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Title: St George Camberwell - Burials
Post by: Elliott2 on Saturday 29 January 22 12:21 GMT (UK)
I have an ancestor who was buried at St George Camberwell.
The church has been converted into a block of flats and the burials in the crypt were removed to Nunhead Cemetery.
I can't work out whether the burials in the burial ground are still there or not. The burial ground is now within the grounds of the block of flats (55 Wells Way, Camberwell, SE5 7TW) and would be under the car park/garden at the rear of the flats.
My ancestor was Michael Ennis (buried as Michael Joseph Ennis) born abt 1792 and buried 29th January 1854. He was living on Edmund Street at the time he died (and on the 1851 census).
I've been in touch with Southwark Archives, West Sussex FHS, and Friends of Burgess Park to date.
If anyone can point me towards where it says the burials are still in the burial ground or have been moved, or can suggest somewhere else I could look / ask, please could you let me know as I've run out of ideas.
Otherwise I might have to contact the freeholder; surely they'd know whether the burials are still in situ.
Title: Re: St George Camberwell - Burials
Post by: Paco on Monday 04 April 22 14:47 BST (UK)
How long ago were the flats built. The Planning Department at the Council for the area would show in the plans what was required before the flats were built. They do have to keep records, but don't know how many years they have to keep them for.
Regards.
Title: Re: St George Camberwell - Burials
Post by: CaroleW on Monday 04 April 22 15:03 BST (UK)
See this link

https://www.cds.coop/for-co-ops/co-op/st-georges-church/

They were built in 1992