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: 4647-122

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1900

Owner: Christopher Robinson of 218, Blackfriars Road, Surrey

Deceased:

Sahler Robinson (1863)

Ernest Robinson (1888)

Emily Robinson (1896)

Christopher Robinson (1900)

Grave: 465-65

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1882

Owner: Susannah Grimley of Vassal Road, North Brixton

Deceased:

Elizabeth Grimley (1842)

Susannah Grimley (1868)

Susannah Grimley (1882)

Grave: 4654-62

First burial: 1859

Last burial: 1859

Owner: Richard Martin Sharpe of Lower Thames Street, London

Deceased:

Frances Mary Sharpe (1859)

Grave: 468-65

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1899

Owner: Thomas Mackerness of 3, Pleasant Place, West Square

Deceased:

Sophia Mackerness (1842)

Alice Mackerness (1858)

William Freeman Mackerness (1862)

Thomas Mackerness (1863)

Anne Wright Mackerness (1899)

Grave: 4712-114

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1877

Owner: Emily Thomson of Grove Road, Brixton, Surrey.

Deceased:

William Thomson (1855)

Louisa Mary Thomson (1859)

Emily Thomson (1877)

Grave: 4731-122

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1920

Owner: Thomas James Boardman of 1, Malcolm Place, Larkhall Lane, Clapham, Surrey

Deceased:

Mary Boardman (1855)

William Henry Boardman (1879)

Florence E. Boardman (1889)

Mary Bainbridge (1894)

Emma Boardman (1920)

Grave: 4763-114

First burial: 1855

Last burial: 1865

Owner: Margaret King of York Road, Lambeth, Surrey

Deceased:

William King (1855)

Jemima King (1859)

Marguret King (1865)

Grave: 4795-121

First burial: 1856

Last burial: 1871

Owner: Euphemia Key of Park Road, Clapham, Surrey

Deceased:

George Key (1856)

Janet Key (1860)

Ephemia Key (1871)

Grave: 48-62

First burial: 1839

Last burial: 1839

Owner: Edward Henry Clark of 5, Penton Place, Walworth

Deceased:

Sarah Clark (1839)

Edward Henry Clark (1843)

Charles Parker Clark (1859)

Eliza Mary Ann Rains (1864)

Grave: 4825-119

First burial: 1856

Last burial: 1863

Owner: John Joseph Baker of 99, East Lane, Bermondsey, Surrey

Deceased:

Henry Baker (1856)

Stapleton William Baker (1868)

Grave: 4836-69

First burial: 1856

Last burial: 1869

Owner: John Lindsay of High Street, Clapham, Surrey

Deceased:

William Lindsay (1856)

Emma Lindsay (1869)

Grave: 488-80

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1869

Owner: Frances Spry of Clapham Rise

Deceased:

James Hume Spry (1842)

Maud Spry Haiston (1862)

Frances Spry (1869)

Grave: 4884-111

First burial: 1856

Last burial: 1866

Owner: Emma Garwood of 9, King Street, Whitehall, Westminster.

Deceased:

George Garwood (1856)

Emma Garwood (1866)

Grave: 491-51

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1877

Owner: John Spink of Hudson Retreat, South Lambeth

Deceased:

John Holmes (1842)

Ann Hudson (1854)

Mary Holmes (1877)

Grave: 492-65

First burial: 1842

Last burial: 1842

Owner: Francis Bennett of Manor Cottage, Mitcham

Deceased:

Martha Bennett (1842)

Grave: 4988-100

First burial: 1856

Last burial: 1863

Owner: Jane Mary Loader of 119, Tottenham Court Road, Middlesex

Deceased:

Thomas Loader (1856)

Charles Alliston (1863)

Helen Loader (1863)

Grave: 5011-13

First burial: 1856

Last burial: 1870

Owner: William Southwood of 35, Parliament Street, Westminster.

Deceased:

Mary Ann Southwood (1856)

William Southwood (1870)

Grave: 5081-122

First burial: 1856

Last burial: 1856

Owner: Edwin Robinson of London Wall

Deceased:

Hannah Sarah Robinson (1856)