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History
The history of the cemeteries.
St Cyprian’s Church
Many thanks to David Platt and Michael Martin, FOBLC’s resident historians, for the following piece about St Cyprian’s Church. The Church of St. Hilda is more correctly known as The Church of St. Hilda with St. Cyprian. St Cyprian’s was located to the north of Brockley and Ladywell cemetery, in Adelaide Avenue, being designed by…
A Short History of the Cemeteries
Brockley and Ladywell Cemeteries (also known as Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery) were opened within one month of each other in 1858 and are sited on adjacent plots of previously open land. The two component parts are characteristic examples of the first wave of Victorian public cemeteries and are now part of the Brockley Conservation Area. The cemeteries occupy 37…
Bringing in the New Year with Charles Dickens
The cruciform headstone of Marianne Layard (d.1879 whilst living in Blackheath) lies undisturbed aside a shady inner pathway in Ladywell cemetery. The Layards were a distinguished Huguenot family including two members with entries in the Dictionary of National Biography (Sir Austen Henry Layard included here and Daniel Peter Layard d.1802). Photo of Marianne Layard…
Brockley’s most important contribution to the D-Day landings
The most important local contribution to the invasion of Europe was made indirectly by William Potter Stone & Co., plumbers of Malpas Road. Frank Stone (1913-2004), a partner in the firm and the son of the founder, was born in Brockley, and was an old boy of Mantle Road School and Addey and Stanhope. He…
Brockley Cemetery inspires Florence And The Machine song
Thanks to Brockley Central for revealing the link between indie rock band Florence And The Machine and Brockley Cemetery. During the course of a recent gig Camberwell born singer Florence Welch said ‘It is such a pleasure to be back at the Rivoli Ballrooms and also just to be back in Brockley. I actually spent quite a…
Lionel de Jersey Harvard: Brockley’s Ivy League link
Lionel de Jersey Harvard was the only descendant of John Harvard (who gave his name in 1638 to the prestigious Ivy League University in the USA) ever to attend Harvard University. The direct descendant of John Harvard’s brother, Thomas he entered the University in 1911 having gained a place with some assistance from Harvard president…
Take a trip back to 1907
One of our eagle eyed Friends has spotted this glorious technicolour postcard of Brockley cemetery in 1907 for sale on Ebay. A snip at £26 and rising! See the full listing at http://tinyurl.com/yqfunz