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Cemetery in Willesden, London
House of Life project, Willesden Cemetery Formation 2015 Legal status Registered charity Purpose To preserve the heritage of, increase accessibility to and increase biodiversity at Willesden Jewish Cemetery. Headquarters Willesden Jewish Cemetery
Head of Heritage
Miriam Marson
Parent organization
United Synagogue Website www
The Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery , usually known as Willesden Jewish Cemetery , is a Jewish cemetery at Beaconsfield Road, Willesden , in the London Borough of Brent , England. It opened in 1873 on a 20-acre (0.08 km 2 [3] Rolls-Royce " of London's Jewish cemeteries[4] Historic England 's Register of Historic Parks and Gardens .[5] [2] [nb 1] [6] [7] [8] [9] Rosalind Franklin , who was a co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.[8]
In 2015, the United Synagogue , which owns and manages the cemetery, was awarded a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund [10] [11] [12] House of Life ,[13] [14] public outreach events that have included walking tours,[15] [16] Willesden Library .[17]
History and heritage listing [ edit ]
The cemetery, developed on ground purchased from All Souls College, Oxford , was opened in 1873,[18] United Synagogue was established by Act of Parliament. It was expanded in 1890, in 1906 and between 1925 and 1926. The cemetery and its funerary buildings, in English Gothic style, were designed by the architect Nathan Solomon Joseph (1834–1909).
In 2017 Historic England listed the cemetery at Grade II[19] [20] [21]
War graves and listed war memorial [ edit ]
The cemetery has 33 Commonwealth service war graves from World War I ,[nb 2] [22] World War II , 22 of them grouped in a war graves plot. These include the grave of Dudley Joel (1904–1941), businessman and Conservative Party politician, who died in World War II.[23]
In place of a Cross of Sacrifice , a memorial designed by Ralph Hobday in the form of an obelisk was placed in 1961 by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission opposite the World War II war graves plot.[24] Israel Brodie , the Chief Rabbi, consecrated the memorial, which was unveiled by Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer .[25] [6]
Other listed monuments [ edit ]
There are three other Grade II listed monuments at the cemetery:
See also [ edit ]
^ Eight of the Commonwealth service war graves from World War I are soldiers who were from, or had a connection to, Australia.Page, Beth. "Willesden – Brent: Willesden Jewish Cemetery" . WW1 Australian soldiers & nurses who rest in the United Kingdom . Retrieved 26 July 2020 .
References [ edit ]
^ a b "Willesden Cemetery "House of Life" . United Synagogue . Retrieved 5 May 2019 .
^ "Willesden Cemetery" . United Synagogue . Retrieved 31 July 2017 .
^ "New Listings Announced to Celebrate 70 Years of Protecting England's Historic Buildings" . Historic England . 7 August 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2019 .
^ Historic England (4 September 2017). "Willesden Jewish Cemetery (United Synagogue Cemetery) (1449184)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 May 2019 .
^ a b Historic England (5 September 2017). "War Memorial, Willesden Jewish Cemetery (1449842)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 May 2019 .
^ a b Historic England (5 September 2017). "Tomb of Max Eberstadt, Willesden Jewish Cemetery (United Synagogue Cemetery) (1449845)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 May 2019 .
^ a b c Historic England (7 March 2017). "Tomb of Rosalind Franklin (1444176)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 May 2019 .
^ a b Historic England (5 September 2017). "Burial enclosures of Mayer, Juliana and Hannah Rothschild in Willesden Jewish Cemetery (United Synagogue Cemetery) (1449844)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 May 2019 .
^ "Willesden Jewish Cemetery 'House of Life' . National Lottery Heritage Fund . Retrieved 31 August 2022 .
^ a b "Historic cemetery to get £2m heritage facelift" . The Jewish Chronicle . Retrieved 8 December 2016 .
^ Abrams, Hester (July 2017). "Project breathes life into Willesden cemetery" (PDF) . Jewish Renaissance 10 . Retrieved 6 May 2019 .
^ "House of Life" . Willesden Jewish Cemetery . Retrieved 31 August 2020 .
^ Oryszczuk, Stephen (7 September 2020). "Willesden Cemetery opens to day-visitors after Lottery-backed conservation" . Jewish News . Retrieved 31 August 2022 .
^ Keith, Lauren (3 November 2020). "This historic cemetery in London is now open to tours" . Lonely Planet . Retrieved 5 November 2020 .
^ Johnson, Alex (2 September 2020). "London Cemetery to Host 'Life Lines' Virtual Literary Gathering" . Fine Books and Collections . Retrieved 7 September 2020 .
^ Raffray, Nathalie (9 October 2019). "Exhibition to reveal secrets of the 'Rolls-Royce of Jewish Cemeteries' in Willesden" . Brent & Kilburn Times . Retrieved 7 September 2020 .
^ "Inauguration of Jewish Cemetery". The Jewish Chronicle
^ "Lease of life for a Victorian cemetery" . The Times . Retrieved 2 September 2019 .
^ Kennedy, Maev (7 August 2017). "Grade II-listed for 70th anniversary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 6 May 2019 .
^ Historic England (1 August 2017). "Complex of Funerary Buildings at Willesden Jewish Cemetery (United Synagogue Cemetery) (1448718)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 May 2019 .
^ "Willesden Jewish Cemetery" . British Jews in the First World War: We Were There Too . Retrieved 7 May 2020 .
^ "Lieutenant Joel, Dudley Jack Bernarto" . Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 7 March 2024 .
^ "Willesden Jewish Cemetery" . Cemetery details . Commonwealth War Graves Commission . Retrieved 2 December 2023 .
^ Jewish memorial British Movietone via YouTube Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2020 .
^ "Design for the Gravestone of Max Eberstadt" . Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums. Retrieved 31 August 2022 .
^ Banerjee, Jacqueline (21 November 2018). "Caricature – Line of Heads: Burne-Jones and Anti-Semitism" . The Victorian Web . Retrieved 2 December 2023 .
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