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: 546-66
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1885
Owner: William Henry
Chapman
of Tooley Street, Southwark
Deceased:
William Henry
Chapman (1885)
Grave: 547-73
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1842
Owner: Samuel
Burnie
of Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Deceased:
James
Burnie (1842)
Grave: 5481-114
First burial: 1858
Last burial: 1858
Owner: William
Woods
of Bridge Street, Southwark, Surrey
Deceased:
George
Wood (1858)
Grave: 5487-97
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: John Charles
North
of 11, Park Place, Kennington Cross, Surrey
Deceased:
Elizabeth
North (1857)
John Stanley
North (1857)
Grave: 5511-121
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: Thomas
Tilley
of Willow Place, Brixton Road, Surrey
Deceased:
Jane
Tilley (1857)
Grave: 5535-112
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: Thomas
Gittins
of East Mousley, Sussex
Deceased:
John
Gittins (1857)
Grave: 5538-111
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: Mary Ann
Wright
of St. Mary at Hill, London
Deceased:
Henry
House (1857)
Grave: 556-119
First burial: 1840
Last burial: 1840
Owner: Robert Acfield
Gibbons
of 16, Crown Row, Walworth
Deceased:
?
Young (1840)
Grave: 5564-114
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1873
Owner: Frederick
Gabb
of Bear Garden, Southwark Bridge, Bankside
Deceased:
James
Bahr (1857)
Mary
Bahr (1873)
Grave: 5578-121/125
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1865
Owner: David
Nisbett
of Acre Lane, Brixton, Surrey
Deceased:
Euphemia
Nisbett (1857)
David
Nisbett (1865)
Grave: 5595-56
First burial: 0
Last burial: 0
Owner: Leah
Steedman
of Keenes Row, Walworth, Surrey
Deceased:
()
Grave: 5597-111
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: Not specified
Not specified
of Not specified
Deceased:
Joseph
Williams (1857)
Grave: 5628-111
First burial: 1856
Last burial: 1856
Owner: Amelia
Stowell
of 9, Brook Street, Lambeth, Surrey
Deceased:
Alice Amelia
Stowell (1856)
Grave: 5633-111
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: George
Ferrier
of Fairlight Villa, Studley Road, Stockwell, Surrey
Deceased:
Charlotte Elizabeth
Ferrier (1857)
Grave: 5650-119
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1870
Owner: Alfred
Black
of 6, Claremont Place, Upper Grange Road, Bermondsey, Surrey
Deceased:
Rebecca
Black (1857)
Thomas Bristow
Black (1860)
Maria
Black (1868)
Kate
Black (1870)
Grave: 5651-96
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: Patty Sophia
Wardle
of 66 King Street
Deceased:
James Joseph
Wardle (1857)
Grave: 5673-109
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1860
Owner: James Henry
Pounce
of 9, Melbourne Square, North Brixton, Surrey
Deceased:
Mary
Sales (1857)
Charles
Poume (1860)
Grave: 5675-122
First burial: 1857
Last burial: 1857
Owner: Henry Savory
Way
of 127, Cheapside, London
Deceased:
Alice Mary
May (1857)
Grave: 572-114
First burial: 1841
Last burial: 1871
Owner: John
Stewart
of 10, King Street, Cheapside.
Deceased:
Emily
Stewart (1841)
Alexander
Stewart (1850)
Edith
Stewart (1852)
John Rowe Duncan
Stewart (1861)
John
Stewart (1865)
Edward
Stewart (1870)
Dudley
Stewart (1871)
Grave: 575-31
First burial: 1842
Last burial: 1844
Owner: Not specified
Not specified
of Not specified
Deceased:
Ann
Adamson (1842)
Sarah
Bools (1843)
Elizabeth
Gibbins (1843)
Alexander Sheaf
Burkett (1844)
Mary
Munford (1844)
Elizabeth
Willerton (1844)
Charlotte
Appleton (1844)
Harriett
Meads (1844)
Grave: 5754-111
First burial: 1856
Last burial: 1858
Owner: Not specified
Parsson
of 194, Southwark Bridge Road, Surrey
Deceased:
Elizabeth
Pardson (1856)
Elizabeth
Parsson (1858)
Grave: 5766-123
First burial: 1858
Last burial: 1865
Owner: Charles
Sutton
of 10, Park Street, Southwark, Surrey
Deceased:
Richard
Sutton (1858)
Hannah Amelia
Sutton (1862)
Herbert
Sutton (1862)
Kate
Sutton (1864)
Charles
Sutton (1865)
Grave: 5775-89
First burial: 1858
Last burial: 1858
Owner: Charles
Colson
of Great Hormead, Nr. Buntingford, Herts
Deceased:
Richard
Colson (1858)
Grave: 5795-89
First burial: 1858
Last burial: 1867
Owner: Amy
Blanchard
of 10, Milford Place, Vassal Road, Brixton, Surrey
Deceased:
Amy Harriett
Povah (1858)
Amy
Blanchard (1867)