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Latitude: 51.432 / 51°25'55"N
Longitude: -0.0997 / 0°5'58"W
OS Eastings: 532194
OS Northings: 172048
OS Grid: TQ321720
Mapcode National: GBR GS.HK7
Mapcode Global: VHGRD.784K
Plus Code: 9C3XCWJ2+R4
Entry Name: West Norwood Memorial Park Tomb of Sir Henry Bessemer
Listing Date: 27 March 1981
Last Amended: 21 April 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1065019
English Heritage Legacy ID: 204504
ID on this website: 101065019
Location: West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, SE27
County: London
District: Lambeth
Electoral Ward/Division: Gipsy Hill
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Lambeth
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: West Norwood St Luke
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Memorial
In the entry for:
(off) NORWOOD ROAD SE27
1. (east side)
5023
TQ 3271 32/712 Tomb of Sir Henry Bessemer
in West Norwood Memorial
Park
II
the entry shall be amended to read as follows:
TQ3272 (OFF) NORWOOD ROAD
963-0/32/712 (East side)
27113/81 West Norwood Memorial Park
Tomb of Sir Henry Bessemer
GV II
Headstone & grave slab. c1898, designer unknown. Marble and
pink granite. Headstone with round-arched head, shaped at
angles and with a pink granite colonette set into each side;
carved chaplet above inscription. Rectangular grave slab with
hipped pink granite top. Bessemer was an engineer and prolific
inventor, being most famous for his process for converting pig
iron into steel which revolutionised the industry and was used
throughout the world.
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(off) NORWOOD ROAD SE27
1. (east side)
5023
Tomb of Sir Henry
Bessemer in
West Norwood Memorial
Park
TQ 3272 32/712
II
2.
d. 1898. Slab on plinth with pointed top. Included for historic interest of
Bessemer the engineer and prolific inventor whose process for manufacturing steel
on a large scale became used throughout the world.
Listing NGR: TQ3219472048
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