Plashet Jewish Cemetery (London)

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Opened in 1896. First burial: 8 November 1896. Registers: London Beth Din.
Around 386 gravestones were damaged at Plashet Cemetery, on 6 May 2003. Plashet Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery under the jurisdiction of the United Synagogue, Ilford. There are 37 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war here and 2 German burials. Visitors to the cemetery should contact The Burial Society on 020 8950 7767 in advance, who will then make arrangements to unlock the gates at an agreed time.

Plashet Jewish Cemetery is a huge Jewish cemetery located in the east end of London, covering families who died in Ilford, East Ham, Whitechapel, Dulwich, known as the “Trade Unionists Cemetery". Past secretaries of the cigars union and costomongers union are buried in the cemetery.

Address:
361 High Street North
Manor Park
London E12 6PQ

www.theus.org.uk/article/plashet-cemetery
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_cemeteries_in_the_London_area#United_Synagogue_cemeteries
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Coordinates:   51°32'38"N   0°2'47"E

Comments

  • I believe it is. The white gravestones are people who have died normally, and the green gravestones are war victims.
  • You are correct, this is a cemetery for jewish people
  • This is not East Ham Jewish Cemetery, but Plashet Jewish Cemetery. For East Ham Jewish Cemetery please go to: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=51.5240849&lon=0.0507903&z=17&l=0&m=s&v=9
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