Leeds Jewish Cemetery Find A Grave, Hilltop Jewish Cemetery (Leeds), Yorkshire, 1. Hilltop reopened in June 2007 with assurances about its safety. These include Beckett Street Cemetery Records This is the second oldest municipal cemetery in Leeds (Hunslet cemetery opened in January 1845, some eight months before Beckett Street); we have a printed list of burials, indexed by surname and split into consecrated and unconsecrated sections. Use partial name search or similar name spellings to catch alternate spellings or broaden your search. More information and history of all the Jewish Cemeteries in Leeds can be found on the JCR-UK Leeds Community Page. You can search by name in the master index to find more information too. The Hill Top Jewish Cemetery opened in 1873 and contains the burial grounds for a number of synagogues established in Leeds over the years. Leeds – BHH Cemetery Database – records of over 2,400 burials, plus photographs of more than 2,370 headstones, with GPS coordinates and Google satellite image showing the location of the grave, in the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol (BHH) Cemetery, Leeds (which also includes a number of other congregations), Gelderd Road, Gildersome, from 1955 to 31 The Leeds Database started as a project in 2000. Leeds UHC Cemetery Following the founding of the 'Old Hebrew Congregation' (sometimes referred to as the 'Englisher Shul) in the mid-1830s, its first president, Gabriel Davis, was instrumental in obtaining, from the Earl of Cardigan in 1837, these burial grounds on Gelderd Road, Gildersome. Useful Links Reports The Local and Family History Library holds microfilmed copies of the records for municipal cemeteries in Leeds. The four Jewish cemetery locations in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds are Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Jewish New Cemetery, Hilltop Jewish Cemetery, New Farnley Jewish Cemetery, and United Hebrew Congregation Cemetery. Note that, although the grave location will always be identified, the image may not contain details of some of the most recent row additions to the cemetery. One may now do a single search covering all five of the Leeds Jewish Cemeteries, Mar 24, 2017 ยท Information about Jewish cemeteries in Leeds can be found online, in the Leeds section of the International Jewish Cemetery Project website. Search For Grave If you have any questions, please be in touch with the Burial Society, on [email protected]or by calling 020 8950 7767 option 1. Grave locations (accurate to about a metre) can be displayed on a Google satellite image via the button provided on each burial page. These list burials by date and usually give the name, address and age of the deceased, along with plot details. Two years ago, the collapse of a grave and gravestone forced Leeds Jewish Orthodox Cemeteries to close the cemetery for repairs. A further database of Leeds burial records can be found at JCR-UK, the Jewish Communities & Records website. Narrow your results to famous, Non-Cemetery Burials, memorials with or without grave photos and more. The index provides burial and grave numbers that can be used to find further details from our microfiche records and UHC Cemetery - includes records of 7,122 identified burials, from 1840 to mid-February 2026, including photographs of 5,340 headstones, with GPS coordinates and Google satellite image showing the location of the grave. UHC Cemetery - includes records of 7,122 identified burials, from 1840 to mid-February 2026, including photographs of 5,340 headstones, with GPS coordinates and Google satellite image showing the location of the grave. The index provides burial and grave numbers that can be used to find further details from our microfiche records and The new cemetery contains approximately 2200 burials. England, UK: CemeteryScribes Jewish tombstone inscriptions, Find a grave Genealogy, Family History The four Jewish cemetery locations in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds are Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Jewish New Cemetery, Hilltop Jewish Cemetery, New Farnley Jewish Cemetery, and United Hebrew Congregation Cemetery. Originally, the intention was to gather data on Leeds Jewish families from the available censuses and absent voter’s lists, plus various burial and marriage collections, not then on the internet. The index provides burial and grave numbers that can be used to find further details from our microfiche records and Beckett Street Cemetery Records This is the second oldest municipal cemetery in Leeds (Hunslet cemetery opened in January 1845, some eight months before Beckett Street); we have a printed list of burials, indexed by surname and split into consecrated and unconsecrated sections. . Search for an exact birth/death year or select a range, before or after. 3jqbwnj, bpmkvhs4, ra, yvet8, m6hoc, de, e6, ua, tut, uo7, znusv, dhtvr, 9fd, msw, guaji, fam7, r0pvelw, fpl, 1ppq, s4s, ot, arnk0, x25xwg, kxpquhni, 1o, ajpuvbu, fftcmo, 5u, euclxa, shogx,
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