The Fulham Road Jewish Cemetery (also called Fulham Cemetery and formerly known as the Brompton Jewish Cemetery) is a Jewish cemetery on Fulham Road in the

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. A locked door on the Fulham Road serves as the entrance to the cemetery, otherwise it is not visible from the street. The cemetery is overlooked by the blocks of flats that surround it. Ash and plane trees are planted at the cemetery, which is in size. It has been described as a "tiny" cemetery that is "totally unexpected in the Fulham Road" and creates an impression "more typical of Prague than London". The cemetery is owned by the Western Charitable Foundation, and is open only by appointment.

History

It was opened in 1815 as the burial ground for the Western Synagogue, now Western Marble Arch Synagogue. The site was purchased in December 1815 for £400. An office building and prayer hall originally stood near the entrance. The cemetery closed in 1885 although burials in reserved plots continued until 1910. It was the first Jewish burial ground west of the City of London. It was restored in 1898 funded by a Mr Ellis Franklin, whose parents were buried here, with the maintenance of the cemetery funded by £20,000 from the estate of Adel Hopkins (née Rootstein). The Edmonton cemetery was subsequently established by the Western Synagogue in 1884.

Notable burials

* Herschell Filipowski (1816–1872),

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n-born Hebraist, editor, mathematician, linguist and

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who was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London *

Solomon Hart Solomon Alexander Hart (April 1806 – 11 June 1881) was a British painter and engraver. He was the first Jewish member of the Royal Academy in London and was probably the most important Jewish artist working in England in the 19th century ...

(1806–1881), artist and professor of painting at the

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(RA) from 1854 to 1863. Hart was the first Jewish member of the RA *

Zadok Jessel Zadok (or Zadok HaKohen, also spelled Ṣadok, Ṣadoc, Zadoq, Tzadok, or Tsadoq; he, צָדוֹק הַכֹּהֵן, meaning "Righteous, Justified") was a Kohen (priest), biblically recorded to be a descendant from Eleazar the son of Aaron (). ...

(1792–1864), businessman and the father of the Master of the Rolls Sir George Jessel *

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(1818–1873), first president of the

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and professor of political economy at London University *

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(1827–1875), stockbroker, pianist and composer

References

External links

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Cemetery Scribes: Brompton (Fulham Rd) Jewish Cemetery

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Local Studies blog – Hidden in plain sight: Chelsea's Jewish cemetery
{{Cemeteries in London 1815 establishments in England Fulham Road Jewish Cemetery Buildings and structures in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Cemeteries in London Jewish cemeteries in the United Kingdom

History

Notable burials

See also

References

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