Why are you doing this crazy thing?
- My route to primary school went through a cemetery. I've always been interested.
- I got brought up on religion, which was all about avoiding death. How humans think about dying has always been interesting.
- Then I moved to London. What to do with our dead has been a problem for Londoners for at least 500 years. It's interesting.
- I love London. I tried to move away and had to come back: il me manquait la ville. Having a website about it is a good excuse to take pictures of it. It really is interesting.
Can I use your photos?
Maybe. Please contact me first. At very least, you will need to provide a credit and a link back to this site, but you will need my written permission before you use any photos. I don't like saying that. I'd much rather let everyone use them. But people don't credit, and that's not acceptable to me.
Can you find my ancestor? Can you send me a list of all burials in London?
No, sorry - there is no central list. Deceased Online is the closest thing; otherwise, many councils are now putting their cemetery records online. Try those sites, or Ancestry.co.uk.
I live in the U.S. and am trying to find information about a relative buried in St. Olave in Southwark. Her name is Lydia Newgate or Newdigate. Is this the St. Olave cemetery that was destroyed or is it the one on Hart Street? Does anyone have information about St. Olave in Southwark?