Editing Kensal Green Cemetery (section)

===Reformers' Memorial===
The Reformers' Memorial was erected in 1885. It was erected at the instigation of Joseph Corfield "to the memory of men and women who have generously given their time and means to improve the conditions and enlarge the happiness of all classes of society". The monument has lists of names of reformers and radicals on its north and east sides (together with further names added in 1907 by Emma Corfield). It is paired with the [[Robert Owen]] memorial, and a second instance of a non-funerary memorial in the cemetery's nonconformist section.

The memorial was amended to include [[Lloyd Jones (socialist)|Lloyd Jones]] to recognise his contribution.

"THIS MEMORIAL
IS RAISED AS A TOKEN OF REGARD TO THE
BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE NAMES IT BEARS BY JOSEPH W. CORFIELD,
AUGUST 1895."

"THE REFORMERS' MEMORIAL

ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GENEROUSLY GIVEN THEIR TIME AND MEANS TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS AND ENHANCE THE HAPPINESS OF ALL CLASSES OF SOCIETY. THEY HAVE FELT THAT A FAR HAPPIER AND MORE PROSPEROUS LIFE IS WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL MEN, AND THEY HAVE EARNESTLY SOUGHT TO REALIZE IT. THE OLD BRUTAL LAWS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR FREE PRINTING HAVE BEEN SWEPT AWAY AND THE RIGHT OF SELECTING OUR OWN LAW MAKERS HAS BEEN GAINED MAINLY BY THEIR EFFORTS. THE EXERCISE OF THESE RIGHTS WILL GIVE THE PEOPLE AN INTEREST IN THE LAWS THAT GOVERN THEM, AND WILL MAKE THEM BETTER MEN AND BETTER CITIZENS."<ref name=likethis/>
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The names  of over seventy people  are inscribed  on the monument. These are, in order shown on the monument:
* FRONT FACE (EAST): [[Robert Owen]] ([[New Lanark]]), [[John Bellers]], [[Robert Dale Owen]], [[Abram Combe|Abraham Combe]], [[Joseph Lancaster]], [[William Thompson (philosopher)|William Thompson]], [[John Minter Morgan]], [[William Pare]], [[William Galpin]], Henry Travis MD, [[Alexander Campbell (clergyman)|Alex Campbell]], James Rigby, [[William Devonshire Saull|W. D. Saull]], [[Julian Hibbert]], [[Charles Kingsley|Rev. Charles Kingsley]], [[Anne Isabella Byron, Baroness Byron|Lady Noel Byron]], [[Frances Wright]], [[Thomas Spence]], Allan Davenport, [[Mary Hennell]], [[Francis Place]], [[Harriet Martineau]], [[George Odger]], [[Lloyd Jones (socialist)|Lloyd Jones]]
* SOUTH FACE: [[Elizabeth Fry]], [[Sarah Martin]], [[Mary Carpenter]], [[Benjamin Flower]], [[Henry Fawcett]], [[Barbara Bodichon]], [[Maria Georgina Grey|Maria Grey]], [[Arnold Toynbee (historian, born 1852)|Arnold Toynbee]], [[William Kingdon Clifford|W. K. Clifford]], Edward T. Craig, [[Collet Dobson Collet|C. Dobson Collet]], [[Charles Bradlaugh]], [[Richard Congreve]], [[William Morris]], [[John Ruskin]], [[Frances Power Cobbe|F. Power Cobbe]], [[Herbert Spencer]], [[Wathen Mark Wilks Call|Wathen M.W. Call]], [[Francis William Newman|Francis Newman]], [[Hodgson Pratt]], [[Lydia Becker]], [[Josephine Butler]], [[Anna Swanwick]], C. [[Jacob Holyoake]], [[John Kells Ingram|J. Kells Ingram]]
* NORTH FACE: [[Joseph Priestley]], [[Thomas Paine]], [[William Hone]], [[John Stuart Mill]], [[John Cartwright (political reformer)|Major Cartwright]], [[Richard Carlile]], [[William Lovett]], [[William Carpenter (1797–1874)|William Carpenter]], [[Henry Hetherington]], [[John Frost (Chartist)|John Frost]], [[William Cobbett]], [[W. J. Fox]], [[Richard Moore (radical)|Richard Moore]], [[William Howitt]], [[Samuel Bamford]], [[Henry Hunt (politician)|Henry Hunt]], [[George Thompson (abolitionist)|George Thompson]], [[David Williams (philosopher)|David Williams]], [[Thomas Jonathan Wooler|Thomas Wooller]], [[Ebenezer Elliott]], [[Ernest Jones (Chartist)|Ernest Jones]], [[Alexander Macdonald (Lib-Lab politician)|Alex Macdonald]], [[Richard Cobden]], Robert Cooper.<ref name=likethis/>

The entry for Robert Owen reads:

The [[cenotaph]] to Robert Owen, who was buried in [[Newtown, Montgomeryshire]], Wales, is fittingly at the side of the Reformers' Memorial.

"ROBERT OWEN
PHILANTHROPIST
BORN MAY 14TH. 1771.
DIED NOVR. 17TH. 1858."

"1879
ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION
IN MEMORY OF
ROBERT OWEN
OF NEW LANARK,
BORN AT NEWTOWN, N. WALES 1771.
HE DIED AND WAS BURIED
AT THE SAME PLACE 1858,
AGED 87 YEARS.
–––––––––––––
HE ORIGINATED AND ORGANIZED INFANT SCHOOLS, HE SECURED A REDUCTION OF THE HOURS OF LABOUR FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN FACTORIES. HE WAS A LIBERAL SUPPORTER OF THE EARLY EFFORTS IN FAVOUR OF NATIONAL EDUCATION AND LABOURED TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. HE WAS ONE OF THE FOREMOST ENGLISHMEN [''sic''<ref>Robert Owen was ethnically Welsh on both sides of his parentage.</ref>] WHO TAUGHT MEN TO ASPIRE TO A HIGHER SOCIAL STATE BY RECONCILING THE INTERESTS OF CAPITAL AND LABOUR. HE SPENT HIS LIFE AND A LARGE FORTUNE IN SEEKING TO IMPROVE HIS FELLOW MEN BY GIVING THEM EDUCATION, SELF-RELIANCE AND MORE WORTH.
::HIS LIFE WAS SANCTIFIED BY HUMAN AFFECTION AND LOFTY EFFORT.
::::J. W. CORFIELD"

"MR. OWEN'S WRITINGS
–––––––––––––––––
REPORT TO THE COUNTY OF LANARK.
NEW VIEWS OF SOCIETY.
TWELVE LECTURES.
LECTURES ON MARRIAGE.
LECTURES ON A NEW STATE OF SOCIETY.
THE BOOK OF THE NEW MORAL WORLD.
SIX LECTURES AT MANCHESTER.
MANIFESTO OF ROBERT OWEN.
SELF SUPPORTING HOME COLONIES.
LETTERS TO THE HUMAN RACE.
REVOLUTION IN MIND AND PRACTICE.
ROBERT OWEN'S JOURNAL.
LIFE OF ROBERT OWEN."<ref name=likethis>{{Cite web|url=http://tonyshaw3.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/cenotaph-to-Robert-owen-who-was-buried.html|title=Dr Tony Shaw's website|website=Tonyshaw3.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=18 April 2023}}</ref>

The memorial is listed as grade II.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1271535 |desc=The Reformers' Memorial|access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref>