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An MP in West Norwood Crematorium and a Theatre Dresser in Lambeth Crematorium

Examining the  cremation records  of West Norwood and Lambeth Crematoria   With last week's launch of West Norwood and Lambeth crematoria records on the Deceased Online database , more of us can now find online ancestors who lived and/or died in the modern borough of Lambeth. Try searching the database if you are researching 20th-ce ntury individuals from any of the following parts of south London: Brixton Brixton Hill Clapham Clapham Park Crystal Palace Gipsy Hill Herne Hill Kennington Lambeth Loughborough Junction Balham Oval Stockwell Streatham Streatham Hill Tulse Hill Vauxhall Waterloo West Dulwich .  As discussed in last week's blog , West Norwood Crematorium  is located on the site of one of the  'Magnificent Seven', West Norwood Cemetery  in south London. This cemetery lies close to Tulse Hill, Dulwich, Streatham, and Brockwell Park. Since it opened in 1916, the crematorium has served a wide spectrum of south ...