Part of the Lambeth Heritage Festival 2024.

Join Dr Jane Jordan to discover the fascinating histories of women who defied social convention, and whose careers took them into the public sphere. Highlights include the graves of a Pre-Raphaelite model-turned-artist, a working-class business woman (the ‘Watercress Queen’), Florence Nightingale’s most trusted nurse during the Crimean War, a pair of intrepid mountaineers and the most famous ceramic designers employed at Doulton’s Lambeth Art Pottery.

When: Sunday 29 September 2024 at 11am

Where: West Norwood Cemetery, Norwood Road, West Norwood, London SE27 9JU

Further details: Friends of West Norwood Cemetery Eventbrite.