Cemetery grave database

This database holds details of illegally reused graves in West Norwood Cemetery and has been created following a Consistory Court judgement.

For details on the background to this database, and the course of action to take if you find that a relative is interred under the original grant of rights in a resold plot, read our West Norwood Cemetery historical and legal background webpage.

Burials at West Norwood Cemetery which were undisturbed are not listed here, but can be found in the normal cemetery registers held in Lambeth Archives and the cemetery office. 

For more information on the cemetery, visit the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery (FOWNC) website.

For more information on burials in the cemetery, or to get complete lists of burials email Lambeth Archives at archives@lambeth.gov.uk or go to Lambeth Archives for opening times.

Use this search to find details of resold graves and information on their original owners, those buried under the original grant of rights, and when they were buried.

Name of deceased or owner
Year to include burials from
Year to include burials until
Grave: 17782-104
First burial: 1881
Last burial: 1883
Owner: Sophia Barton of Not specified
Deceased:
Richard Carrol Barton (1881)
Sophia Barton (1883)
Grave: 1779-119
First burial: 1847
Last burial: 1847
Owner: Henry Janson of Belle Vue, York
Deceased:
Jane Janson (1847)
Grave: 1785-110
First burial: 1847
Last burial: 1847
Owner: Thomas Ellis of 17, Gough Square, Fleet Street, London
Deceased:
Sarah Dunn Ellis (1847)
Grave: 17881-114
First burial: 1880
Last burial: 1880
Owner: William Pyeth of Not specified
Deceased:
Maria Pyeth (1880)
Grave: 17885-118
First burial: 1880
Last burial: 1882
Owner: George Calhan of Not specified
Deceased:
Elizabeth Calhan (1880)
George Calhan (1882)
Grave: 17980-118
First burial: 1880
Last burial: 1880
Owner: William Struan or Shuan Robertson of Not specified
Deceased:
Mary Eisdell (1880)
Grave: 17985-125
First burial: 1880
Last burial: 1882
Owner: Edw' Howard of Not specified
Deceased:
Agnes Maud Howard (1880)
Lily Madeline Howard (1882)
Grave: 1811-114
First burial: 1847
Last burial: 1885
Owner: George Powles of 44, Fleet Street, London
Deceased:
George Powles (1847)
Lavinia Powles (1861)
George Powles (1864)
Frances Eliza Powles (1885)
Grave: 1812-112
First burial: 1847
Last burial: 1872
Owner: Lucy Turner of Clapham Road, Stockwell
Deceased:
Francis Turner (1847)
George Edward Turner (1848)
Francis Brown Turner (1852)
George Turner (1854)
Sidney Turner (1854)
Lucy Francis (1872)
Grave: 18120-118
First burial: 1880
Last burial: 1880
Owner: Richard Heweth of Not specified
Deceased:
Fanny Mary Heweth (1880)
Grave: 1813-119
First burial: 1847
Last burial: 1847
Owner: Jane Steedman of 4, Fleet Lane, Farringdon Street, London
Deceased:
Ann Koops (1847)
John Otto Koops (1847)
Grave: 18143-118
First burial: 1880
Last burial: 1880
Owner: Percy Christiansen of Not specified
Deceased:
Jane Christiansen (1880)
Grave: 18164-119
First burial: 1880
Last burial: 1894
Owner: Frederick William Short of Not specified
Deceased:
William Short (1880)
Mary Ann Short (1894)
Grave: 18174-122
First burial: 1880
Last burial: 1880
Owner: Annie Morris of Not specified
Deceased:
William Morris (1880)
Grave: 1819-119
First burial: 1847
Last burial: 1937
Owner: William Thomas Dry of 105, Regent Street, Lambeth Walk
Deceased:
Sarah Dry (1847)
Sarah Dry (1849)
Hannah Dry (1861)
William Thomas Dry (1873)
Elizabeth Anna Dry (1880)
William Thomas Dry (1891)
Elizabeth Anne Dry (1937)
Grave: 182-100
First burial: 1840
Last burial: 1840
Owner: George Keen of 1, St. George's Road, New Kent Road
Deceased:
Mary Coryear Keen (1840)
Grave: 1829-114
First burial: 1847
Last burial: 1864
Owner: Sarah Shuckford of Clifton Street, Clapham
Deceased:
James Shuckford (1847)
Ann Shuckford (1849)
John Shuckford (1853)
Sarah Shuckford (1864)
Grave: 1830-114
First burial: 1847
Last burial: 1870
Owner: Georgiana Barnes of 8, Flood Terrace, Kennington Street, Walworth
Deceased:
Sarah Barnes (1847)
Georgiana Barnes (1870)
Grave: 18408-119
First burial: 1881
Last burial: 1881
Owner: William Browne(or Brown) of Not specified
Deceased:
Sarah Ann Brown (1881)
Grave: 1842-109
First burial: 1847
Last burial: 1847
Owner: Joseph Holden Colwell of Belvedere Place, Southwark
Deceased:
Jane Colwell (1847)
Grave: 18453-125
First burial: 1881
Last burial: 1881
Owner: Not specified Not specified of Not specified
Deceased:
Margaret Charlotte Stone (1881)
Grave: 18494-122
First burial: 1881
Last burial: 1881
Owner: Arthur Grenville Tucker of Not specified
Deceased:
Alice Mary Kate Tucker (1881)
Grave: 18498-122
First burial: 1881
Last burial: 1904
Owner: William Lemare of Not specified
Deceased:
Johnan Lemare (1881)
Agnes M. A. Lemare (1904)
Grave: 18504-122
First burial: 1881
Last burial: 1898
Owner: Harker Peacock of Not specified
Deceased:
Fanny Peacock (1881)
Harker Peacock (1898)
Grave: 18537-121
First burial: 1881
Last burial: 1893
Owner: Alfred John Clunn of Not specified
Deceased:
Sarah Frost (1881)