Balls Pond Road Cemetery

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Balls Pond Road Cemetery (Kingsbury Road Cemetery)
Balls Pond Road Cemetery
Details
Established1843
Closed1951
Location
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 51°32′52″N0°04′46″W / 51.5477°N 0.0794°W / 51.5477; -0.0794
TypeJewish
Owned by West London Synagogue
Size0.5 acres
No. of graves900
Find a Grave Kingsbury Road Cemetery
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameWest London Reform Cemetery
Designated6 November 2020
Reference no.1465187

Balls Pond Road Cemetery, also known as Jewish (West London Reform) Cemetery, [1] Kingsbury Road Cemetery, Balls Pond Burial Ground [2] and The Jewish Burial Ground, [3] is a Jewish cemetery on Kingsbury Road, Canonbury, London N1. It was founded in 1843 and is owned by West London Synagogue. [1] Prominent early members of that place of worship, such as the de Stern, Goldsmid and Mocatta families, are buried in this cemetery. [3] Other notable burials include the ashes of Amy Levy, 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. [3] The cemetery has been Grade II listed since 2020. [4] [5] [6]

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Notable burials

Amy Levy Amy Levy 1.jpg
Amy Levy
Reverend David Woolf Marks David Woolf Marks.jpg
Reverend David Woolf Marks

People buried at the cemetery include:

Goldsmid family

Mocatta family

Stern family

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