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(This information was supplied by Cyril F.)
Maiden Lane Cemetery is in Bancroft Road in the heart of the old East End. Bancroft Road also contains the Tower Hamlets Family History Library , and running off it is Alderney Rd with its own old Cemetery.
Unfortunately , Maiden Lane Cemetery has been allowed to deteriorate to its present derelict state , the only concession being a good set of iron railings put up by Sir Monty Finneston about 20 years ago- but then he was Chairman of British Steel.
The Cemetery , 1600 square yards, dates from 1810 when it was purchased for the Maiden Lane Synagogue at the time of its schism with the Western.
By the end of the century it was virtually full and then fell into a state of neglect. When Maiden Lane Synagogue re-united with the Western Synagogue in 1907 , the later specifically excluded the upkeep of the Cemetery from the deal. By the early 1920s such was the sorry state of the ground that letters appeared in the Jewish Chronicle. Said one: "…it seems to belong to nobody, and it is nobody’s business to look after it". Some money was raised , but has long since been used.
A hundred years ago it was "crowded with upright stones , the grass neglected and having no paths between the graves." Now, the only difference is that there are but two upright stones, and a supermarket trolley.
The Burial Register (1875-1903) was destroyed by a bomb in 1941. If there is a copy , I have so far been unable to find it. I am still searching.
I have put together the following from the sources indicated.
Taken from: Records of the Western Synagogue by Cecil Roth 1930 and The Western Synagogue through Two Centuries by A. Barnett.
1810 Abraham SOLOMON of Maiden Lane
1814 Abigail MOSES wife of Philip MOSES of Swallow Street
1815.Michael LEVY of Borough Road
1816.1817 Isaac ISAACS (Isaac b. Hayim) of East St Marylebone
1817.1817 Samuel LAZARUS aged 68
1818.1818 Moses HYAMS aged 54
1819.1823 Aaron BARNARD of Deptford
1823.Emanuel ABRAHAM
1824.Michael SIMONS
1825.Maria HARRIS , wife of Ephraim HARRIS (Founder of the Congregation)
1829 Mirlalah EMMANUEL aged 64 (wife of Simon Emmanuel vide infra)
1837.Wolf Pizer son of Rabbi Nathan
1840.Ephraim HARRIS of Marylebone Lane
1840.Simon EMMANUELof Marylebone Lane (Simon b. Menahem) age 82
1844 Isaac LEVY of Fleming’s Row aged 45
1846 Joseph LEVY of Poultry
1854.Emanuel JACOBS
1860 Abraham COLLIS aged 83
The Librarian at Bancroft Rd (Tower Hamlets) Family History Library
has given me permission to reproduce the following list of inscriptions
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made by one of his predecessors , Henry Wootton in 1987.
Where there was a Jewish Inscription , the Librarian , who could not
translate it , has noted the fact. The English details are as they appear
on the stones.
Maiden Lane Synagogue Burial Ground (Bancroft Rd) Monumental inscriptions
transcribed 19.3.87. Many damaged. 24 – readable , 4 – dates uncertain.
1. In memory of/Eliza EMANUEL/ d. Feb 17 1861 – 5621 …years
2. (Jewish Text) Sacred to the memory of /Hannah/the beloved wife of
Aaron LEVY/ who departed this life/November 1 (?7) 5626(?) i.e
1865/aged 50 years/May her soul rest in peace
3. JT In memory of Rebecca wife of Isaac MORRIS who…187. 5631
4. J.T. Sacred to the memory of /The Revd. David JOSEPH/Minister of
the Maiden Lane Synagogue/and secretary to the Loyal United Brethren
Benefit Society…of Charity/who departed this life on 11 August 5631
(1871) /aged 54 years/May his soul rest in peace.
5. JT In memory of/Caroline/beloved wife of Simeon EMANUEL/of 22 Store
St W.C./who departed this life/Decr.15th 1879-5640/aged 45/May her
soul rest in peace.
6. JT In memory of/Hyman Jonas MORELL/who departed this life/11 Ellul
5639 corresponding with 30 August 1879/aged 58 years/also his
widow Charlotte MORELL/who departed this life/19 Shebat 5654 corresponding
with/26 January 1894/in her 69th year/May their souls rest in
peace/(Verse)
7. JT In memory of Joseph MURRAY/who departed this life/May 5th 1881-5641/aged
74 years/May his soul rest in peace/A loving husband,
affectionate father/much beloved and deeply regretted.
8. JT In memory of /Elizabeth/relict of/Charles MARKS/who departed this
life/Novr. 2nd 1881- 5642/aged 72 years/A true and loving friend to the
poor/May her soul rest in peace.
9. JT In memory of/Alexander JACOBS./of Covent Garden/who departed this
life/March 1st 1883-5643/in his 57th year/May his soul rest in
peace.
10 In memory of /Joseph COLLISS/ of 147 Saffron Hill/ who departed this
life/November 17th 1883/in his 75th year/Deeply regretted by
his/sorrowing children/relativesand friends/May his soul rest in peace.
11….Isaac/the beloved son of Maurice and the late/Elizabeth ABRAHAMS/
who departed this life/October 27th 1885-5646/aged 37 years/Deply
regretted by his family/and numerous circle of friends/May his soul
rest in peace.
12 JT In memory of John/the beloved son of/Elizabeth and the late
/Isaac JACOBS./ who departed this life/December 30th1885 – 5646/aged
41 years/Beloved and respected/by all who knew him/May his soul rest
in peace.
13 In memory of/Simeon EMANUE/of 22 Store St.W.C./who departed this
life/Novr. 27th 1885/Kislev 19th 5645*/aged 53/May his soul rest in
peace.
14 …annah/relict of/…on ISAACS/…Kennington Oval/…arted this life/…18th
1886-5646…ed (8) 9 years/lamented by her children,
grandchildren/ ..ives and friends/…soul rest in peace.
15.Jewish text)/In loving memory of/Mark COLLIN.(?s)/of...Lower Marsh/who dep-arted th.../
Octr. 20th 188. (?6)/aged (?57)/Deeply lamented by.../wife and ch..../May his soul
16 (Jewish text)/To the dear memory of,/George Joseph MURRAY/who entered into rest!
June 2nd 1887-5647/in the 79th year of his age/(Verse)
June 2nd 1887-56471/in the 79th year of his age/( Verse)
17../In loving memory of/Phillip JACOBS/late of Covent Garden Market/who departed this life
March 14th 1889 /11th of the…5649/in his 5(?
4)th year/Deeply lamented by his/sorrowing wife,children, relatives/and
friends/(Verse)/May he rest in peace.
this life/March 14th 1889/llth of the... .5649/in
his 5(? 4th) year/Deeply lamentedby his/sorrowing wife, children, relatives/and
friends/(Verse)/May he res
18.(Jewish text)/In loving memory/of/Henry Jacob/dearly beloved son of/Tress & Debbie Hart
/born 29th July 1888/died 29th Jany. 1889/aged 6 months/( Verse)
19 (Jewish text)/Sacred to the memory/of/Ernest M. Lazareck/the beloved
son of! Moritz and Pauline Lazareck/who departed this life/September
the 22nd. 1890/aged 27 years
20 (Jewish text)/In memory of/Bernard Winkel/died March 11th 1890—5650/....
21 (Jewish text)…….Bowers Solomon/who departed this life/December....1890/aged 64 years..
22 (Jewish text)/In
memory of/Woo1f LEVY/who departed this life/...Octr. (?1891) aged 8(?4)
years/Deeply mourned by his
sorrowing/children,
relatives & friends/
May his soul rest in peace/( Verse)
23 (Jewish text)/In memory of/Elizabeth/widow of/Isaac JACOB/who departed this...March
22nd 1895 aged 75 years/Beloved and respe.../by all who knew.../Mav her soul rest. ../( Verse)
24..../In memory of/our beloved father/The Rev. Philip
Phillips/Minister of the Maiden Lane/and Western Synagogues/who died 18th
Jany.
5678-1918/in his 91st year/(Text)/May his
soul rest in peace
25 ../the....mory/...Ezekiel JAC.../of Covent Gard.../who departed thi..../(?2)nd Ju1y...(?2).../jn the
80th year….
26 the …mory of/Elizabeth/widow of/Israel JACOBS/who departed this life/....st (?23)
....18….-56/…her 8…. year/..and friends…
27 …/youngest daughter of/The Revd. Jacob MOSES/late of Birmingham
28 (Jewish text)/Sacred to the memory of/Hannah BRAHAM/the dearly loved wife of/
Abraham Braham/who departed this life/October 28th....56.../aged (?70) year
She was an affectionate wife/a kind parent/and respected by all who
knew her! (Verse)
Index
ABRAHAMS, Elizabeth 11
Isaac 11
Maurice 11
BRAHAM, Abraham 28
" Hannah 28
COLLINS, Mark 15
COLLISS, Joseph 10
EMANUEL, Caroline 5
Eliza 1
Simeon 5 and 15
HART, Debbie 18
" Henry Jacob 18
" Tress 18
ISAACS, ....on 14
" Hannah 14
JAC...., Ezekiel 25
JACOB, Elizabeth 23
" Isaac 23
JACOBS, Alexander 9
" Elizabeth 12
" Elizabeth 26
" Isaac 12
" Israel 26
John 12
JOSEPH, David 4
LAZARECK , Ernest N. 19
Moritz 19
Pauline 19
LEVY, Aaron 2
Hannah 2
" Woolf 22
MARKS, Charles 8
Elizabeth 8
MORELL, Charlotte 6
Hyman Jonas 6
MORRIS, Isaac 3
Rebecca 3
MOSES, •………. 27
Rev. Jacob 27
MURRAY, George Joseph 16
" Joseph 7
PHILLIPS, Rev. Philip 24
SOLOMON, Bowers 21
WINKEL, Bernard 20
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