here. These include: Frank McNamara VC– one of the village’s 2 VC holders; Lady Cecelia Congreve – one of the most decorated women of WW1 and a published war poet, whose father, husband and son were all nominated for the VC; Carola Geisler-Schubert – great niece of world famous composer Franz Schubert and herself a fêted concert pianist; Cesare Tito Giuseppe Formilli – a prominent Italian painter, whose works hang in the Victoria & Albert Museum and whose frescoes adorn many of London’s best hotels and several stately homes; Baroness Marchesi – a famous French opera singer and descendant of Baron Hausmann the architect who built Paris [the Baroness bought the Priory and land and had St Joseph’s church built]; German Countess Alice Franziska Caroline von Kuenburg; Italian Contessa Fede Maria Riccardi; and Count Michael de la Bedoyère – for many years editor of The Catholic Herald.
Date Listed
n/a
Last Updated
11 Dec 2023