Nunhead Cemetary.

[joyce341]

 
 When I applied for my search in about 2004 it was Eleven pounds,they sent two maps,a postcard and letter.
 Joyce

[ragdollrosie]

Hi just to let everyone know that I telephoned Nunhead Cemetery yesterday with a grave number, and was kindly told that the area that the grave was in was too overgrown to get too. They imformed me that they would go to the area over the next few days, and contact me with the info from headstone .
I explained to them that I had another relative buried there, but did not have a grave number ( just had memorial cards for both Great Grandparents )
I was told to ring Benchly Gardens where the records are kept, with the name and year of death and found out the grave number, and that both graves were common graves. This took 5 mins to do , and no charge, and the staff are very helpfull.
Hope this helps somebody else
Rose x

[dawnsh]

Hi Rose

You were very lucky 

They must have changed their system or you spoke to someone who didn't know the system.

Until quite recently they were still charging for look-ups or you had to visit in person to look for yourself.

Dawn

[ragdollrosie]

Hi Dawn I have just had a telephone call from John Turner who is head groundsman, he has just imformed me that he could not find the grave I wanted, I then imformed him that after speaking to Benchly gardens that it was a common grave.
He also siad that just because it was a common grave does not mean it did not have a small tablet placed , but I have to recheck with Benchly gardens that I have the right number, in the mean time he is going to check for the other grave number I have just given him.
All I have to go on is two memorial cards for my Great Grandparents which were left in my late Grandmother's belongings, one states a grve number, the other I got from Benchly Gardens
Rose x

[coombs]

Hi

I have a gut feeling that one of my ancestors is buried at Nunhead. She was Ann Roberts, my 4xgreat grandmother who died in December 1858 in Bermondsey and I heard that Nunhead was used for many Bermondsey residents.

Ben

[joyce341]

it maybe that you already had the grave number and found someone who was willing to help,I know you have to pay for a search,as it cost me £11 in 2003,not sure what the price is now but as i said you already had this information.
Joyce

[Valda]

For Bermondsey burials the closest cemeteries open at the time would be

Brockley Cemetery, Ladywell Road (1858)
Camberwell Old Cemetery, Forest Hill Road (1856)
Ladywell Cemetery, Ladywell Road (1858)
Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove (1840)

Though the Bermondsey family I researched in the 1850s and 1860s I discovered their burials were occurring across the river Thames at Tower Hamlets cemetery which opened in 1841.

Regards

Valda