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.

Grave: 1000-85

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1854

Owner: Thomas Barker of Brown Bear, Church Street, Blackfriars Road

Deceased:

Thomas John Vincent Barker (1844)

Sarah Churchyard (1847)

Damaris Barker (1854)

Grave: 1004-78

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1871

Owner: William Smither of 28, Gracechurch Street, London

Deceased:

William Addams (1844)

William Smither (1871)

Grave: 1008-85

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1855

Owner: Henry Hicks of Newington Place, Kennington

Deceased:

Emma Hicks (1844)

Richard Hicks (1855)

Grave: 10092-119

First burial: 1866

Last burial: 1888

Owner: Ann Sarah Bray of 3, Surrey Villas, Woodland Road, Upper Norwood, Surrey

Deceased:

Jonathan Bray (1866)

Ann Sarah Bray (1888)

Grave: 1013-37

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: Susan Chambers of Blackfriars Road

Deceased:

Stanton Eld Chambers (died 1837, removed from The Tower 1844) (1844)

Grave: 10163-111

First burial: 1869

Last burial: 1869

Owner: Alfred Hooper of 11, New Broad Street, London

Deceased:

Henry Hooper (1869)

Grave: 1017-100

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: George Soole of Amelia Street, Walworth

Deceased:

William Evans (1844)

Grave: 1021-90

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: Elizabeth Hannah Maria McKnott of 118, Blackfriars Road,

Deceased:

William Henry George McKnott (1844)

Grave: 1022-100

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1898

Owner: Edward Cleaver of King Street, Holborn

Deceased:

William Canning Cleaver (1844)

Edward Cleaver (1854)

Edward Orlando Cleaver (1887)

Nellie Caroline Cleaver (1898)

Grave: 10246-114

First burial: 1866

Last burial: 1866

Owner: Frederick May Harsant of Brixton Hill, Surrey

Deceased:

Jane Harsant (1866)

Grave: 1037-67

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1855

Owner: Alfred Warren of Lower Norwood

Deceased:

Alfred William Warren (1844)

Mary Ann Warren (1846)

Elizabeth Warren (1855)

Grave: 1039-90

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1849

Owner: Not specified Not specified of Not specified

Deceased:

Elizabeth Meyer (1844)

Grave: 10429-115

First burial: 1866

Last burial: 1875

Owner: James Hall of 87, London Road, Southwark, Surrey

Deceased:

Hannah Annear (1866)

James Hall (1869)

Charlotte Jane Hall (1875)

Grave: 10443-18

First burial: 1866

Last burial: 1950

Owner: John Edward Baker of Lower Marsh, Lambeth, Surrey

Deceased:

Alice Maria Baker (1866)

Kate Florence Baker (1869)

Sarah Baker (1908)

Theresa M. Crockett (1908)

John Edward Baker (1913)

Gertrude Annie Baker (1946)

Agnes Elizabeth Baker (1950)

Grave: 10470-111

First burial: 1866

Last burial: 1869

Owner: Peter Haslip of St. Saviours Docks, Southwark, Surrey

Deceased:

Martha Haslip (1866)

Peter Haslip (1869)

Grave: 1048-100

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: James Wood Clarke of Crown & Anchor, New Kent Road.

Deceased:

George Wood Clarke (1844)

Grave: 1055-118

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1845

Owner: John Tanner of Grove Lane, Camberwell

Deceased:

Emma Hiscox Tanner (1844)

John Tanner (1845)

Grave: 1060-114

First burial: 1845

Last burial: 1870

Owner: Stephen Standen of Penton Place, Newington

Deceased:

Anne Standen (1845)

Stephen Standen (1852)

Ellen Sarah White (1869)

Robert James Pearce White (1870)

Grave: 1064-85

First burial: 1845

Last burial: 1865

Owner: Not specified Not specified of Not specified

Deceased:

Joshua Storrs (1845)

Margaret Storrs (1845)

Grave: 1067-119

First burial: 1845

Last burial: 1849

Owner: John Wetherell of 24, Charing Cross, Westminster

Deceased:

James John Wetherell (1845)

John Wetherell (1849)

Grave: 1069-78

First burial: 1845

Last burial: 1869

Owner: James Baiss of Dulwich, Surrey

Deceased:

Maria Baiss (1845)

Eliza Baiss (1846)

Ada Baiss (1856)

Jessie Ellen Baiss (1856)

Annie Laura Baiss (1858)