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Welcome to the web site for Friends Of West Norwood Cemetery at FOWNC.org. West Norwood Cemetery is at Norwood Road SE27 9JU and is a short walking distance from West Norwood Railway Station. Administrative information, such as contact details for the cemetery office (where burial, cremation and grave records are kept) and opening times, may be obtained from the cemeteries page of the Lambeth Council website: visit www.lambeth.gov.uk/services for the Services Directory page, and in the Community and Living section, click on 'Deaths, funerals and cremations'. |
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ABOVE LEFT: Sir William Tite (1798-1873) designed this (grade II listed) entrance arch which carries the inscription 'South Metropolitan Cemetery Incorporated AD MDCCCXXXVI' and shields bearing the arms of the dioceses of Winchester and Canterbury. Above the pedestrian entrance is carved a crown and a scroll inscribed 'Deus Deo' and on the inner side '1837'. ABOVE RIGHT: Gothic monument (Grade II listed in Portland stone of James William GILBART (d. 1863) (square 115). Design attributed to Sir William Tite (1798-1873). Gilbart manager of the London and Westminster Bank, 1833-59. Wrote Practical Treatise on Banking, 1827, and History and Principles of Banking, 1834. the 'father of modern banking'. Both of these images are taken from postcards available to purchase from Friends of West Norwood Cemetery. | |
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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, Dr William Marsden, Baron Julius de Reuter, Charles Spurgeon and Sir Henry Tate. To increase knowledge and appreciation of the cemetery, the Friends hold general tours on the first Sunday of every month. We also hold special themed tours of the cemetery during the summer, and meetings with talks during the winter. There are details of these tours and talks in our programme of events. We publish three newsletters a year, and are starting to produce our own booklets on notable people buried in the cemetery. We 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. Annual membership subscription is £3. If you would like further information about the Friends, please contact the Membership Secretary. FOWNC.org is sponsored by Virtual Norwood. |
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 FOWNC is a
member of the Association
of Significant Cemeteries in Europe |