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: 511-73
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1842
Owner: Maria
Fox
of Kennington Cross
Deceased:
Andrew Robinson Stoney
Bowes (1842)
Grave: 512-80
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1842
Owner: J. C.
Birkinshaw
of Not specified
Deceased:
John
Birkinshaw (1842)
Grave: 5195-73
First burial: 1856
Last burial: 1856
Owner: William
Jeakes
of Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury
Deceased:
Charles
Jeakes (1856)
Grave: 522-51/64
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1850
Owner: John Clark
Hillam
of Catherine Court, Tower Hill
Deceased:
Mary
Hillam (1842)
Maria
Hillam (1849)
Amy
Hillam (1850)
Grave: 5230-111
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1881
Owner: Harriett Jane
Blanch
of 23, Merrick Square, Dover Road, Surrey
Deceased:
Gustavus William
Blanch (1857)
Harriett Jane
Blanch (1881)
Grave: 5244-121
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1904
Owner: Mary
Bruford
of 12, Grove Place, Brixton, Surrey
Deceased:
Thomas
Bruford (1857)
Mary
Jones (1862)
Mary
Bruford (1865)
Thomas
Bruford (1896)
Elizabeth
Bruford (1904)
Grave: 5265-119
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1868
Owner: Mary
Griffin
of 11, Grove Place, North Brixton, Surrey
Deceased:
Eliza
Du Rocher (1857)
Mary
Griffin (1868)
Grave: 5266-24
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1858
Owner: Not specified
Not specified
of Not specified
Deceased:
Jane Ayres
Hobson (1857)
George David
Hobson (1858)
Grave: 5279-108
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: Edward Ward
Lower
of Wandsworth Road, Clapham, Surrey
Deceased:
Louisa
Lower (1857)
Grave: 5305-111
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1869
Owner: Esther
Gardner
of 4, Cambridge Terrace, South Street, Greenwich
Deceased:
William
Gardner (1857)
Esther
Gardner (1869)
Grave: 531-97
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1842
Owner: Jesse/Louise
King
of Brixton Hill
Deceased:
Ellen Whiteway
King (1842)
Grave: 5313-97
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: Elizabeth
Baughen
of Wellington Terrace, Wellington Road, Camberwell, Surrey
Deceased:
Delbert John
Baughen (1857)
Grave: 5322-113
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: Thomas
Burge
of George Street, Lambeth, Surrey
Deceased:
Charlotte
Burge (1857)
Grave: 5324-111
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1859
Owner: Alfred
Chabot
of 6, Binfield Road, Stockwell, Surrey
Deceased:
Mary Ann
Chabot (1857)
Ellen
Nichols (1859)
Grave: 5344-113
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1878
Owner: Ruth Foster
Hamlin
of Carlton Villa, Studley Road, Stockwell, Surrey
Deceased:
Richard William
Hamlin (1857)
Charlotte Rebecca
Hamlin (1878)
Grave: 5349-37
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: George
Maule
of 8, Newington Crescent, Surrey
Deceased:
Rebecca
Maule (1857)
Grave: 535-98
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1853
Owner: Daniel Omer
Smith
of East Norwood, Surrey
Deceased:
William
Skelton (1842)
Harriet Morrell
Hill (1853)
Grave: 538-66
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1855
Owner: William
Jackson
of Elder Road, Norwood
Deceased:
Susannah
Jackson (1842)
William
Jackson (1849)
Janet
Howroyd (1855)
Grave: 539-53
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1845
Owner: William
Mackie
of 65 Long Lane, Bermondsey
Deceased:
Ann
Mackie (1842)
William
Mackie (1845)
Grave: 5391-113
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1858
Owner: William
Loveland
of Clapham Old Town, Surrey
Deceased:
William Henry
Loveland (1857)
Jane
Carter (1858)
William
Loveland (1858)
Grave: 541-114
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1878
Owner: John
Perry
of High Street, Camberwell.
Deceased:
Mary Ann
Perry (1842)
John Richard
Perry (1858)
John
Perry (1865)
Emma Eleanor
Perry (1877)
John
Perry (1878)
Grave: 5423-113
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1882
Owner: Henry
Maye
of Sandwell Villas, Wandsworth Common, Surrey
Deceased:
William
Maye (1857)
Anne
Maye (1877)
Amelia Anne
Prince (1882)
Grave: 5443-113
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: Joseph
Gabb
of Clapham Old Town, Surrey
Deceased:
Thomas
Arnold (1857)
Grave: 5453-99
First burial: 1860
Last burial: 1860
Owner: Edward
Arman
of Devon Lodge, Tulse Hill, Surrey
Deceased:
Edward
Arman (1860)
Grave: 546-66
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1885
Owner: William Henry
Chapman
of Tooley Street, Southwark
Deceased:
William Henry
Chapman (1842)
Ann
Chapman (1856)