West Ham Jewish Cemetery
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The Jewish Cemetery at West Ham is a Jewish Cemetery in West Ham
, England.
The cemetery was established in 1856 by the New Synagogue on Great St. Helen's soon joined by the Great Synagogue in Duke's Place, both London congregations.
There are a number of notable people buried here, in a graveyard visually dominated by the imposing Rothschild Mausoleum
.
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.
In 2005 a number of monuments were destroyed and graves violated in what the police described as "a despicable racist attack" by anti-Semitic vandals. The doors of the mausoleum were pounded with heavy iron bars until they were bashed in, then they were torn from the building.
West Ham
West Ham is in the London Borough of Newham in London, England. In the west it is a post-industrial neighbourhood abutting the site of the London Olympic Park and in the east it is mostly residential, consisting of Victorian terraced housing interspersed with higher density post-War social housing...
, England.
The cemetery was established in 1856 by the New Synagogue on Great St. Helen's soon joined by the Great Synagogue in Duke's Place, both London congregations.
There are a number of notable people buried here, in a graveyard visually dominated by the imposing Rothschild Mausoleum
Rothschild Mausoleum
The Rothschild Mausoleum is a mausoleum in the Jewish Cemetery at West Ham, England. -Architecture:The circular, domed, mausoleum was built in 1866 by Ferdinand James von Rothschild for his late wife Evelina de Rothschild who died in childbed at age 27. The architect was Matthew Digby Wyatt. It...
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One section contains graves removed to this burial place from the former Hoxton
Hoxton
Hoxton is an area in the London Borough of Hackney, immediately north of the financial district of the City of London. The area of Hoxton is bordered by Regent's Canal on the north side, Wharf Road and City Road on the west, Old Street on the south, and Kingsland Road on the east.Hoxton is also a...
burial ground of the Hambro Synagogue when that site underwent urban redevelopment. The oldest legible tombstone in this section dates from 1794.
In 2005 a number of monuments were destroyed and graves violated in what the police described as "a despicable racist attack" by anti-Semitic vandals. The doors of the mausoleum were pounded with heavy iron bars until they were bashed in, then they were torn from the building.
Notable burials
- Ferdinand James von RothschildFerdinand James von RothschildFerdinand James Anselm Freiherr von Rothschild was an English art collector, and a member of the prominent Rothschild family of bankers...
- Matthew Digby WyattMatthew Digby WyattSir Matthew Digby Wyatt was a British architect and art historian who became Secretary of the Great Exhibition, Surveyor of the East India Company and the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge.-Life:...
- Evelina de RothschildEvelina de RothschildEvelina Gertrude de Rothschild was an English socialite and a member of the Rothschild banking family of England.-Biography:...
- David SalomonsDavid SalomonsSir David Salomons, 1st Baronet was a leading figure in the 19th century struggle for Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom...
- Philip SalomonsPhilip SalomonsPhilip Salomons was born in London and was a City of London financier, as were his father and his brother, Sir David Salomons.Solomons travelled extensively in the United States as a young man, and became a naturalized citizen in 1826...