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	West Norwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Norwood is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth.
		West Norwood is 5.4 miles (8.7 km) south south-east of Charing Cross.
		Local landmarks include West Norwood Cemetery, St Lukes Church and the Old Library renovated by Lambeth Council in 2004 with the aid of grants from the SRB.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Norwood%2C_London%2C_England (85 words)

	Norwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Slightly later references to Norwood as an area of woodland are to be found in the writings of John Aubrey and in Daniel Defoe’s Journal of the Plague Year.
		The history of the West Norwood Cemetery begins in the year 1836 during the reign of William IV, when it became apparent that the churchyards of London were becoming overcrowded.
		The South Metropolitan Cemetery then came into being amidst the fields of the hamlet of Norwood, in the County of Surrey and the first burial took place on the 12th December 1837 soon after Queen Victoria came to the throne.
	www.met.police.uk /lambeth/lambeth-borough/norwood.htm (1573 words)

	Friends of West Norwood Cemetery
		Above the pedestrain entrance is carved a crown and a scroll inscribed 'Deus Deo' and on the inner side '1837'.
		West Norwood Cemetery is one of the metropolitan cemeteries founded to deal with the expanding population of London in the early 19th century.
		We also hold special themed tours of the cemetery during the summer, and meetings with talks during the winter.
	www.fownc.org (371 words)

	BBC - London - Features - West Norwood Cemetery
		By the 1960s the cemetery was being neglected and overgrown and it was bought by Lambeth Council which started a 'lawn clearance' programme resulting in the removal of over 10,000 memorials.
		In 1994, a Southwark church court judged the resale of graves at West Norwood, as it was originally a private not a municipal cemetery, to be illegal.
		The establishment of the new Hendon Cemetery, together with the withdrawal of many long-established families to the countryside marked the beginning of the decline of the Cemetery of Norwood.
	www.bbc.co.uk /london/content/articles/2005/05/10/west_norwood_cemetery_feature.shtml (476 words)

	The Greek Section of the South (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		One of the earliest documented uses of Norwood was the translation to the cemetery of the remains of an 18-year-old boy named Eustratios Spartalis, son of Demetrios.
		At the southeast corner of the cemetery an elegant late nineteenth-century chest tomb testi fies the presence of the Antonios A Vlastos family (1863-1933).
		Norwood Cemetery contains the remains of renowned Hellenes who laid in many ways the foundations of modern Hellas, brought back to public awareness the Hellenic spirit, honoured their origin and won the respect of the British public.
	www.stsophia.org.uk /greeksection.html (3006 words)

	House of Commons - Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs - Memoranda
		The Friends of West Norwood Cemetery were formed in 1989 to attempt to preserve what remained of the cemetery and to promote knowledge and appreciation of its historical, cultural, and environmental significance.
		At Norwood a unique opportunity to extend the existing cemetery and thus to provide new burial space is presented by the availability of a disused Council depot adjoining the Eastern wall of the cemetery.
		In 1965 the cemetery was purchased compulsorily for £6,000 by Lambeth Council.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmenvtra/91/91m59.htm (3515 words)

	House of Commons - Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs - Memoranda
		The cemetery buildings created during the great period of British cemetery design—from the 1820s to the early decades of the twentieth century—make a richly varied, distinctive, and often distinguished contribution to the country's historic architecture.
		The first cemeteries had a single chapel, but, as cemeteries began to be used by the established church as well as dissenters, it became standard to provide two chapels, one for Anglicans and one for Nonconformists.
		The range of architects involved in cemetery design—national figures, regional practitioners, specialist firms—is indicative of the architectural importance of cemeteries in the period; and is characteristic of other major nineteenth-century building types, such as churches, schools and hospitals.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmenvtra/91/91m122.htm (1801 words)

	Encyclopedia: West Norwood
		Map of SE postal districts SE27 is the postcode for West Norwood.
		Should you ever want to visita creature which has the ability to confuse apples and potatos, vomit solid hula hoops, walk like a new born giraffe and urinate herself regularly, West Norwood is the place to be.
		Districts of London West Norwood railway station is in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/West-Norwood (613 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		With the cemetery closed for new burials and there being no prospect of re-using graves until a new law has been passed through Parliament that applies to the unique situation at Norwood, it appears that Lambeth nevertheless still insists that burial space must be available within the borough.
		The tombstone, a tall headstone facing the Eastern cemetery path, is fortunately still extant, although it lies in an area scheduled for 'lawn conversion' before we managed to halt this policy in 1991.
		At the request of Friends of Nunhead Cemetery, we shall be running a tour of West Norwood Cemetery for a party from their society on Saturday 30 June, starting at the main gate at the earlier time of 14.00 - FOWNC members will also be very welcome to join in.
	www.virtualnorwood.com /news/015.shtml (6051 words)

	Encyclopedia: West Norwood Cemetery
		Architect William Tite was a director of the cemetery company and designed the site's landscaping.
		Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern.
		Sugar magnate and founder of London's Tate Gallery Sir Henry Tate, Victorian cookery writer Mrs Beeton, pottery manufacturer Sir Henry Doulton, Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon and inventor of the automatic machine gun Sir Hiram Maxim are all buried in the cemetery.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/West-Norwood-Cemetery (450 words)

	News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Cemetery Study Website Dr Julie Rugg (University of York) and Ms Lisa Murray (University of Sydney) are setting up a website for those interested in the historical and cultural aspects of cemeteries.
		The Norwood coffin lift differed from that at Kensal Green in that only the top of the catafalque on which the coffin is placed was movable, i.e.
		Thomas Cubitt is buried at Norwood (grave 649, square 48); his tomb is listed Grade II and consists of a ten ton slab of granite covering a brick vault which is surrounded by a holly hedge.
	www.virtualnorwood.com /news/005.shtml (5980 words)

	London Borough of Lambeth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To the north are the Central London districts of the South Bank and Lambeth which have a developing tourist economy while at the very south of the borough are the leafy suburbs of Gipsy Hill, Tulse Hill, West Dulwich and West Norwood.
		In between the two are built-up and inner-city districts of Brixton, Brixton Hill, Clapham, Clapham Park, Herne Hill, Stockwell and Kennington which are each at different stages of gentrification and have elements of suburban and urban settlement while Vauxhall and South Lambeth are central districts being redeveloped with high density business and residential properties.
		Also away from the far north of the borough are Museum of Garden History, Streatham Common and West Norwood Cemetery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lambeth,_London,_England (350 words)

	Welcome to The Sheffield General Cemetery: Links
		Find out who is buried in this cemetery and how far the project to index the 194,815 burials in the registers is progressing.
		Once served by railway from the Necroplis station at Waterloo when it opened this was the largest cemetery in the world.
		Website of Ryde Cemetery, on the Isle of Wight, which was opened in 1841.
	www.gencem.org /links.html (237 words)

	icSouthlondon - Smallpox fear at cemetery
		West Norwood Cemetery dates back to 1837 and was the second commercial cemetery in London, after Kensal Green, north London.
		Privately-owned at the time, it contained two mortuary chapels and was known as "Millionaires Cemetery" because of its connections with the rich.
		Bob Flanagan, of the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery, said: "This is one of Lambeth's jewels - it's a shame it has been left to decay in this way."
	icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0400lambeth/content_objectid=13861591_method=full_siteid=50100_headline=-Smallpox-fear-at-cemetery-name_page.html (547 words)

	West Norwood Cemetery
		We went back to West Norwood Cemetery, as last time it started pouring with rain just as we reached the Greek section at the back, which has some of the most spectacular monuments I've ever seen.
		West Norwood Cemetery was opened in 1837, the second great London cemetery (5 years after Kensal Green).
		I had worked at the cemetery during the spring,summer of 2002, I didn't know that there was a second chapell bombed where the crematorium is now, I totally agree that the rose garden is ugly.
	www.somewhatmuchly.co.uk /127#comments (263 words)

	Grave concerns: the disposal of London's dead
		In a relentlessly urban environment, they are used as visitor attractions peaceful and green open spaces, outdoor art galleries, sites of pilgrimage, places to play, to sleep, to have sex, to think, to walk the dog, to hang out with friends, or maybe to have a beer.
		In a series of photographs of Victorian and Edwardian sculpture in the cemeteries of London, Agustin Amate Bonachera explores the transient nature of human existence, capturing a society's belief in the divine and immortal.
		Published by the Norwood Society, this booklet was a guide to the most significant memorials in West Norwood Cemetery.
	victorian.fortunecity.com /churchmews/599/muslon/muslon.html (882 words)

	Victorian London Cemeteries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Before the middle of the 19th century such cemeteries were generally run as commercial ventures, but after the passing of legislation in the 1850s enforcing the closure of urban churchyards, municipal cemeteries became the rule.
		At Norwood an area was reserved for the brotherhood of the Greek community in London.
		Cemetery records have sometimes been deposited at local record offices, but others are still kept at the office on the site.
	www.gendocs.demon.co.uk /cem.html (1158 words)

	Tramway Postcard - London Southern Horse Trams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		West Norwood cemetery is on the immediate left.
		Service began on 7th December 1883, but the line to West Norwood was not opened until 4th June 1885, with the system being completed by the "Swan" Stockwell branch on 21st August 1887.
		The rocker panel was cream while the rest of the body was red for Norwood to Vauxhall, blue (or green) for Vauxhall and Stockwell to Camberwell, brown (or blue) for Norwood to Camberwell, and brown for Brixton to Camberwell.
	www.tramways.freeserve.co.uk /Cards/Postc27.htm (466 words)

	Re Keynsham Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Being concerned about the safety of monuments in a cemetery that it managed the local authority, in the mistaken belief that no faculty was required, used a ‘Topple Tester’ to apply a measured force of 50 kg to each monument or tombstone.
		He reviewed in detail the law pertaining to monuments and identified the potential liabilities of the petitioner under the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1957 and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
		The chancellor accepted that the method of testing used by the petitioner was justifiable on the information available in 2001 but he ruled that in future monuments may be laid flat if they fail a hand testing or testing to a 30kg standard by a Topple Tester or similar device.
	www.ecclawsoc.org.uk /case_kc.html (220 words)

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		Lambeth acquired the cemetery by means of a Com-pulsory Purchase Order in 1965, but it seems that they may thereby have obligations to existing holders of plots which were originally purchased either in perpetuity or for a limited time.
		Not only has this destroyed the character of the plot, which is a very unusual feature in a cemetery of this age, but also the questions of either exhumation and reburial, or payment of compensation to the parish arise.
		Draft Land Management Strategy for West Norwood The second major development has been the unpre-cedented activity of the Lambeth planning department in their efforts to promote the much-revised Draft Land Management Strategy for the cemetery.
	www.fownc.org /newsletters/no17.doc (3214 words)

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		Firstly, the inaugural meeting of the long-promised South Metropolitan Cemetery [West Norwood Cemetery] Advisory Group was held on Monday 21 April.
		Ranyard family monument at Norwood (drawing by Don Bianco) Sir Thomas Stevenson (1838-1908) by Paul Graham Thomas Stevenson was born at Rainton in Yorkshire and educated at John Collis Nesbit's Kennington school of agriculture and chemistry, where he studied scientific farming for a year [1].
		He is buried at Norwood, either in the catacombs or in the grave of his own father Anthony Nesbit (1778-1859) (grave 397, square 73) (monument destroyed) Note 2.
	www.fownc.org /newsletters/no32.doc (4536 words)

	Stepney Areas:Cubitt's Town & William Cubitt
		Fanny bap at Clapham in 1832 and buried at Norwood in 1843.
		He was buried at Norwood cemetery and his tomb, ten ton slab of granite covering a brick vault, is now a Grade II listed building.
		died on 13 October 1861 at Clapham Common and is buried in West Norwood Cemetery.
	website.lineone.net /~fight/Stepney/cubitt.htm (1955 words)

	Cubitt west on Find-a-Needle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		West Somerset Railway Stations and Buildings - Paperback - Amazon.co.ukShop at Amazon for books like "West Somerset Railway Stations and Buildings" by Neil Edward Cubitt at Amazon.co.uk.
		Estate agent: Cubitt & West - estate agent detailsFree service for homebuyers in the UK to contact all estate agents in one go.
		Cubitt monument, West Norwood Cemetery, Streatham, Greater LondonCubitt monument, West Norwood Cemetery, Streatham, Greater London Cubitt monument, West Norwood Cemetery, Streatham, Greater London A view of the monument to Thomas (died 1855) and Mary Cubitt in West Norwood Cemetery.
	uk.find-a-needle.com /cubitt_west.htm (514 words)

	norwood in directory.co.uk
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		Norwood SE19, South London, including favourites such as A Torre, Numidie, Lorenzo, Joannas, Tamnag Thai and Gurkha Cottage.
		The woman exposed as the longest-serving Soviet spy in the UK was just 25 when political idealism drove her into spying for the Soviet Union.
	msxml.infospace.com /_1_2MRKTFE04FFLTF8__uk.drctuk/search/web/norwood/1/20/1/-/1/0/1/1/1/1?engineset=uk-only (330 words)

	Links and Contact Details: Friends of West Norwood Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Arthur Anderson, founder of P&O: a picture of the Cemetery gates in the museum room dedicated to his benefactions.
		Augustus Siebe: an account of the inauguration of the memorial to him at Norwood.
		Cemetery Interment Lists on the Internet A resource of cemetery burial records and tombstone inscriptions for genealogical purposes.
	www.anoraque.demon.co.uk /cemetery/linkcont.htm (398 words)

	Welcome to West Norwood Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		West Norwood, SE27, is bordered by Tulse Hill, West Dulwich Crystal Palace and Anerley.
		It has three local railways stations to hand - West Norwood, Tulse Hill and West Dulwich, plus several buses to central London.
		Lengthy road with Victorian terraces bordered by the Victorian walls and railings of the West Norwood Cemetery.
	www.southlondonguide.co.uk /westnorwood/property.htm (85 words)

	GENUKI: London Genealogy
		The streets of the city, with the exception of the great thoroughfares, are for the most part narrow and irregular; but the main lines of traffic and communication are wide and noble, as are the more recently built parts of this enormous city.
		The Brookwood Cemetery Society The Cemetery was opened in November 1854, and was the largest in the world.
		West Middlesex FHS - 1851 and 1891 census surname indexes
	homepages.gold.ac.uk /genuki/LND (4038 words)

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