Nunhead cemetery

[darealjolo]

Hi Valda,

Thankyou for link. I saw the info somewhere the other day, that wehn you get grave number you have to ring a phone number.

The photo of Nunhead is awful, it isnt like that all the way through the cemetery is it? seriously needs work done to it.

Jo

[Valda]

Hi

Some areas are clearer than others (and have been restored - buildings/pathways from Heritage lottery funding) but part of it is now a wildlife area and that's the way it is going to stay. It would be incredibly costly to restore (and other than woodland burials it is no longer operating as a cemetery). Basically it is to far gone to really restore as a grassed cemetery. It is a wildlife oasis in a heavily built up area. I believe over 50 species of birds and 16 varieties of butterfly. So it really depends on your viewpoint. If you are trying to find a gravestone (and this applies to others amongst the great (often described as magnificent) seven London cemeteries - Abney Park in particular but also areas of Highgate) it often isn't easy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnificent_Seven,_London

http://www.darkdestiny.co.uk/


'Now the London Borough of Southwark and the Friends of Nunhead Cemetery work together to maintain the cemetery, keeping it's woodland look in the nature reserve and making appropriate new plantings. '

'Sheltered under forest trees, where snowdrops and bluebells welcome the spring, a quarter of a million Londoners lie buried.'

'Visitors to Nunhead Cemetery find, not a closely cropped lawn with rows of neat grave-stones, but a woodland. Sun-dappled paths lead past ancient trees and banks of flowering bramble. Every so often the tracks emerge into sunny clearings and open grassy spaces. The air is alive with the shrill songs of birds and the buzzing of insects. Nunhead's green and pleasant cemetery is now a tranquil wilderness in the heart of London.

Wildlife abounds here. Sixteen species of butterfly have been found and several others have probably been overlooked. This illustrated book contains details of the butterflies likely to be seen in this beautiful Victorian Cemetery from the Speckled Wood to the White-letter Hairstreak.'


http://www.starbase1.co.uk/galleries/Panoramic/London%20Panoramas/London%20Parks%20and%20Gardens/slides/NUNHEAD_TOMB_TO_CROSS_en.html


If you use Google maps. You can put in Nunhead Cemetery and switch to satellite and zoom down and you will see just how much of a woodland Nunhead is

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4HPEA_en-GBGB236GB236&tab=wl



Regards


Valda

[darealjolo]

Hi Valda,

Best left alone then. Beautiful cemeteries, i looked at the Dark Destiny link. I want to go to all 7 cemeteries. One day i will.
Thankyou for all the information, very useful.

Joanne

[stewart_M]

The plot numbers should be on the funeral cards for Nunhead.  All the cards I have for my relatives from 1935 have the numbers printed in very small writing on the inside of the card.

[darealjolo]

Stewart,

There is no plot information on the card at all.

Joanne

[Plummiegirl]

Must add a bit of info here

If you are looking for details of from a specific cemetery, before contacting any local council, do yourself a favour and see if you can find the number of the Cemetery Site Office, in many instances these people will help with some information, such as whether there is a marker on the grave.  But you will need exact year etc., and they can often tell you if this was a family plot.

I have had a lot of success in this direct approach, just be sure you have the exact information you need and be pleasant & polite (I would not expect anything less from anyone on here!).

So far the best ones I have contacted are Redstone (incorporating Reigate Parish Records), Kensal Rise (including the Catholic part), Mill Hill (that was during a visit).  And a couple of churches, I never use a church website for this, but will phone or write (with an sae)., for some reason I have found that many churches just do not reply to any emails.

[marym]

Hi
Did you have any luck with tracing the Baby's grave ?
It is possible that no plot number appeared as an infant may have been buried with another person.