Walking Tour of West Norwood Cemetery Join us to learn more about some of the most interesting lives and developments of the Victorian era

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Sunday May 3, 2.30pm-4pm, walking tour of West Norwood Cemetery

Further progress on the Robson Road entrance @fownc1837.bsky.social noting the perimeter wall has been pierced. Another photo shows the relocated and rebuilt housing for services which had to be relocated. The entrance is due to be completed by the end of May.

A sunny day at West Norwood.
Photo thanks to
@jmclarke1854.bsky.social via our Facebook page Friends of West Norwood Cemetery

Flashback to April 2016 and the grave of George Jennings (10 November 1810-17 April 1882), sanitary engineer and plumber who invented the first public flush toilets, first showcased at the Great Exhibition in 1851.

Gardening team members Abigail Pavitt and Steve Welburn took this absolutely stunning photo today as they worked in the cemetery. It’s so atmospheric and a stunning shot of the bluebells giving us quite a show.

Pic/text from our Facebook page: Friends of West Norwood Cemetery.

Gardening team members Abigail Pavitt and Steve Welburn took this absolutely stunning photo today as they worked in the cemetery. It’s so atmospheric and a stunning shot of the bluebells giving us quite a show.

Pic/text from our Facebook page: Friends of West Norwood Cemetery.

This simple plaque marks the resting place of Harriet Raincock. Sadly, her original gravestone was demolished in the 1970s but hers was first burial in the cemetery five days after its consecration on 7 December 1837.

John Lawson Johnston (buried at West Norwood) made his fortune from his hugely successful ‘Johnston’s Fluid Beef’ renaming it with the more appealing name of ‘Bovril’, combining Bovine with Vril from the then popular novel ‘The Coming Race’. He lived at Kingswood House (‘Bovril Castle’) #Bovril

Vocalist Agnes Ross died 13 March 1886 - “possessed of a soprano voice of extraordinary compass and power…”

100 years before women could get mortgages, one set up a building society Trailblazer Eliza Orme was the first of her sex to earn a law degree in England — and way ahead of her time in helping others to buy homes

In today’s Times, an article about 19th century women and building societies, featuring Eliza Orme. @openbookpublish.bsky.social #feministbusinesshistory
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Beautiful blossom on an April day at West Norwood, with the Gothic monument to banker James William Gilbart in the foreground.
Photo via our Facebook page: Friends of West Norwood Cemetery. Feel free to join us there too!

John Lawson Johnston (buried at West Norwood) made his fortune from his hugely successful ‘Johnston’s Fluid Beef’ renaming it with the more appealing name of ‘Bovril’, combining Bovine with Vril from the then popular novel ‘The Coming Race’. He lived at Kingswood House (‘Bovril Castle’) #Bovril

Vocalist Agnes Ross died 13 March 1886 - “possessed of a soprano voice of extraordinary compass and power…”

This simple plaque marks the resting place of Harriet Raincock. Sadly, her original gravestone was demolished in the 1970s but hers was first burial in the cemetery five days after its consecration on 7 December 1837.

Flashback to April 2016 and the grave of George Jennings (10 November 1810-17 April 1882), sanitary engineer and plumber who invented the first public flush toilets, first showcased at the Great Exhibition in 1851.

April 9, 1799, birthday of Mary Ann Mantell née Woodhouse.
Together with her husband Gideon Algernon Mantell she discovered in 1821-22 the first tooth of an herbivorous dinosaur - Iguanodon. She also illustrated the discovery (like other geological works published by her husband).

A sitting male figure with his head pointing to the right. His hair is parted and he has a waxed moustache. He is wearing a brocaded corset with an intricate design. A medallion is around his neck falling down to his chest. His arms are bare and he has stockings on his legs. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates who the figure is and where they will be performing in Birmingham.

#Birmingham #Panto Here’s the rather dashing Mr Paul Cinquevalli playing Fritz at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 1899. A popular act as a juggler in the English music halls. Ref: (513710) L 08.2 Periodicals D/11 - The Birmingham Pantomime annual, 1899 #LibraryofBham

A sunny day at West Norwood.
Photo thanks to
@jmclarke1854.bsky.social via our Facebook page Friends of West Norwood Cemetery

Current progress with the Robson Road gate.
Photo thanks to @jmclarke1854.bsky.social

Lovely talk in Crystal Palace tonight on West Norwood Cemetery by The Norwood Society - full details here: norwoodforum.org/events/talk-...

Community drop-in event is being run by Brockwell Live today - details here: norwoodforum.org/news/25-feb-...

'Re-Thinking Victorian Women at West Norwood Cemetery' International Women's Day guided walk through one of London's Magnificent Seven with a guide from the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery.

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'Re-Thinking Victorian Women at West Norwood Cemetery' International Women's Day guided walk through one of London's Magnificent Seven with a guide from the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery.

A walking tour @fownc1837.bsky.social in honour of International Women's Day this Sunday (8 March) at 2pm.
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'Re-Thinking Victorian Women at West Norwood Cemetery' International Women's Day guided walk through one of London's Magnificent Seven with a guide from the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery.

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Group of people at the Garden museum in London

Wild flower meadow

In Lambeth, biodiversity isn’t a buzzword. It’s action.

From 40 Bee Roads 🌸 and 12,000+ new trees 🌳 to thriving wildlife at West Norwood Cemetery 🦉, real change is happening when councils and communities work together. 1/2

A few members of the magnificent Friends’ volunteer gardening group who, alongside others in the hardworking team, tend to the cemetery and make it a place of tranquility and beauty. Wishing the team a very happy upcoming 5th year anniversary with much gratitude from us all

A few members of the magnificent Friends’ volunteer gardening group who, alongside others in the hardworking team, tend to the cemetery and make it a place of tranquility and beauty. Wishing the team a very happy upcoming 5th year anniversary with much gratitude from us all

Vauxhall Bridge visible from the foreshore at low tide on a grey & cold overcast day. Skyscrapers are seen in the distance.

A new sign showing the entrance to Effra Quay, Vauxhall, south of the river. The Thames Path has been reopened after work on the new Super Sewer by Tideway.

One of the imposing famous Effra stone lions in mid-roar, the stone now covered in green algae.

A second Effra stone lions, this one higher up on the foreshore so not as covered in green algae.

At Effra Quay today on the hunt for one of London’s famous lost rivers, the Effra, which once spanned the length of Lambeth, travelling from Upper Norwood through West Norwood cemetery, around Brockwell Park & Kennington Oval, before reaching the Thames at Vauxhall Bridge near the MI6 building 1/

A photo of an elegant grade-II listed tomb in West Norwood cemetery

A 1914 competition map: Changing the map of Europe

8 years ago, at the British Library, I first saw this map: an FT reader competition to predict the boundaries of Europe after WW1. I made a note to find out more one day - which ultimately led me last month to this tomb in West Norwood cemetery. You can read more here: www.ft.com/content/79a4...

Walking Tour of West Norwood Cemetery Guided walk through one of London's Magnificent Seven with a guide from the Friends of West Norwood Cemetery (£10 donation)

Today at 11.00am. Guided tour of West Norwood Cemetery www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/walking-to...