Balls Pond Road Cemetery, also known as Jewish (West London Reform) Cemetery, Kingsbury Road Cemetery, Balls Pond Burial Ground and The Jewish Burial Ground, is a Jewish cemetery on Kingsbury Road,

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, London N1. It was founded in 1843 and is owned by

West London Synagogue The West London Synagogue of British Jews, abbreviated WLS ( he, ק"ק שער ציון, ''Kahal Kadosh Sha'ar Tziyon'', "Holy Congregation Gate of Zion"), is a synagogue and congregation, affiliated to Reform Judaism, near Marble Arch in centr ...

. Prominent early members of that place of worship, such as the de Stern, Goldsmid and

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families, are buried in this cemetery. Other notable burials include the ashes of

Amy Levy Amy Judith Levy (10 November 1861 – 9 September 1889) was an English essayist, poet, and novelist best remembered for her literary gifts; her experience as the second Jewish woman at Cambridge University, and as the first Jewish student at N ...

, the first Jewish woman at Cambridge University and the first Jewish woman to be cremated in England. The last burial at the cemetery was in 1951. The cemetery has been

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since 2020.

Notable burials

People buried at the cemetery include: * Phinehas Abraham (c.1812–1887), a West Indian merchant born in Jamaica and one of its largest landed proprietors. He was senior

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for

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in Jamaica and an agent of

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. He was also one of the earliest members of West London Synagogue. *

Montague Durlacher Montague Durlacher (9 April 1824 – 16 November 1894) was an English surgeon-chiropodist. In 1879 he was appointed as surgeon-chiropodist to Queen Victoria's household,"Mr. Durlacher of Old Burlington Street has received from the Lord Chamberlai ...

(1824–1894), who, in 1869, was appointed surgeon-

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's household, in succession to his father

Lewis Durlacher Lewis Durlacher (1792– 3 March 1864) was a chiropodist who was appointed as surgeon-chiropodist to the royal household in 1823 and served under George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria. Durlacher was born in Warwickshire (some sources say Bir ...

(c.1792–1864). Both men are buried at the cemetery, as is Lewis's wife Susannah (c.1798–1874) who was Montague's mother. *

(1861–1889), essayist, poet, and novelist, who was the second Jewish woman at

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and the first Jewish woman to be cremated in England; her ashes were interred at this cemetery *

Joseph Moses Levy Joseph Moses Levy (15 December 1812 – 12 October 1888) was a British newspaper editor and publisher. Biography Levy was born in London on 15 December 1812 to Moses Levy and Helena Moses. He was educated at Bruce Castle School, after which he ...

(1812–1888), newspaper editor and publisher. He was chief proprietor of ''

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'' and also managed ''

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''. *Reverend Dr

Albert Löwy Albert Löwy (8 December 1816 – 21 May 1908) was a Moravian-born English Hebrew scholar and Reform rabbi. Biography He was born Abraham Löwy in Aussee, Moravia (now Úsov, Czech Republic), the eldest son of thirteen children of Leopold and ...

(1816–1908), a Moravian-born Hebrew scholar and Reform rabbi *Reverend

David Woolf Marks David Woolf Marks (22 November 1811 – 3 May 1909) was a British Hebrew scholar and minister. He was the first religious leader of the West London Synagogue, which seceded from the authority of the Chief Rabbi, where he advocated a quasi- Kara ...

(1811–1909), Hebrew scholar and minister, who was the first religious leader of the West London Synagogue *

Annette Salaman Annette Amelia "Annie" Salaman (1827 – 10 April 1879) was an English Jewish writer. She was the youngest daughter of Alice and Simeon Kensington Salaman, and sister of painter Julia Goodman, composer Charles Kensington Salaman, author Lady Ra ...

(1827–1879), writer, who compiled a collection of comforting scriptural texts which were published in 1873 as an illustrated guide to the Bible entitled ''Footsteps on the Way of Life''. She was also the author of ''How to Earn a Good Name'' (1876) and ''Aunt Annette's Stories to Ada'' (1876), a series of tales for children. *

James Joseph Sylvester James Joseph Sylvester (3 September 1814 – 15 March 1897) was an English mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics. He played a leadership ro ...

(1814–1897), mathematician and

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at the

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. Sylvester made fundamental contributions to

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and

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. He played a leadership role in American mathematics in the second half of the 19th century as a professor at the

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and as founder of the ''

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''. * Simon Waley (1827–1875), a leading broker on the

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and a prominent amateur musician. He was a leading figure in the Jewish community during the period of the emancipation of the Jews from civil disabilities.

Goldsmid family

* Sir

Isaac Lyon Goldsmid Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1st Baronet (13 January 1778 – 27 April 1859) was a financier and one of the leading figures in the Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom, who became the first British Jew to receive a hereditary title. Biography ...

, 1st Baronet (1778–1859), financier and one of the leading figures in the

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in the United Kingdom * Frederick David Goldsmid (1812–1866), the second son of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid and his wife Isabel, who was

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(MP) for

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from 1865 to 1866. He is buried with his wife Caroline (1814–1885), daughter of Phillip Moses Samuel and Julia Goldsmid. *Frederick's sister Rachel, Countess d'Avigdor (1816–1896), philanthropist and communal worker, who was the second daughter of Isabel and Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid *Frederick and Caroline's son Sir

Julian Goldsmid Sir Julian Goldsmid, 3rd Baronet, DL, JP (8 October 1838 – 7 January 1896) was a British lawyer, businessman and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal (later Liberal Unionist) politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Co ...

, 3rd Baronet (1838–1896), lawyer, businessman, and art collector. He became a Liberal (later

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) MP and

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Mocatta family

David Mocatta David Alfred Mocatta (1806–1882) was a British architect and a member of the Anglo-Jewish Mocatta family. Early career David Alfred Mocatta was born to a Sephardic Jewish family in 1806, the son of the licensed bullion broker Moses Mocatta ...

(1806–1882), architect of railway stations and synagogues, and a founder of the West London Synagogue. He was elected a Fellow of the

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(later the RIBA) in 1836, and was an early member of its council. * Frederick David Mocatta (1828–1905), financier and philanthropist

Stern family

* David Jacob de Stern, Viscount de Stern, (1807–1877), German-born British banker and senior partner of the firm of Stern Brothers''JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)'' *

Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham Herbert Stern, 1st Baron Michelham (28 September 1851 – 7 January 1919), known as Sir Herbert Stern, Bt, between July and December 1905, was a British financier, philanthropist and a member of the Stern banking family. Background Stern was t ...

(1851–1919), financier, philanthropist and a member of the Stern banking family *

Hermann de Stern Hermann de Stern, Baron de Stern (1815–1887) was a German-born British banker and senior partner of the firm of Stern Brothers. Early life and career Stern was born in 1815 in Frankfurt am Main, Grand Duchy of Frankfurt, to the prominent St ...

, Baron de Stern (1815–1887), German-born British banker and senior partner of the firm of Stern Brothers

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