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: 433-61

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1846

Owner: Thomas Palmer of Robert Street, Blackfriars Road

Deceased:

Francis Palmer (1846)

Grave: 436-53/66

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1892

Owner: Ann Kitching (dec'd) of 2, Portland Place, Bow Road

Deceased:

John Charles Kitching (1842)

Ann Kitching (1879)

Mary Fawckner (1892)

Grave: 437-51/64

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1842

Owner: John French of 80, Cornhill, London

Deceased:

Jane Moore (1842)

Grave: 4385-19

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1872

Owner: Elizabeth Smith of 7 Strand

Deceased:

Richard John Smith (1855)

Elizabeth Boyd (1872)

Grave: 4386-111

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1859

Owner: Richard Warmington of 12, Anerley Vale, Norwood, Surrey

Deceased:

Catherine Warmington (1855)

Margaret Florence Warmington (1859)

Grave: 4390-111

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1881

Owner: John Pond of 17, South Lambeth, Surrey

Deceased:

Alice Stephens (1855)

Henrietta Pond (1868)

George Brooker (1881)

Grave: 4395-21

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1855

Owner: Penelope Ballard of Percy Place, Clapham Road, Surrey

Deceased:

Eleanor Crabb (1855)

Penelope Ballard (1855)

Grave: 440-61

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1889

Owner: Henry John Collet of 17, Nelson square, Blackfriars Road

Deceased:

Frederick William Collett (1842)

Charles Edward Collett (1846)

Clara Sophia Collett (1848)

Anne Collett (1855)

Amelia Sopia Collet (1871)

Henry John Collett (1889)

Grave: 4425-111

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1855

Owner: Not specified Sayes of 17, Holland Grove, Vassall Road, Brixton, Surrey

Deceased:

Mary Sayes (1855)

Grave: 444-112

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1916

Owner: John William Hobbs of 29, Upper Stamford Street, Lambeth

Deceased:

Frances Hobbs (1842)

William Hobbs (1844)

Elizabeth Hobbs (1864)

John William Hobbs (1877)

Clara Ann Cummings (1914)

William Hayman Cummings (1915)

Herbert Edward Cummings (cremated remains) (1916)

Grave: 4460-100

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1862

Owner: John Lewis of 9, Gough Square, Fleet Street, London

Deceased:

Mary Lewis (1855)

Mary Lewis (1862)

Grave: 4473-111

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1858

Owner: Jacob Melhuish of New Dorset Place, Clapham Road, Surrey

Deceased:

Charles Thomas Melhuish (1855)

Elizabeth Melhuish (1855)

Jacob Melhuish (1858)

Grave: 450-100

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1865

Owner: George Steel of 41, West Square, Newington.

Deceased:

Frances Steel (1842)

George Steel (1846)

Elizabeth Frances Golding (1865)

Grave: 451-24

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1863

Owner: George Elisha Newth of Great Suffolk Street, Borough, London

Deceased:

James George Newth (1842)

George Elisha Newth (1849)

Louisa Newth (1863)

Grave: 4526-122

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1856

Owner: James Francis Leo of Grove Place, Kennington, Surrey

Deceased:

Sarah Leo (1855)

James Leo (1856)

Grave: 4602-114

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1897

Owner: Joseph Freeman of Battersea Square

Deceased:

Frances Freeman (1855)

Joseph Freeman (1862)

Harriott Freeman (1897)

Grave: 461-73

First burial: 1844

Last burial: 1866

Owner: Peter Taylor of Elder Place, Norwood

Deceased:

Margaret Brunton (1844)

Margaret Taylor (1854)

Peter Taylor (1854)

Susanna Longstaff (1866)

Grave: 4647-122

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1900

Owner: Christopher Robinson of 218, Blackfriars Road, Surrey

Deceased:

Christopher Sahler Robinson (1855)

Scipio Robinson (1857)