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: 20321-118

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1884

Owner: Elizabeth Palmer Rippon of Not specified

Deceased:

Rebecca Bargery Rippon (1884)

Grave: 2033-23

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1848

Owner: Nicholas Penny of c/o Rev. John Penny, Millbank Prison

Deceased:

Richard Knox Penny (1848)

Grave: 20330-118

First burial: 1884

Last burial: 1902

Owner: Emma Sherriff of Not specified

Deceased:

James Sheriff (1884)

Emma Sheriff (1902)

Grave: 2035-113

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1870

Owner: Godfrey Fosbery of 2 Fredericks Place, Camberwell

Deceased:

Susannah Lyons Fosbery (1848)

Catherine Philippa Fosbery (1859)

Godfrey Fosbery (1866)

Edward Godfrey Fosbery (1867)

Catherine Lyons Fosbery (1870)

Grave: 2036-103

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1851

Owner: Mary Ann Saffery of 58, Brunswick Street, Southwark

Deceased:

Charles Campbell Saffery (1848)

Mary Ann Saffery (1851)

Grave: 2039-80

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1862

Owner: John Wilson of 2, Winterstow Place, Vassal Road, Brixton

Deceased:

Elizabeth Whalley (1848)

Mary Wilson (1849)

Sarah Moore (1862)

Grave: 2044-104

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1859

Owner: Not specified Gassiot of Clapham Common, Surrey

Deceased:

Mary Ann Park (1848)

Joseph Park (1859)

Grave: 2053-124

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1894

Owner: James Rogers of 1, St. John's Terrace, Park Road, Stockwell

Deceased:

Fanny Ann Rogers (1848)

James Rogers (1851)

Henry Sargent (1867)

Mark Sargent (1869)

Frances Rogers (1873)

Emily C. Sargent (1892)

Herbert John Sargent (1894)

Grave: 20534-114

First burial: 1885

Last burial: 1885

Owner: Thomas Edward Harsant of Not specified

Deceased:

Rebecca Harsant (1885)

Thomas Edward Harsant (1885)

Grave: 2054-124

First burial: 1871

Last burial: 1924

Owner: John Charitie Plummer of Brixton, Surrey

Deceased:

Ann Spearing (1871)

Tom Percy Plummer (1876)

Ada Mortlock (1887)

Samuel J. Mortlock (1899)

Louisa Mortlock (1924)

Grave: 20562-111

First burial: 1885

Last burial: 1902

Owner: Elizabeth Thomas of Not specified

Deceased:

Llewellyn Joseph Thomas (1885)

Leslie W. Thomas (1900)

Elizabeth Thomas (1902)

Grave: 2057-113

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1848

Owner: Annie Noblett of 24, Drury Lane, Grange Road, Bermondsey

Deceased:

John Noblett (1848)

Grave: 2059-119

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1848

Owner: Mary Ann White of Stockwell Green, Surrey

Deceased:

Thomas Harley (1848)

Grave: 20611-125

First burial: 1885

Last burial: 1886

Owner: John B. Griffiths of Not specified

Deceased:

John Birtwhistle Griffiths (1885)

Gladys Amy Griffiths (1886)

Grave: 2063-102/112

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1874

Owner: Beatrice Ann Clementina Higgs of 17, Manor Street, Clapham

Deceased:

John Stone (1848)

Ann Stone (1867)

Beatrice Ann C. Higgs (1874)

Grave: 2073-113

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1848

Owner: Francis Tapley of Lower Thames Street, Bodfield and Milk Street, Cheapside, London

Deceased:

Harriet Bodenham (1848)

Grave: 2079-119

First burial: 1848

Last burial: 1865

Owner: Henry Tolkein of 28, King William Street, London

Deceased:

Ellen Tolkein (1848)

Amelia Sophia Tolkein (1850)

Sarah Tolkein (1855)

Sidney Armstrong Tolkein (1863)

Henry Charles Martin (1863)

Eliza Tolkein (1863)

Maria Martin (1864)

Arthur Murrell Tolkein (1865)

Grave: 20821-122

First burial: 1885

Last burial: 1885

Owner: Helena Nightingale of Not specified

Deceased:

Henry Nightingale (1885)