Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery Headstone Photo Request - Rangecroft

[Chris Doran]

I also live not far from Brockley/Ladywell cemetery, as well as Camberwell, Nunhead, and Hither Green and will be visiting over the winter now that the aforementioned brambles and shoulder-high weeds are dying down. So if anyone has people they want me to look for, now is the time to shout. But be warned that even if you pay the £30 and get plot numbers and maps it can still be impossible to find a grave. There are a couple for which I was given all that and descriptions but which have defeated me despite several visits.

Some graves are now being reused and when that happens the new headstones sometimes name the original occupants.

[bogeyman]

Hello Chris
 Is that a fact that graves are being re used.

                   Marian

[forester]

Marian,

I'm not sure about Ladywell, where they may be family burials in long owned plots, but at Hither Green I have certainly noticed new burials in the old section over the last year or so. Re-use of graves is common practice and is the reason why many of the Ladywell plots appear to be raised. The ground was built up to avoid the new graves being to shallow, I believe.

Phil

[bogeyman]

Phil
Thank you for your message I shall be keeping an eye out in Ladywell Cemetery.

                 Marian

[kezd]

My Great Grandmother Annie Driscoll died in 1937 Bermondsey, and is buried in this cemetery.  I don't hold out much hope of there being a gravestone, but if anyone is pottering about with a camera and do happen to see one, or other Driscoll's such as John (d about 1902) and wife Catherine 1901, then I would absolutely LOVE a photograph.
Thank you to all you helpful people.  It does mean such a lot to others.

kind regards
Kerry

[bogeyman]

Hello Kerry,
Do you have a plot or grave number that would help to find your ancestor or any idea where in the cemetery they are buried. I have family there but it is so over grown, I am trying my best to get the cemetery cleaned up. if people complain they will have to clear the plot site where you loved one is buried. If I can help you any further please let me know.

                  Kind Regards
                        Marian

[kezd]

Thank you Marion
I shall see if I can find a record of her plot.  I am not sure exactly where to look but shall ask.  If anyone can help me I would appreciate it?
I am in NZ and unfamiliar with records in UK.
regards
Kerry

[Chris Doran]

There are several Driscolls at http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/ldind041.htm but none that match. But that list isn't complete. As it happens, I'm just about to leave for Brockley for something I know I can find and will keep a look out, but don't offer much hope as the weeds won't have died down yet. Keep all fingers and toes crossed. They weren't Roman Catholic by any chance, were they? There's a specific RC section.

[bogeyman]

Hello Chris,
Has any work started at the cemetery yet?

                       Regards
                         Marian