Bancroft Road (Maiden Lane) Jewish Cemetery – Restoration project
In Sept 2008 we received this email: “I am delighted to see this website. About 30 minutes ago I was walking the streets of Bethnal Green, and to my horror I came across a Jewish cemetery which was in...
View ArticleBancroft Road Jewish Cemetery – Restoration Update!
The good news keeps coming! Today we received confirmation from Leonard Shear that the restoration work is definitely being undertaken by the United Synagogue Burial Society. They will be levelling the...
View ArticleBath Jewish Burial Ground – Restoration
A recent article in the Jewish Chronicle reports that the first stage of the £50,000 restoration work at the old Jewish Burial Ground at Combe Down had been completed. For more information go to the...
View ArticleBancroft (Maiden Lane) Cemetery – More names found
As our readers will know we have previously reported on the planned restoration to Bancroft (Maiden Lane) Jewish Cemetery, see here. Susie has continued in her mission to find as many names as possible...
View ArticleDeane Road Cemetery – Heritage lottery Fund Success!
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £494,000 to Deane Road Jewish Cemetery in Kensington, Liverpool! The money is to be used to fully restore this wonderful cemetery, build a visitors’ centre to make...
View ArticleThe Guardian exhorts us all to become “Guardians” of our heritage
It is rare to find a general newspaper article on cemeteries, let alone one that so exactly reflects the philosophy of our project at www.cemeteryscribes.com, but this piece in the Guardian of 30 Dec...
View ArticleQuakers Lane Jews Burial Ground in need of help!
The ground in Talbot Square, Norwich which is also called Glidencroft, was acquired in 1813 by 4 members of the Jewish community, Barnett Crawcour (Dentist), Henry Carr (Merchant), Israel Jacobs...
View ArticleThe Future of our Cemeteries – the debate continues.
On Tuesday 24 May, The Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks visited the Jewish Cemetery in Brady Street, where he led a short service to mark the occasion of its 250th anniversary, as reported in the East...
View ArticleThe Restoration and Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries – some welcome news.
In our recent blog, The Future of our Cemeteries – the debate continues. We wrote “It is not enough to stand idle and wring ones hands. The Deane Road project has led the way. The 250th anniversary of...
View ArticleExeter Cemetery
Looking through past articles on this blog, we note that deploring the state of some of our oldest cemeteries was,sadly, becoming something of a theme so, following on our May piece on the project at...
View ArticleBancroft Road Jewish Cemetery – update
Here are some photos taken recently of Bancroft Road Cemetery. We have written a number of articles on the state of this cemetery and these show that some tidying up has been done. Previous articles:...
View ArticleWolverhampton Jewish Cemetery – help needed
The following is an extract of a letter to the Jewish Chronicle (17 Aug 2018), detailing the state of Wolverhampton cemetery and the plans and hopes of The Council of Birmingham and West Midlands Jewry...
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