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: 19873-118

First burial: 1883

Last burial: 1888

Owner: Isabella Forrester Jarvis of Not specified

Deceased:

William George Jarvis (1883)

Isabella Forrester Jarvis (1888)

Grave: 1990-124

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1848

Owner: Christopher Green of Beckford Row, Walworth

Deceased:

Elizabeth Jane Green (1848)

Walter Green (1848)

Grave: 19901-125

First burial: 1883

Last burial: 1885

Owner: Ann Butler of Not specified

Deceased:

Maria Ferris (1883)

Ann Butler (1885)

Grave: 19920-122

First burial: 1883

Last burial: 1883

Owner: William Alcock of Not specified

Deceased:

Mary Susannah Alcock (1883)

Grave: 19935-122

First burial: 1883

Last burial: 1889

Owner: George Cook of Not specified

Deceased:

Jane Cook (1883)

George Cook (1889)

Grave: 1995-113

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1890

Owner: Sarah Haines of St. Martins Street, Leicester Square, London

Deceased:

William Haines (1848)

Edward Albert Ernest Dowden (1868)

Semachiah Haines (1872)

Ann Dowden (1877)

Christopher Dowden (1890)

Grave: 1997-109

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1848

Owner: James Goodman of 12, Denmark Street, Cold Harbour Lane, Camberwell

Deceased:

Jane Goodman (1848)

Grave: 19971-121

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1884

Owner: James Harvey of Not specified

Deceased:

Norah Emily Harvey (1884)

Grave: 1998-119

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1848

Owner: Elizabeth Pocock of Rose Cottage, Smith Street, Camberwell New Road, London SE5

Deceased:

Samuel Pocock (1848)

Grave: 20053-118

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1891

Owner: James Glasson of Not specified

Deceased:

Catherine Mary Glasson (1884)

James Glasson (1891)

Grave: 20076-118

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1884

Owner: Lucy Baskerville of Not specified

Deceased:

John Dunbar Baskerville (1884)

Grave: 20106-122

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1895

Owner: Sarah Rebecca Gibson of Not specified

Deceased:

William Gibson (1884)

Sarah Rebecca Gibson (1895)

Grave: 20108-114

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1895

Owner: Arthur Wormull of Not specified

Deceased:

Sarah Wormull (1884)

William Wormull (1884)

Emma Gray (1895)

Grave: 2012-122

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1848

Owner: John Clifford of Dulwich, Surrey

Deceased:

Daniel Clifford (1848)

Grave: 20121-118

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1884

Owner: Frederick George Hart of Not specified

Deceased:

Bessy Eliza Broadstock Hart (1884)

Grave: 20136-118

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1894

Owner: Joseph John Hodges of Not specified

Deceased:

Harriet Hodges (1884)

Joseph J. Hodges (1894)

Grave: 2016-123/124

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1859

Owner: John Nash of Gloucester Place, Hoxton

Deceased:

Robert Nash (1848)

John Nash (1859)

Grave: 20173-122

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1884

Owner: Mary Gibbins of Not specified

Deceased:

Edwin Gibbins (1884)

Grave: 20180-118

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1903

Owner: George Kitley of Not specified

Deceased:

Charles Kitley (1884)

Mary Ann Kitley (1903)

Grave: 20207-117

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1887

Owner: Alfred Porter of Not specified

Deceased:

Lydia Helen Parker (1884)

Albert George Parker (1887)

Grave: 2022-113

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1853

Owner: Esther Swatman of Manor Street, Clapham.

Deceased:

Ezer Swatman (1848)

Esther Swatman (1853)

Grave: 2024-123/124

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1864

Owner: James John Charles Child of High Street, Norwood, Surrey

Deceased:

Rosa Letitia Child (1848)

Frances Ann Child (1848)

James John Charles Child (1858)

Walter Child (1860)

Harry Child (1863)

James John Charles Child (1864)

Grave: 2027-125

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1860

Owner: William Henry Sherriff Shirley of 7, Carey Street, Lincolns Inn

Deceased:

Elizabeth Shirley (1848)

Mary Shirley (1848)

Thomas John McCleallan (1856)

Harriet Jane Shirley (1860)

Jane Shirley (1860)

Grave: 20301-118

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1884

Owner: Not specified Noble of Not specified

Deceased:

Henry Brewin Noble (1884)