Wandsworth Cemetery is crammed into a wedge-shaped space between a residential street and the railway. Opened in 1878, it was extended in 1898, and further room for new burials was created in the 1980s by banking up earth along the western edge beside the railway. Nevertheless, Wandsworth is now nearly full.
It's a beautifully-maintained cemetery, with plenty of healthy trees, and the original buildings: a pair of Gothic chapels (only one is still in use), another building now in private ownership, and the brick-built lodge. There are, it must be said, not so many interesting monuments, though a few stand out: Emma Cook's granite edifice and Jurgan and Emily Pfeiffer's arched gable are both to be found to the north of the chapels.
Visiting: Earlsfield station is just around the corner (train down from Clapham Junction). Has toilets! A few livings about but no one batted an eyelid at photography.
I am trying to find out where my grandfather is buried. He died in the sub district of Streatham in 1958 and was called Harold John Edwards. I do not believe he had a head stone so I have had no luck in tracing him. Can you help me please.
HI I am looking for a grave for Peter Robert Blake who died around 1983, , are you able to help in locating his grave
Hi!, I was wondering if anyone happens to know if the gravestones at Wandsworth Cemetery are marked with plot numbers?..Im trying to find the grave of my ancestor here, and have his plot number, but I realise Wandsworth is a big cemetery!, so was worried I could be looking for a need me in a haystack!. Any information would be very much appreciated, thankyou
Following up on finding Graves if you phone Wandsworth Cemertries they will give you the location of a grave. Some Graves have the plot number on them. However if they are burried in Block A, 17, 20, 27, 30 or 33 they are most lightly lost as Plots 51 to 55 and been built over the top of the existing graves.
Looking for my grand fathers grave no 382G39 is this still in the cemetery