Nunhead Cemetary.

[Valda]

Hi Joyce

I have recently replied to a lookup request for finding William Henry Lawrence in censuses

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,332016.0.html

Regards

Valda

[joyce341]

 I thought I recognised the name,my husbands father was born in Greenwich in 1902,the family all seem to have ended up in Bermondsey area,he was Henry Edward Lawrence,father Joseph Lawrence married to Maria Willis,his parents,William married to Keziah Lamb.

http://www.tribalpages.com/j111048

I doubt there is a connection but you never know.

Joyce

[GeneCat]

I had been looking for my grandfathers gravestone at Nunhead for about  7 years.   Had a map also, but it didn't do any good as it was impossible to find your way in. As the years went by the FONC have cleared more and more away and there are little pathways springing up all the time.

In the end (just this year) I had to get aerial view of area and overlay council map to scale and count my way up the path. 144 steps/metres.  Found my way in... and after finally finding a couple of stones in the undergrowth and getting the numbers off of the back of them I was able to find my grandfathers. It was under a foot of ivy/nettles and was buried all but top quarter.

If you see my link here below I have uploaded some photos that might be of interest to some.

http://www.pricklytree.webhostingpal.com/thornegrave.html

Over joyed after years of searching to finally "stumble" upon it.

The council had originally told me that the graves in that area, had no stones.  It wasn't until a relative found an old photo from the 1950s that it was plain to see just how many stones there were.

[joyce341]

That is Brilliant,I would love to find my husbands mothers grave.
 Joyce

[Deb D]

How does one find ... if it exists ... a listing of grave locations at Nunhead?  I have a 2xgt grandfather and a couple of other rellies buried there, - and can't visit, 'cos i'm on the other side of the planet 

[GeneCat]

Hi Deb,

Details at this site...  Scroll down to gravesearch enquiries.

http://www.fonc.org.uk/

"Gravesearch enquiries can be made to Southwark Council who, at the time of writing, make a charge of £14 for each name that they search in the records. Payment must be in pounds sterling, Cheques should be made out to "London Borough of Southwark".

If you think that a relative might be buried in Nunhead Cemetery then please write in the first instance to:

The Superintendent of Cemeteries,
Camberwell New Cemetery,
Brenchley Gardens,
London,
SE23 3RB,
England

giving all details including the full name of the deceased and their date of death (searches will include two years either way). The cemetery staff will supply a grave number and a square number which will enable you to visit the cemetery and look for a gravestone."

They didn't use to charge. Seems a bit steep but no other way to do it really.

[Deb D]

Thanks, GeneCat ... erk, ... ummm, given the euro-aussie dollar exchange rate at the moment ... I think perhaps I might just believe the family bible that says he's there, somewhere! 

Cheers
Deb

[GeneCat]

Ha ha.. I like that !!   

I wish I had said years back I believe I have ancestors.. somewhere..  and stuck to that.. would of been cheaper too.... hehehe !   

[ShaunJ]

Southwark local history library has burial listings for Nunhead. I was browsing there one day and found this entry for one of my wife's ancestors:

"1 February 1899

Oliver, Alfred John

Private Grave
Reopen 18170
Owner Oliver
Sq 75"

Presumably this means he's in square 75 but I'm not sure what the reopen 18170 bit means? 

NB the charge for a search by Southwark Council is now £10 see http://www.southwark.gov.uk/DiscoverSouthwark/LocalHistoryLibrary/BurialAndCremationRecords.html