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: 834-89

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1863

Owner: Samuel Wymer of 6, Sidney Place, Brixton Hill

Deceased:

Maria Mileham (1863)

Grave: 8343-70

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1880

Owner: Charles Sewell of Kings Road, Clapham Park, Surrey

Deceased:

Mary Sewell (1863)

Charles Sewell (1868)

Mary Sewell (1880)

Grave: 835-78

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1855

Owner: Henry Ager of Vassal Road, North Brixton

Deceased:

Amy Ager (1844)

Henry Ager (1855)

Grave: 8365-72

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1863

Owner: Samuel Chirmery of 13, Champion Grove, Camberwell, Surrey

Deceased:

Samuel Fairfax Chirmery (1863)

Grave: 837-89

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: Ann Scholes of 5, Manor Place, Walworth

Deceased:

Henry Scholes (1844)

Grave: 8370-72

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1870

Owner: Thomas Graves of High Street, Poplar

Deceased:

Arthur John Graves (1863)

Joseph Edward Graves (1870)

Grave: 8371-72

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1863

Owner: Charles White of Bethlehem Hospital, Surrey

Deceased:

Mary Reid (1863)

Grave: 8375-72

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1869

Owner: Sarah Parsey of Talbot Court, Gracechurch Street, London

Deceased:

Poncet Chander Parsey (1863)

Sarah Parsey (1869)

Grave: 839-89

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1846

Owner: Thomas Rowsell of Miles Street, South Lambeth

Deceased:

Frances Rowsell (1844)

Thomas Rowsell (1846)

Grave: 8393-102

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1897

Owner: William Thornhill of Jasmine Grove, Penge

Deceased:

Sarah Emma Thornhill (1863)

William Thornhill (1867)

Emma Green (1872)

Eliza Denison (1897)

Grave: 8417-72

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1863

Owner: Sarah Ripley of Streatham Common, Surrey

Deceased:

Susannah Willis (1863)

Grave: 842-89

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: Richard Bell of 11, Princes Street, Stamford Street

Deceased:

Amelia Adu (1844)

Grave: 8465-118

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1884

Owner: Joseph Buck of 91 Waterloo Road, Lambeth, Surrey

Deceased:

Margaret Buck (1863)

Elizabeth Ann Godfrey (1877)

Joseph Buck (1884)

Grave: 850-51

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1924

Owner: John/Ann Price of Bell Sauvage, Ludgate Hill

Deceased:

Emma Price (1844)

Ellen Price (1845)

Ann Price (1888)

Walter Wylie Price (1889)

George Price (1903)

Edward Price (1924)

Grave: 8501-118

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1873

Owner: Alice Turnor of 106 Camberwell New Road , Surrey

Deceased:

Augustus Huitson Turnor (1863)

Alice Turnor (1873)

Grave: 8504-84

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1873

Owner: Anna Auston of Claremont Place, Brixton Road, Surrey

Deceased:

Anna Jane Gilmore (1863)

George Austin (1873)

Grave: 8529-84

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1863

Owner: Thomas Penrice of Thurlow Place, Wandsworth Road, Surrey

Deceased:

Martha Penrice (1863)

Grave: 8531-108/9

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1863

Owner: Francis Vansettart Thornton of Chilton Candover, Hants.

Deceased:

Dorothy Gray (1863)

Grave: 8544-111/112

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1879

Owner: Mary Ann Ginger of 5, Gloucester Cottages, Loughborough Park, Brixton, Surrey

Deceased:

William Ginger (1863)

Mary Ann Lane (1879)

Grave: 855-51

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1905

Owner: Joseph Thomas Loader of Cobourg Road, Old Kent Road

Deceased:

Margaret Sophia Loader (1844)

Joseph Thomas Loader (1857)

Margaret Alice Burdon (1858)

Ellen Mary Claxton (1869)

Ellen Loader (1874)

Amelia Loader (1905)

Grave: 857-78

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1846

Owner: James Tate of Spencer Cottage, Kennington

Deceased:

Elizabeth Tate (1844)

James Tate (1846)

Grave: 8593-112

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1863

Owner: Edward Garland of Grosvenor Place, Camberwell New Road, Surrey

Deceased:

Hannah White (1863)

Grave: 8602-97

First burial: 1863

Last burial: 1870

Owner: James Daniel Francis Lavell of 20, Newington Place, Surrey

Deceased:

Ellen Matilda Daniels (1863)

Mary Lavell (1870)

Maud Anne Lavell (1870)