Cemetary Archives - Page 6 of 23

William Cuffay, Black Chartist leader and a family grave in Ladywell cemetery

Oct

21

2022

William Cuffay drawn in his cell in Newgate [National Portrait Gallery London]William Cuffay was born in Gillingham in 1788 of an English woman called Juliana Fox and a man of African heritage, Chatham Cuffay who had been previously enslaved on the British Colony of St.Kitts. He was soon apprenticed to a tailor, working in the ...

William Cuffay, Black Chartist leader and a family grave in Ladywell cemetery

Oct

21

2022

William Cuffay drawn in his cell in Newgate [National Portrait Gallery London]William Cuffay was born in Gillingham in 1788 of an English woman called Juliana Fox and a man of African heritage, Chatham Cuffay who had been previously enslaved on the British Colony of St.Kitts. He was soon apprenticed to a tailor, working in the ...

Robert Wedderburn, Black Abolitionist family grave in Brockley cemetery

Oct

6

2022

Robert Wedderburn was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1762, of an African mother named Rosanna who was enslaved and a Scottish born father James Wedderburn, a slave and plantation owner, the son of Sir John Wedderburn, who had been executed for treason following the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. After Rosanna had given birth to two ...

Simon Bolivar, Captain Andrews and a game of chess

Sep

22

2022

Simon Bolivar was a Venezuelan born military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Columbia,Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish colonial Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador or the Liberator of America. Equestrian portrait of Simon Bolivar - a painting by the Venezuelan artist Arturo ...

Open House London Festival 2022 Guided Walks

Sep

2

2022

WOMEN OF BROCKLEY AND LADYWELL CEMETERIES - Sunday 11th September 11amLed by Julie Robinson. We will visit a few graves of some women buried in the cemeteries including Jane Clouson, pioneer artist Beatrice Offor, also one of the first women to be awarded the O.B.E. for conspicuous courage in World War One. NB This walk is ...

Guided Walk: EAST OF SUEZ-ADVENTURERS , ADMIRALS AND ANARCHISTS – MONDAY 29TH AUGUST -2022

Aug

24

2022

MONDAY 29 TH AUGUST -2022.FREE GUIDED BANK HOLIDAY HISTORY WALK IN THE TWO CEMETERIES, STOPPING AT THE GRAVES OF SOME OF THE MORE FLAMBOYANT OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS DECEASED BURIED HERE.LED MY MIKE GUILFOYLE.MEET AT THE LADYWELL CEMETERY GATE ENTRANCE AT 14.00 PM.WALK AROUND TWO HOURS.ALL WELCOMENewly restored headstone of the Rev.Dr Sharupji Bhabha in Brockley ...

Art, Loot and Empire: The Benin Bronzes

Aug

19

2022

Located aside the pathway close to the thorn laden berm between the two Ladywell and Brockley cemeteries lies the recently discovered headstone of Charlotte Mabel Alleyne d.1961. Her grave now features as a stopping point for guided history walks. Mabel achieved a modest fame in the art world from her career as an artist and ...

Fredrick William Winder (1817-1912) – An Old Thames Postman.

Aug

12

2022

Browsing through old newspaper cuttings, seeking interesting stories on Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries, I struck gold with this interesting article on the life of Frederick William Winder, an old Thames Postman. Postman’s Adventurous life. The Funeral took place at Lewisham Cemetery on Saturday of Mr. Frederick William Winder, who has terminated a remarkable career at the age ...

Greek-American Tycoon’s grave found in Ladywell cemetery!

Jul

18

2022

Located close to the Cross of Sacrifice in Ladywell cemetery is the final resting place of a truly remarkable man who 'spoke twenty languages'. Indeed Nicholas John Coundouris who died in 1929 whilst residing in Forest hill is perhaps the only Greek-American buried in the cemetery? His gnarled cruciform headstone is presently entwined in summer ...

Greek-American Tycoon’s grave found in Ladywell cemetery!

Jul

18

2022

Located close to the Cross of Sacrifice in Ladywell cemetery is the final resting place of a truly remarkable man who 'spoke twenty languages'. Indeed Nicholas John Coundouris who died in 1929 whilst residing in Forest hill is perhaps the only Greek-American buried in the cemetery? His gnarled cruciform headstone is presently entwined in summer ...

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William Cuffay, Black Chartist leader and a family grave in Ladywell cemetery

William Cuffay, Black Chartist leader and a family grave in Ladywell cemetery

Robert Wedderburn, Black Abolitionist family grave in Brockley cemetery

Simon Bolivar, Captain Andrews and a game of chess

Open House London Festival 2022 Guided Walks

Guided Walk: EAST OF SUEZ-ADVENTURERS , ADMIRALS AND ANARCHISTS – MONDAY 29TH AUGUST -2022

Art, Loot and Empire: The Benin Bronzes

Fredrick William Winder (1817-1912) – An Old Thames Postman.

Greek-American Tycoon’s grave found in Ladywell cemetery!

Greek-American Tycoon’s grave found in Ladywell cemetery!