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: 920-85

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1857

Owner: Mary Cundy of Augusta Terrace, Clapham Road, Surrey

Deceased:

Stephen Cundy (1844)

Mary Cundy (1857)

Grave: 921-51

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1857

Owner: Joseph Thompson of 2, Slaverton Row, Newington Bulls

Deceased:

Elizabeth Ruth Thompson (1848)

Joseph Thompson (1849)

Hannah Cook (1857)

Grave: 9244-124

First burial: 1872

Last burial: 1882

Owner: George Stevenson of Darkhouse Lane, Billngsgate, London

Deceased:

Frederick Stevenson (1872)

Mary Ann Stevenson (1881)

Fanny Elizabeth Stevenson (1882)

Grave: 925-51

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: Maria Smith of Union Road, Clapham Road

Deceased:

Florence Wildridge (1844)

Grave: 9260-84

First burial: 1864

Last burial: 1864

Owner: Not specified Tress of 25, Langton Road, Camberwell New Road, Surrey

Deceased:

Emma Jane Tress (1864)

Grave: 9274-101

First burial: 1864

Last burial: 1864

Owner: James William Mayhew of Battersea Fields, Surrey

Deceased:

James Mayhew (1864)

Grave: 928-51

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: George & Frederick Mawhood of Finchley Middlesex (for both)

Deceased:

Robert Mawhood (1844)

Grave: 9328-113

First burial: 1864

Last burial: 1864

Owner: Joseph Knox of Charlton Villa, South Norwood, Surrey

Deceased:

Helen Young (1864)

Grave: 9339-114

First burial: 1864

Last burial: 1865

Owner: Francis Birch of 22, Newington Crescent, Surrey

Deceased:

Martha Birch (1864)

Francis Birch (1865)

Grave: 936-100

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1845

Owner: George Jones of Balham New Road, Balham Hill, Surrey

Deceased:

George William Charles Jones (1844)

Mary Ann Sloper Jones (1845)

Grave: 9434-23

First burial: 1864

Last burial: 1866

Owner: Frances Ann Amelia Winterflood of Laurel Bank, Penge, Surrey

Deceased:

John Simmonds Winterflood (1864)

Frances Ann Amelia Winterflood (1866)

Henrietta Susanna Winterflood (1866)

Grave: 9466-18

First burial: 1864

Last burial: 1864

Owner: Samuel Tapp of New Park Road, Stockwell, Surrey

Deceased:

Harriett Tapp (1864)

Grave: 948-92

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: John Moore of Crosier Street, Lambeth

Deceased:

Dinah Sophia Moore (1844)

Grave: 952-100

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: Not specified Not specified of Not specified

Deceased:

Edward Cleaver (1844)

Grave: 9526-119

First burial: 1865

Last burial: 1894

Owner: Phoebe Collins of 9, Manor Terrace, Brixton, Surrey

Deceased:

Charles James Collins (1865)

Amelia B. Ponsford (1888)

Phoebe Collins (1894)

Grave: 955-23

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: Edward Gisbourne of 8, New Street, Vincent Square

Deceased:

Eliza Shepherd Gisbourne (1844)

Alice Ann Gisbourne (1844)

Grave: 956-37

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1863

Owner: James Albers of 13, Harleyford Place, Kennington

Deceased:

Caroline Abertine Albers (1844)

Mary Dennis Albers (1852)

James Albers (1856)

James Albers (1863)

Grave: 957-78

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1912

Owner: William Graves Hayes of Grosvenor Park, Camberwell

Deceased:

Eliza Hayes (1844)

William James Lawson Wright (1877)

William Graves Hayes (1883)

Charles Augustus Wright (1907)

Eliza Cornwallis Wright (1912)

Grave: 9584-64

First burial: 1865

Last burial: 1865

Owner: Not specified Not specified of Not specified

Deceased:

William Thorpe (1865)

Grave: 96-78

First burial: 1839

Last burial: 1860

Owner: William Sparshott of Whitaker Street, Pimlico

Deceased:

Ophelia Sparshott (1839)

John Sparshott (1855)

Thomas Sparshott (1855)

Emily Sparshott (1860)

Frederick Sparshott (1860)

Hestor Sparshott (1860)

Grave: 961-85

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: William Routledge of Bridge Road, Lambeth

Deceased:

George Allen Routledge (1844)

Grave: 968-114

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1865

Owner: William Aldred of 2, George Street, Harper Street, New Kent road

Deceased:

Mary Aldred (1844)

Mary Aldred (1860)

William Taylor (1865)

Grave: 970-119

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1844

Owner: Edward Knocker of Dover, Kent

Deceased:

Henry William King (1844)

Grave: 976-80

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1873

Owner: William Todd of High Street, Clapham

Deceased:

Sarah Todd (1844)