West Norwood Cemetery

 

Friends Of West Norwood Cemetery

Registered Charity No. 1063450. Member of the National Federation of Cemetery Friends

FRIENDS OF WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY

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FOWNC Publications

FOWNC Books

Norwood Cemetery - An Introductory Guide
(by FOWNC - 28pp, 2008. 39 monochrome illustrations and a map), £2.50

West Norwood Cemetery's Sportsmen
(by Bob Flanagan - 76 pp, 1995. Many monochrome illustrations)
, £2.50

West Norwood Cemetery - Music Hall
(by Bob Flanagan - 56 pp, 1998. Many monochrome illustrations), £2.50

West Norwood Cemetery's Musicians
(by Bob Flanagan - 72 pp, 1998. Many monochrome illustrations),
£2.95

West Norwood Cemetery: Dickens Connections
(by Paul Graham - 94 pp, 1995. Many monochrome illustrations), £2.95

 

FOWNC Postcards (20p, £1.50 set of 10)

General:
View north-east from St Luke's Church, ca. 1907
Cemetery entrance arch (William Tite, 1836)
The cemetery in Spring (Squares 119/120)

Monuments:
James William Gilbart (d. 1856; architect William Tite?)
St Stephen's Chapel (Ralli chapel ca. 1872; architect J.O. Scott?) and tomb of Joshua Field (d. 1863)
Charles Haddon (d. 1892) and Susannah (d. 1902) Spurgeon
Thomas Winter (Tom Spring) (d. 1851) - contemporary woodcut

Portraits:
Alcock, Charles William (1842-1907)
Webster, Sir Richard Everard (Viscount Alverstone) (1842-1915) (i) as amateur athlete ca. 1865 and (ii) as Lord Chief Justice ca. 1900

 

Non-FOWNC Items

Large Postcard (50p):
William Burges: Bed-head

Postcards (30p):
Beguiling of Merlin (E Burne-Jones, model Maria Cassavetti
David Roberts: Lierre
George Tinworth: Model for a Shakespeare Memorial, 1904
Margherita di Prato, 1886 (medal by Maria Zambaco née Cassavetti
William Simms: Transit Circle, Greenwich Meridian at night

Christmas card (with envelope, 50p):
W T Brande & Michael Faraday, painting by Thomas Phillips RA, 1816

Items from the Robert Opie Collection

Postcards (30p):
Peek, Frean - Mother & Child; On The Telephone; Pierrot
Bovril - Prevents Sinking
Colman's Mustard - Fishing Party; Snowballs; The Fleet

 

Books (N.B. Dates in brackets refer to reviews/features in FOWNC Newsletters)

Burges in Wales
(brief A4 guide to Burges' work at Cardiff Castle & Castell Coch)

£0.30

Dead Centre of Streatham
(by John Brown - details of monuments in St Leonard's Churchyard)

£2.50

Discovering Famous Graves
(by Lynn F Pearson, 152pp, many illustrations)

£8.99

Discovering London Statues and Monuments
(by Margaret Baker, 224pp, many illustrations)

£10.99

History of Lambeth's Horticultural Societies
(by Judy Harris

£2.50

Lambeth's Theatrical Heritage
(by John Cresswell - a very popular short history)

£1.50

London to Brighton Dinosaur Trail (leaflet)

£0.20

Mausoleums
(by Lynn F Pearson, 40pp, many illustrations)

£3.50

Norwood Past and Present
(by Allan M Galer - reprint of 1890 edition)

£2.99

Royal Doulton
(by Julie McKeown, 40 pp, many colour illustrations)

£4.50

St Luke's, Norwood
(by KR Holdaway & MD Lambert - illustrated history of the church overlooking Norwood Road)

£1.00

Streatham and Norwood in 1839
(Local History Reprint)

£1.50

Streatham Graverobbers
(Local History Reprint)

£1.50

Streatham Heritage Trail: Roupell Park and Leigham Court

£2.50

The Cuming Family and the Cuming Museum
(by Stephen Humphrey, many illustrations)

£4.95

The Roupells of Lambeth
(by Judy Harris - tale of Victorian politics and intrigue)

£7.99

The Phoenix Suburb
(by Alan Warwick - softback reprint)

£9.99

The Story of Norwood
(by J B Wilson - classic history of West Norwood)

£6.99

Trailing the Roupells
(by Judy Harris)

£2.50

Victorian Undertaker
(by Trevor May - many monochrome illustrations - excellent value)

£2.95

Walford's History of Norwood and Streatham
(Local History Reprint of work originally published in 1878)

£2.50

Church Monuments
(by Brian Kemp - many monochrome illustrations)

£2.95

Discovering Epitaphs
(by Geoffrey Wright, 96pp, many illustrations)

£4.99

Travel with C H Spurgeon
(by Clive Anderson, 128pp, many colour illustrations)

£9.99

Postal/telephone orders: RJ Flanagan, 79 Durban Road, London SE27 9RW (Tel: 020 8670 3265) or at FOWNC meetings. Please make cheques payable to `Friends of West Norwood Cemetery'. (N.B. Postage is not included in the above prices).


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 Quotes.

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