Memorials
John Moore and 'Elmbury' are commemorated at a number of locations in the Tewkesbury area, including:
- The John Moore Countryside Museum, near Tewkesbury Abbey
- The John Moore Nature Reserve, created and managed by Kemerton Conservation Trust on land in the village of Kemerton once owned by the author.
- the name 'Elmbury' was given to the new Secondary Modern School for Girls on Ashchurch Road in the 1960s, which later became the nucleus of today's Tewkesbury School
- "The John Moore Primary School" built on the Wheatpieces estate in September 2000
- the "Elmbury Suite" opened at Tewkesbury Hospital in January 2001
- a public house called "Elmbury Lodge", near Junction 9 of the M5 Motorway, opened in 2004
- The Tewkesbury branch of the Embroiderers' Guild is called the "Elmbury (Tewkesbury) Branch"
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