Jane Clouson Archives - Brockley SE4

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

A Local Cemetery Historian’s Retrospective

Sep

2023

I thought that I would depart from my usual pattern of offering historical vignettes of some of the illustrious deceased buried in the two cemeteries and instead present the reader with some of my more memorable personal recollections, out of many, that have charted my time as a member of the Friends group and former ...

150th anniversary of Jane Clouson’s death

Apr

2021

On the 150th anniversary of Jane Clouson's death, FOBLC's Mike Guilfoyle has written for the South London Press (p32) about her tragic death which became a cause celebre of Victorian London.One of the most famous and most visited graves in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries, Jane Clouson's unsolved murder was recounted in this moving account by ...

Jane Clouson’s tragic story is the subject of this new podcast episode narrated by Mike Guilfoyle

May

2019

In this podcast FOBLC historian Mike Guilfoyle tells the extraordinary story of Jane Clouson the 17 year old maid buried in the Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries, whose murder became a legal cause celebre following the controversial acquittal of the accused, the wealthy Victorian gentleman Edmund Pook.For the full story read Paul Thomas Murphy's book 'Pretty Jane ...

Jane Clouson Book Reading by Paul Thomas Murphy

Jul

2016

Paul Thomas Murphy's new book about the extraordinary murder of Jane Clouson conclusively identifies the killer’s true identity.The FOBLC is proud to be hosting a reading of a new book about Jane Clouson, 'Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane' on Saturday 16th July from 2.30pm – 4pm at the Chapel in Ladywell Cemetery.Author Paul Thomas ...

Jane Clouson memorial

Oct

2011

Jeff Hart led a well attended tour of the cemeteries last Saturday. One of the highlights of any visit is the Jane Clouson memorial.