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gates are of florid Gothic design, the monogram of the Lewisham Burial Board in the three lower hubs to each gate, with trefoil and barley sugar decoration above. The name LADYWELL CEMETERY may have been inserted, or is more likely a reworking of the original name LEWISHAM CEMETERY; the style of the lettering, however, is clearly of 1857.
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The Ladywell entrance to the cemetery is Grade II listed. This notes that the gates were built in 1857 to the designs of William Morphrew, for the Lewisham Burial Board. The gates are made of wrought iron, the piers of stone; square, with set back, sloping tops culminating in saddleback gables. The
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Until 1948, the two cemeteries were completely separate, being divided by a wall. Ladywell Cemetery, which was previously known as Lewisham Cemetery, stands to the east of the wall and Brockley Cemetery, formerly Deptford Cemetery, lies to the west. Both cemeteries hold a wealth of historical
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Ladywell Cemetery contains 226 war graves from World War I and 18 from World War II. A War Graves plot contains 100 graves, the names of those buried there being listed on a Screen War Memorial in Plot D, as well as those buried elsewhere in the cemetery whose graves could not be marked by
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and are owned and managed by the Cemeteries and Crematorium Services of the Borough. They are also nature conservation sites of Borough Importance Grade 1 and a haven for wildlife, plants and wildflowers.
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Brockley Conservation Area. Character Appraisal. Conservation & Urban Design Team. Submitted to the Mayor & Cabinet Meeting on 14 December 2005
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A Guide To The Flora, Fauna and Local History to be found in Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries: Lewisham Council
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headstones. The CWGC also maintain a Commemorative Plot, in Plot B, on which 46 headstones have been erected.
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Both cemeteries contain war graves of Commonwealth service personnel registered and maintained by the
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Cemeteries are listed by location; some are owned/managed by other London borough councils.
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North West Kent Family History Society: Ladywell & Brockley Cemetery
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The cemeteries occupy 37 acres (15 ha) of land wholly within the
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public cemeteries and are now part of the Brockley Conservation Area.
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Brockley: Cemetery Details
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Ladywell Cemetery Details
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Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries in Lewisham, Greater London
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Brockley Cemetery contains 195 war graves, 175 from
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Lewisham
London
SE4 1DZ
England
Coordinates
51°27′23″N 0°01′53″W / 51.4565°N 0.0313°W / 51.4565; -0.0313
Official website
Find a Grave
Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery
Victorian
London Borough of Lewisham
Deptford
headstones

Joseph Henry Blackburne
Archibald Walter Buckle
63rd (Royal Naval) Division
Horatio Henry Couldery
Jane Clouson
Ernest Dowson
decadent movement
William Eames
Sir John Gilbert
Illustrated London News
Punch
Sir George Grove
Royal College of Music
William Hardy
Lionel de Jersey Harvard

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