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: 805-65
First burial: 1855
Last burial: 1937
Owner: James
Butler
of 155, Regent Street, St. James, London
Deceased:
Arthur Cato
Butler (1855)
Frederick Richard
Butler (1875)
James
Butler (1882)
Frances M.
Butler (1904)
William Butler
Butler (1937)
Grave: 8058-109
First burial: 1862
Last burial: 1862
Owner: George
Alley
of 2, Lower Merrion Street, Dublin, Ireland
Deceased:
Japhet
Alley (1862)
Grave: 8060-109
First burial: 1862
Last burial: 1862
Owner: Not specified
Dymond
of Stanhope Place, Loughborough Road, Brixton, Surrey
Deceased:
Edith
Dymond (1862)
Gertrude
Dymond (1862)
Grave: 8063-62
First burial: 1862
Last burial: 1862
Owner: Not specified
Not specified
of Not specified
Deceased:
William
Tyler (1862)
Grave: 807-85
First burial: 1843
Last burial: 1846
Owner: Thomas
Tatam
of Norwood, Surrey
Deceased:
Jane
Clark (1843)
Thomas
Tatam (1846)
Grave: 8072-72
First burial: 1862
Last burial: 1862
Owner: Joseph
Oldham
of Clay Cross, Derbyshire
Deceased:
Louisa
Oldham (1862)
Grave: 8079-72
First burial: 1862
Last burial: 1862
Owner: Edward
Taylor
of 6, Oxford Road, Central Hill, Upper Norwood, Surrey
Deceased:
Mirrna Elizabeth
Taylor (1862)
Grave: 809-78
First burial: 1843
Last burial: 1855
Owner: John
Purssey
of Mount Street, Lambeth
Deceased:
Hellen
Purssey (1843)
George
Purssey (1847)
Frederick Wisby
Purssey (1850)
Ann
Nicols (1855)
Grave: 81-78
First burial: 1839
Last burial: 1839
Owner: John
Haffenden
of Beddington, Surrey
Deceased:
Elizabeth
Haffenden (1839)
Grave: 814-73
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1844
Owner: Dennis
George
of Dublin
Deceased:
Reverend Edward
George (1844)
Grave: 815-97
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1844
Owner: Henry Decimus
Ilderton
of Vassal Road, Brixton
Deceased:
Henry John
Ilderton (1844)
Grave: 8167-114
First burial: 1862
Last burial: 1862
Owner: Sarah
Barber
of Chambers Terrace, Maldon Road, Haverstock Hill
Deceased:
Joseph
Barber (1862)
Grave: 818-78
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1844
Owner: Not specified
Hartree
of Priory Road, Wandsworth Road
Deceased:
Charlotte
Hartree (1844)
Grave: 819-78
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1844
Owner: Clarencina
Beck
of Lambeth Terrace
Deceased:
Edward
Beck (1844)
Grave: 8196-78
First burial: 1862
Last burial: 1872
Owner: Stephen Wastel
Hooper
of 45, Fleet Street, London
Deceased:
Fanny
White (1862)
Eliza
Hooper (1872)
Grave: 820-97/98
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1844
Owner: Not specified
Henning
of Coleshill Street, Eaton Square
Deceased:
James Parsons
Henning (1844)
Grave: 821-47
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1844
Owner: Sarah
Goble
of Talbot Inn, Borough, Southwark
Deceased:
John
Goble (1844)
Grave: 822-73
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1887
Owner: Anna Maria
Powell
of 12, Doddington Grove, Kennington
Deceased:
Francis
Powell (1844)
Anna Maria
Bradfield (1887)
Grave: 823-80
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1844
Owner: John
Ryle
of 2, County Terrace, New Kent Road
Deceased:
Eleanor
Ryle (1844)
Grave: 8237-84
First burial: 1862
Last burial: 1862
Owner: George Butler
Morris
of 28, Beresford Street, Walworth, Surrey
Deceased:
Ellen
Morris (1862)
Grave: 8263-102
First burial: 1862
Last burial: 1862
Owner: William
Newton
of Suffolk Place, Norwood, Surrey
Deceased:
Charlotte
Newton (1862)
Grave: 827-37
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1844
Owner: William Heaton
Rudolf
of Mead Place, Westminster Road
Deceased:
Susan
Rudolf (1844)
Grave: 8272-112
First burial: 1862
Last burial: 1863
Owner: John
Edwards
of 18, Prospect Place, Walworth Road, Surrey
Deceased:
Martha
Edwards (1862)
John
Edwards (1863)
Grave: 828-51
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1850
Owner: Edward
Nairne
of 36, Lansdown Terrace, Lambeth
Deceased:
Ann
Nairne (1844)
Charles
Nairne (1850)
Grave: 8291-89
First burial: 1862
Last burial: 1870
Owner: James William
Waller
of 5, Brunswick Street, Great Dover Road, Surrey
Deceased:
Eliza
Ware (1862)
James William
Waller (1863)
Jane
Waller (1870)
Grave: 830-78
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1884
Owner: George Thomas
Garrett
of Stones End, Borough, Southwark
Deceased:
William
Hollyman (1844)
Mary
Holyman (1846)
Mary
Holyman (1851)
Robert
Hollyman (1855)
Thomas
Hollyman (1864)
Elizabeth
Garrett (1865)
Sarah
Hollyman (1884)
Grave: 834-89
First burial: 1844
Last burial: 1863
Owner: Samuel
Wymer
of 6, Sidney Place, Brixton Hill
Deceased:
Mary
Church (1844)
Samuel
Wymer (1853)
John
Mileham (1859)