West Norwood Cemetery and Catacombs – Subterranea BritannicaGreater London Reports Images Videos Map This site is also discussed in the following issues of our members' magazine: Written by Nick Catford on 01 March 1992. With an ever increasing urban population and overcrowded churchyards the first public cemeteries in London, distinct from those associated with churches, appeared in the first half of the 19th Century. There had been some burial grounds fo
