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The cemetery's prayer hall, designed by Nathan Solomon Joseph This is a list of people buried at Willesden Jewish Cemetery at Beaconsfield Road, Willesden, in the London Borough of Brent, England. Willesden Jewish Cemetery, which opened in 1873, has 29,800 graves; three of the tombs, including that of Rosalind Franklin, are listed at Grade II by Historic England. The cemetery has 33 ...
W. Bernard Waley-Cohen. Giulia Warwick. Michael Winner. Julian Wylie. Categories: Burials in England by cemetery. Burials in London by place. Willesden Jewish Cemetery.
Oct 17, 2019 · Visiting Willesden Jewish cemetery is a little like coming across an ultimate who’s who of notable Jews from the last 150 years. DNA scientist Rosalind Franklin, Tesco founder Jack Cohen and film director Michael Winner were all among those laid to rest at the Beaconsfield Road site, which is also known as “the Rolls-Royce of London’s Jewish cemeteries.”
Sep 10, 2020 · Willesden still operates as a working cemetery, with an average 25 burials a year. But the new centre offers a heritage experience for those keen to explore its rich history.
West bank of New Orleans Carrollton Cemetery: 1849: Suburban: Extant: Many in-ground burials City of New Orleans Cemetery Department Greenwood Cemetery: 1852: Historic rural: Extant: Many benevolent associations have monuments there St. Louis Cemetery No. 3: 1854: Roman Catholic: Extant: Elaborate crypts Greek Orthodox section St. Joseph ...
Currently available for viewing are the 1981 cemetery surveys of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 and St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 produced by The Historic New Orleans Collection and Save Our Cemeteries and additional condition reports from a survey of St. Louis Cemetery No. 2 produced by the University of Pennsylvania's historic preservation graduate ...
Burial space for London’s 35,000 Jews was running short. As families began to move westward to suburbs like Paddington and Bayswater, the community sought land for a new cemetery on that side of the city. Willesden Cemetery was the first joint project of the United Synagogue. This was formed by five London synagogues in 1870.
