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: 1490-124
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1890
Owner: Edward
Hall
of George Tavern, Gravel Lane, Christ Church
Deceased:
Keziah
Hall (1890)
Grave: 14905-121
First burial: 1874
Last burial: 1895
Owner: George/Maria
Pearson
of Not specified
Deceased:
John
Pearson (1874)
Maria
Pearson (1895)
Grave: 1493-102
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1846
Owner: Robert
Seaborn
of Denmark Street, Camberwell
Deceased:
Amelia Caroline
Seaborn (1846)
Robert Baskett
Seaborn (1846)
Grave: 15-78
First burial: 1838
Last burial: 1838
Owner: James
Williams
of Dorset Cottage, Clapham Road
Deceased:
Sarah
Showell (1838)
Grave: 1500-114
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1846
Owner: Thomas
Forshall
of 16, Queens Place, Kennington
Deceased:
Henrietta
Forshall (1846)
Grave: 15097-122
First burial: 1874
Last burial: 1880
Owner: George James
Toby
of Not specified
Deceased:
Georgina
Toby (1874)
Nellie Huntley
Toby (1879)
George James
Toby (1880)
Grave: 15099-110
First burial: 1874
Last burial: 1874
Owner: Robert
Beringer
of Not specified
Deceased:
Gertha L.
Beringer (1874)
Grave: 1510-100
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1869
Owner: Edmund
Laycock
of Willow Place, Brixton
Deceased:
Sophie Maria
Laycock (1846)
Ann
Laycock (1867)
Edmund
Laycock (1869)
Grave: 15111-121
First burial: 1874
Last burial: 1874
Owner: Not specified
Not specified
of Not specified
Deceased:
Jesse
Debenham (1874)
Grave: 1512-78
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1861
Owner: John
Purssey
of Mount Street, Lambeth
Deceased:
George
Purssey (1846)
Henry Haywood
Purssey (1859)
Louisa Clare
Rose (1860)
Grave: 1520-97
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1846
Owner: Charlotte
Kettle
of Walcot Terrace, Kennington Road
Deceased:
James
Kettle (1846)
Grave: 15213-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Edward
Marshall
of Not specified
Deceased:
Reginald P.
Marshall (1875)
Grave: 15264-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Alexander
Richards
of Not specified
Deceased:
Anne
Turk (1875)
Grave: 15267-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Charles Frederick
Harding
of Not specified
Deceased:
Charles P.
Harding (1875)
Grave: 1528-99
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1846
Owner: John
Hodgson
of The Sisters, Clapham Common, Surrey
Deceased:
Alexander Frederick William
Hodgson (1846)
Grave: 15322-117
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Mary
Phillips
of Not specified
Deceased:
Daniel
Harris (1875)
Grave: 1533-32
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1847
Owner: Charlotte Cordell
Russell
of 10 Dorset Place, Clapham Road
Deceased:
John William
Russell (1846)
Charlotte Cordell
Russell (1847)
Grave: 1534-101
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1846
Owner: Ann
Asker
of 8 Elliots Row, Pleasant Place, Lambeth
Deceased:
Charles
Asker (1846)
Grave: 15344-101
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Christopher Terry
Dobson
of Not specified
Deceased:
Sophia
Dobson (1875)
Grave: 1535-97
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1846
Owner: Samuel
Wilton
of St Anns Road, North Brixton
Deceased:
Benjamin
Wilson (1846)
Martha
Wilson (1846)
Grave: 15353-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Frederick
Tabernacle
of Not specified
Deceased:
Mary
Tabernacle (1875)
Patience
Tabernacle (1875)
Grave: 15373-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Charles Robert
Shearing
of Not specified
Deceased:
Emily H.
Shearing (1875)
Grave: 15416-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: James John
Gliddon
of Not specified
Deceased:
Reginald
Gliddon (1875)
Grave: 15423-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Peter
Burrowes
of Not specified
Deceased:
Peter
Burrowes (1875)
Grave: 15428-118
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: James Francis
Van De Velde
of Not specified
Deceased:
Franciska
Van de Velde (1875)
Grave: 15430-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Sarah
Brind
of Not specified
Deceased:
Sophia
Fennell (1875)
Grave: 15457-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1910
Owner: Charlotte Ellen
James
of Not specified
Deceased:
Mark W. W.
James (1875)
Charlotte Ellen
James (1910)
Grave: 15466-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Catherine
Thompson
of Not specified
Deceased:
Emma
Imms (1875)
Grave: 15471-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1886
Owner: Mary Ann
Watts
of Not specified
Deceased:
William
Watts (1875)
Mary Ann
Watts (1886)
Grave: 1548-97
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1846
Owner: George
Papanicolas
of Kennington Lane. Also 64, Upper Stamford Street, Blackfriars
Deceased:
Harriett Dracato
Papanicolas (1846)
Grave: 15529-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Not specified
Not specified
of Not specified
Deceased:
Henry E.
Benns (1875)
Grave: 1555-102
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1846
Owner: George
Horniblow
of 12, Kennington Cross
Deceased:
Elizabeth
Horniblow (1846)
infant son of Elizabeth & George Horniblow
(1846)
Grave: 15560-121
First burial: 1875
Last burial: 1875
Owner: Not specified
Not specified
of Not specified
Deceased:
Alice P.
Punnett (1875)
Grave: 1557-119
First burial: 1846
Last burial: 1864
Owner: Not specified
Eaton
of Jolly Sailor Tavern, Norwood, Surrey
Deceased:
George
Eaton (1846)
James
Eaton (1852)
Elizabeth
Eaton (1864)