WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY IN LONDON
INTRODUCTION
INFORMATION
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  Entrance arch
(designer:
Sir William Tite)

Gothic monument, attributed to
Sir William Tite

A name placed
on a restored
brick vault

Some newly
revealed tombs
at the top
of Ship Path

The tombstone
of joseph Maudsley
and family

 

 

West Norwood Cemetery is
one of the metropolitan cemeteries founded to deal
with the expanding population
of London in the early 19th century. It was opened
in 1837.
It has 65 Grade II and Grade II* listed monuments and
includes memorials to
Mrs Beeton, Sir Henry Doulton, James William Gilbart,
Dr William Marsden,
Baron Julius de Reuter,
Charles Spurgeon
and Sir Henry Tate.
Friends of West Norwood Cemetery
To increase knowledge
and appreciation of the
West Norwood Cemetery,
the Friends hold general tours
on the first Sunday of every

 
month, hold special themed
tours during the summer
and meetings with talks
during the winter.
FWNC publish three newsletters
a year, and are starting to produce booklets on notable people buried in the cemetery. They aim to raise funds
for conservation work,
and to encourage other organisations and individuals
to make contributions.
As a result, numerous monuments have been
repaired or more substantially restored during the past
decade, and an extensive programme of works directed
by Lambeth Council
is currently under way.
For further information FOWNC.org