West Ham Jewish Cemetery
| West Ham Jewish Cemetery | |
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| Established | 1856 |
| Location | Buckingham Road,West Ham(London Borough of Newham), London E15 1SP |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°33′10″N0°00′44″E/ 51.5528°N 0.0123°E– Mausoleum |
| Type | Closed (since 2002)[1] |
| Owned by | United SynagogueBurial Society |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | West Ham Jewish Cemetery |
West Ham Jewish Cemeteryis acemetery for JewsinWest Hamin theLondon Borough of Newham,England. It was established in 1856 by the New Synagogue on Great St. Helen's, soon joined by theGreat Synagoguein Duke's Place, both of them London congregations.[2]It has been closed to new burials since 2002[1]
There are a number of notable people buried here, in a graveyard visually dominated by the imposing Rothschild Mausoleum.[2]One section contains graves removed to this burial place from the formerHoxtonburial ground of theHambro Synagoguewhen that site underwent urban redevelopment. The oldest legible tombstone in this section dates from 1794.[2]
Rothschild Mausoleum
[edit]The Rothschild Mausoleum is circular, domed,mausoleumbuilt in 1866 byFerdinand James von Rothschildfor his late wifeEvelina de Rothschildwho died in childbirth at age 27. The architect wasMatthew Digby Wyatt.It is fashioned of marble inRenaissance revivalstyle.[2][3]Nikolaus Pevsnernotes the "dome of Eighteenth-century detail on attachedCorinthiancolumns "and praises the ironwork and stone carving, calling it worthy of" the attention of the student of mid-Victorian detail. "[4]
Anti-Semitic attack
[edit]In 2005 a number of monuments were destroyed and graves desecrated in what the police described as an attack byanti-Semiticvandals. The doors of the mausoleum were pounded with heavy iron bars until they were bashed in, then they were torn from the building.[5][6]
Notable burials
[edit]- Evelina de Rothschild(1839–1866), socialite[6]
- Ferdinand James von Rothschild(1839–1898)[2][3][7]
- Sir David Salomons, 1st Baronet(1797–1873), a leading figure in the 19th-century struggle for Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom. He was the first Jewish Sheriff of theCity of LondonandLord Mayor of London.[8][9]
- Philip Salomons(1796–1867), financier and High Sheriff of Sussex.[citation needed]
War graves
[edit]The cemetery has five Commonwealth service war graves, four fromWorld War Iand one fromWorld War II.A German soldier (prisoner of war) and two German civilian internees from the former war are also buried here.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"West Ham Cemetery: London".International Jewish Cemetery Project.International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. 29 June 2017.Retrieved27 May2019.
- ^abcdeKadish, Sharman,Jewish Heritage in England: An Architectural Guide,English Heritage,2006, p. 35
- ^abPearson, Lynn F.Mausoleums,Osprey Publishing, 2001, p. 21
- ^Pevsner, Nikolaus."Studies in Art, Architecture, and Design",Victorian and after.Walker, 1908, v. 2, p. 101
- ^Woolf, Marie (16 June 2005)."The shocking face of anti-Semitism".The Independent.Retrieved19 June2020.
- ^abWebb, Louis (16 June 2005)."Defaced, the Rothschild mausoleum that has stood for 140 years".The Independent.Archived from the original on 23 September 2009.Retrieved1 July2009.
{{cite news}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^Pevsner, Nikolaus.Studies in Art, Architecture, and Design: Victorian and after,Walker, 1908, v. 2, p. 101
- ^"West Ham Cemetery".United Synagogue.Retrieved24 November2020.
- ^"The Mayoralty".City of London.Retrieved16 June2021.
- ^"West Ham Jewish Cemetery".Commonwealth War Graves Commission.Retrieved25 June2020.
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