12 pages describing 25 years of research and conservation work by the Friends. Originally published in 2016 to celebrate our 25th anniversary, this booklet explains the importance of the cemetery, and summarises the achievements of the Friends during its first quarter century. Throughout this period, the Friends have worked to protect and promote the cemetery by increasing public awareness of the site and by helping to maintain and restore its monuments.

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96 pages describing 74 people with connections to the Crystal Palace either at Hyde Park, or at its final home in South London who are buried or otherwise commemorated at Norwood. These include Sir William Cubitt, Douglas Jerrold, Thomas Cubitt, William Wyon, George Jennings (who made a vital contribution to the success of the exhibition by providing the public toilets), Thomas Newman Farquhar (one of the businessmen who arranged the move to Sydenham), and William Frederick Woodington (sculptor of the monumental head of Paxton that remains in Crystal Palace Park). 51 of those featured in this booklet are commemorated by entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. The booklet is printed in full colour throughout. There is also a map that gives the location in the cemetery of all the graves discussed hence the booklet can form the basis of a self-guided tour.

Price £7.00 UK postage paid. 

28 pages covering the lives of the 15 known burials and commemorations of casualties from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) that can be found in the Cemetery. There is also one family grave related to a South African fatal casualty who is not commemorated on the surviving memorial. All bar two of the casualties were buried in South Africa.

This booklet is available free of charge in anticipation that others will be able to contribute further information over time.

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400 pages covering the lives of 595 service personnel who died either during or after the war of service-related conditions, 27 who served and died well after the war, and 16 civilians with WW1 connections. A detailed exploration of the impact that the Great War had on Norwood and on Lambeth in general, and on West Norwood Cemetery in particular. It describes burials (and some cremations) of those who died on active service, and also many hundreds of those who gave their lives overseas and were recorded on family graves. Notably 38% of these have no known grave. Yet many others who contributed to the war effort in other ways came to rest at Norwood. This book seeks to present as detailed a picture as is now possible of the sacrifices made by the individuals and families of Norwood and elsewhere as recorded in the cemetery. 

Price £15 UK postage paid.

See also the page on Great War Connections which contains additional material relevant to this project. A useful review of this title can be found on the Western Front Association’s website. 

This 20-page booklet includes colour photographs and brief notes on Norwood’s 32 surviving mausolea, 15 of which are listed Grade II and 3 (the Berens, John Peter Ralli, and Tate mausolea) are listed Grade II*. The booklet also includes details of the 5 mausolea that have been lost.

Price £5 UK postage paid.

200 pages covering the lives of 104 service personnel who died either during or after the war of service-related conditions. The book also covers 161 civilian war dead who were either buried or cremated at West Norwood largely due to the Blitz or the later V1 and V2 bombs.

Price £8.00 UK postage paid.

116 pages containing details of 99 notables (69 of whom feature in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography) which can be found in West Norwood Cemetery. Each grave/memorial is illustrated, and most entries include portraits of the principal burial(s). In addition, there is a brief history of the cemetery and outline descriptions of the St Mary-at-Hill and Greek Enclosures. An innovation is the colourisation of many monochrome photographs such as that of the Anglican Mortuary Chapel featured on the cover. The book includes a cemetery map and four suggested routes or zones so that groups of memorials in each section can be visited more conveniently.

Price £7.50 UK postage paid.

Folded A2 map and guide to the Greek Necropolis with colour illustrations by Colin Fenn and James Slattery-Kavanagh. The Greek Orthodox cemetery is a unique ‘cemetery within a cemetery’ which reflects 200 years of Anglo-Hellenic connections. The chapel of St Stephen and 18 monuments inside the Greek enclosure are listed Grade II and II* by Historic England. This map and guide describes the architectural highlights and the stories of some of the remarkable people buried there.

Price £2.00 UK postage paid.

A useful review of this guide can be read here.

Folded A2 map and guide to the Monumental Architecture at West Norwood Cemetery by Colin Fenn and James Slattery-Kavanagh. After the cemetery opened in 1837 its wealthy and aspirational clients commissioned notable architects to raise a collection of monuments that compares with those in Westminster Abbey. Such a remarkable and fashionable setting was attractive to builders, who also made West Norwood Cemetery their final resting place. Historic England has recognised 69 of the monuments and structures as being of national importance. This map and guide describes 50 of these listed structures in the Anglican and unconsecrated sections and a further 30 graves of people who were influential in architecture and the building trade.

Price £2.00 UK postage paid. 

A useful review of this guide can be read here.