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There are many Jewish cemeteries in the London area; some are included in the List of cemeteries in London. This list includes those cemeteries and also some just outside the Greater London boundary. Jews are also buried at other, not specifically Jewish, cemeteries. Between 1832 and 1841 the "Magnificent Seven" private cemeteries were opened, primarily to relieve Central London's Anglican churchyards. Later, some of them also encompassed burials for people from other faiths; many Jews of international renown are buried at Highgate Cemetery. Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey, opened in 1852, designated approximately half of the original cemetery to non-Anglicans, including Jews.

United Synagogue cemeteries

Name Opened Borough Postcode Closed Notes Website Image
Alderney Road Jewish Cemetery 1697 London Borough of Tower Hamlets E1 1852 Also known as The Great Synagogue Burial Ground, this is Britain's oldest Ashkenazi cemetery.[1] It is listed Grade II by Historic England.[2] Yes
Bancroft Road Jewish Cemetery 1810 London Borough of Tower Hamlets E1 1907 The Maiden Lane Synagogue constructed this cemetery on land formerly known as Globe Fields.[3] Yes
Brady Street Cemetery 1761 London Borough of Tower Hamlets E1 1858 The cemetery, no longer used, was originally the burial ground for the New Synagogue and was subsequently used by the Great Synagogue. Several notable people are buried there. Yes
Bushey Jewish Cemetery 1947 Borough of Hertsmere, Hertfordshire WD23 No Yes
East Ham Jewish Cemetery 1919 London Borough of Newham E6 Yes 110 servicemen and servicewomen from both world wars are buried here.[4] Yes
Lauriston Road Cemetery 1788 London Borough of Hackney E9 1886 The cemetery originally belonged to the Hambro Synagogue.[5] Yes
Plashet Jewish Cemetery 1896 London Borough of Newham E6 Yes Yes
Waltham Abbey Jewish Cemetery 1960 Epping Forest District of Essex EN9 No Yes
West Ham Jewish Cemetery 1856 London Borough of Newham E15 Unknown The cemetery was established by the New Synagogue on Great St Helen's, soon joined by the Great Synagogue in Duke's Place, both of them London congregations.[6] There are a number of notable people buried here, in a graveyard visually dominated by the imposing Rothschild Mausoleum.[6] One section contains graves removed to this burial place from the former Hoxton burial ground of the Hambro Synagogue when that site underwent urban redevelopment. The oldest legible tombstone in this section dates from 1794.[6] Yes
Willesden Jewish Cemetery 1873 London Borough of Brent NW10 Yes, but burial in existing family plots is available on request This has been described as the "Rolls Royce" of London's Jewish cemeteries[7] and is designated Grade II on Historic England's Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.[8] In 2015 it was awarded a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to restore some key features of the cemetery and to create a visitor centre, a permanent exhibition and a web-based education project.[9][10] Yes

Federation cemeteries

Name Opened Borough Postcode Closed Notes Website Image
Edgwarebury Lane Jewish Cemetery 2021 London Borough of Barnet HA8 No The cemetery, which has more than 7,000 burial plots, is the Federation's first new cemetery for almost 80 years.[11] Yes
Edmonton Jewish Cemetery 1889 London Borough of Enfield N18 No The cemetery, which has 40,000 graves, was established in 1889, on a strip of his family's land that was presented by Lord Montagu to the Federation of Synagogues for use as a burial site: the Federation Burial Society was formally established in 1890.[12] Yes
Rainham Jewish Cemetery 1938 London Borough of Havering RM13 No This, the Federation's second cemetery, had 106 acres originally, with room for 45,000 to 50,000 graves. In 2016, when the cemetery was at 60% of capacity, the Federation sold about 20 acres of the land.[13] Yes

Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations cemeteries

Name Opened Borough Postcode Closed Notes Website Image
Carterhatch Lane Cemetery 1906 London Borough of Enfield EN1 Inactive -
Silver Street Cemetery Unknown Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire EN7 No -

Western Charitable Foundation cemeteries

Name Opened Borough Postcode Closed Notes Website Image
Fulham Road Jewish Cemetery 1815 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea SW3 1884 It is also known as Fulham Cemetery and as Brompton Jewish Cemetery. Yes
Streatham Jewish Cemetery 1915 London Borough of Lambeth SW16 No This is a section of Streatham Park Cemetery. The majority of burials here are those of Ashkenazi Jews of eastern European origin who settled in the Soho area of London and worked as tailors, cabinetmakers, shopkeepers, etc. A small section of Streatham Park Cemetery is reserved for members of the South London Liberal Synagogue.[14] This cemetery contains the Commonwealth war graves of 13 service personnel from World War II. Yes
Western Cemetery 1968 Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire EN7 No First established as the cemetery of the Western (now Western Marble Arch) Synagogue, as well as the independent West End Great Synagogue, it is now run by the Western Charitable Foundation, which extends burial rights to the Jewish Joint Burial Society, Liberal Judaism and Waltham Forest Hebrew Congregation. Yes

West London Synagogue cemeteries

Name Opened Borough Postcode Closed Notes Website Image
Balls Pond Road Cemetery 1843 London Borough of Islington N1 1951 It is also known as Jewish (West London Reform) Cemetery, Kingsbury Road Cemetery, Balls Pond Burial Ground and The Jewish Burial Ground. -
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery (West Side) 1895 London Borough of Barnet NW11 No Also known as Hoop Lane Jewish Cemetery, it is maintained by a joint burial committee representing members of the West London Synagogue and the S&P Sephardi Community (the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation))[15] who share ownership of the cemetery. Yes

S&P Sephardi Community cemeteries

Name Opened Borough Postcode Closed Notes Website Image
Brentwood Jewish Cemetery 1974 Borough of Brentwood, Essex CM14 1974 Contains c.7500 remains removed from Nuevo Cemetery, London in 1974, according to a plaque near the entrance to a mass grave -
Golders Green Jewish Cemetery (East Side) 1895 London Borough of Barnet NW11 No Also known as Hoop Lane Jewish Cemetery, it is maintained by a joint burial committee representing members of the West London Synagogue and the S&P Sephardi Community (the Spanish and Portuguese Jews Congregation)[15] who share ownership of the cemetery. Yes
Novo Cemetery 1733 London Borough of Tower Hamlets E1 1922 Also known as Beth Chaim Jewish Cemetery, this Sephardi cemetery is now within the campus of Queen Mary University.[16] It is Grade II listed.[17] -
Mile End Velho (Old) Jewish Cemetery 1657 London Borough of Tower Hamlets E1 Before 1800 This is reputed to be the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in the United Kingdom. A tablet in the north wall of the cemetery is Grade II listed.[18] -

Other cemeteries

Name Opened Borough Postcode Closed Notes Website
Edgwarebury Jewish Cemetery 1972 London Borough of Barnet HA8 No The cemetery is managed by the Edgwarebury Joint Burial Board (EJBB) on behalf of the S&P Sephardi Community, West London Synagogue, Liberal Judaism and the independent Belsize Square Synagogue. The ashes of Amy Winehouse and her grandmother are buried here. Yes
Liberal Jewish Cemetery 1914 London Borough of Brent NW10 No Established by the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, it was originally known as the Liberal Jewish and Belsize Square Cemetery.[19] Several notable British Jews, including members of the Sassoon family, are buried at the cemetery, which also has a Grade II listed war memorial. It is adjacent to Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery. Yes
The Woodland Cemetery 2013 Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire EN7 No Yes

Former cemeteries

Name Opened Borough Postcode Closed Notes Website
Hoxton Jewish Cemetery 1707 London Borough of Hackney N1 Unknown The cemetery, also known as Hoxton Old Burial Ground, was destroyed in 1960, and the remains were transferred to West Ham Jewish Cemetery.[20] -

References

  1. ^ "Alderney Road Cemetery". United Synagogue. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ Historic England (30 May 1974). "Jewish Cemetery (1117012)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Bancroft Road Cemetery". United Synagogue. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. ^ "East Ham (Marlow Road) Jewish Cemetery". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Hackney: Judaism". British History Online. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Kadish, Sharman, Jewish Heritage in England : An Architectural Guide, English Heritage, 2006, p. 35
  7. ^ "New Listings Announced to Celebrate 70 Years of Protecting England's Historic Buildings". Historic England. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. ^ Historic England (4 September 2017). "Willesden Jewish Cemetery (United Synagogue Cemetery) (1449184)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Historic cemetery to get £2m heritage facelift". The Jewish Chronicle. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  10. ^ Abrams, Hester (July 2017). "Project breathes life into Willesden cemetery" (PDF). Jewish Renaissance. p. 10. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  11. ^ "£6 million Jewish cemetery inaugurated in Edgware". The Jewish Chronicle. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Edmonton Federation Cemetery". JCR-UK. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Rainham Federation Cemetery". JCR-UK. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  14. ^ Streatham Jewish Cemetery – International Jewish Cemetery Project Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  15. ^ a b The Hoop Lane Cemetery website. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Novo Cemetery: East London's secret burial groiund". Look up London. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  17. ^ Historic England (11 April 2014). "The Novo Cemetery (1416421)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  18. ^ Historic England (29 December 1950). "Tablet in north wall of Portgues Jewish burial ground (1260699)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  19. ^ "Liberal Jewish Cemetery". London Gardens Online. London Parks & Gardens Trust. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  20. ^ "Hoxton Old Burial Ground 1707–1960". Cemetery Scribes. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
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