West Norwood Cemetery is a cemetery in West Norwood, Lambeth, London. It opened in 1837. Architect William Tite was a director of the cemetery company and designed the site's landscaping. West Norwood is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ... William Tite (1798-1873) was a British architect. ...

The cemetery contains 65 Grade II and Grade II* listed monuments. Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

Sugar magnate and founder of London's Tate Gallery Sir Henry Tate, Victorian cookery writer Mrs Beeton, pottery manufacturer Sir Henry Doulton, Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon and inventor of the automatic machine gun Sir Hiram Maxim are all buried in the cemetery. The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries and a virtual presence: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000) and Tate Online (1998). ... Sir Henry Tate (March 11, 1819 - December 5, 1899) was an English sugar merchant, noted for establishing the Tate Gallery in London. ... Mrs Beeton aged about 26 Isabella Mary Mayson (March 12, 1836 - January 1865), universally known as Mrs Beeton, was the author of Mrs Beetons Book of Household Management and is the most famous cookery writer in British history. ... Sir Henry Doulton (born July 25, 1820 in Vauxhall, England; died November 18, 1897 in London) was an English inventor and manufacturer of pottery. ... Charles Spurgeon Charles Haddon Spurgeon, commonly C.H. Spurgeon, (June 19, 1834 – January 31, 1892) was Englands best-known and most-loved preacher for most of the second half of the nineteenth century. ... Hiram S. Maxim Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (February 4, 1840 - November 24, 1916) was the inventor of the Maxim Gun in 1884, the first portable, fully automatic machine gun. ...

External link

• Friends of West Norwood Cemetery
• grid reference TQ323722