Memorial to T E Schilizzi in the Greek Section of Norwood Cemetery. An influx of refugees from Greece in 1822, after the Greek War of Independence, brought many merchants to London, several of whom leased ground in the unconsecrated area of the cemetery in 1842. St Stephen’s chapel was later built here and the expanded area includes many elaborate mausolea for members of the Greek community. Photograph by Eric de MareRef: LBL\/DTP\/UD\/2\/2\/21\/72<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Memorial to T E Schilizzi in the Greek Section of Norwood Cemetery. An influx of refugees from Greece in 1822, after the Greek War of Independence, brought many merchants to London, several of whom leased ground in the unconsecrated area of the cemetery in 1842. St Stephen’s chapel was later built here and the expanded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,64,289,6,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1976-to-date","category-burial-grounds-and-cemeteries","category-department_of_town_planning","category-photograph","category-west-norwood"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n