From London Gardens Online : "The Sephardi Velho (Old) Cemetery opened in 1657, the first Jewish cemetery to be established with Oliver Cromwell's approval. The land was formerly part of a garden and orchard. It was extended in 1670 and again in 1684 and eventually closed in 1737 after it was full, when a new cemetery opened nearby, the Sephardi Nuevo (New) Cemetery."
See the Gentle Author for an evocative description of a visit to the cemetery with lots of photos.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Old Velho / First Jewish cemetery
This building, erected in 1912, formerly housed the Beth Holim, or hospital, ...
The Jewish calendar has a different start year (hence the "5425 - 1665") 3,76...
Established in 2012 with a donation made by the Jubilee Walkway Trust. The Trust’s charitable mission is to create walkways in towns and cities around the world to preserve and protect the physical...
Group, Education, Gardens / Agriculture, History, Sport / Games
Landscape gardener. As Royal Gardener 1726-38, he laid out Kensington Gardens for Queen Caroline. Apart from when he was staying away on the job, he lived from 1723 to his death at what is now 5...
Physician, botanist, herbalist, astrologer and writer. Probably born at Ockley, Surrey. In about 1635 left Cambridge and came to London. This was prompted by the death of his intended. On her way t...
We believe this group now encompasses Comic Heritage, Musical Heritage, Sports Heritage and Films and Television Heritage. Its aim is to pay tribute to Britain's entertainers and raise funds for go...
Group, Cinema, History, Humour, Music / songs, Sport / Games, Theatre, TV & Radio
Pioneering aeronautical engineers. Oswald and Eustace formed a partnership in 1897, initially working on balloons. They supplied Charles Rolls, amongst others. In 1908 Horace joined, the company wa...
Originally founded as a school for poor children as part of the legacy of Lady Dacre. She wrote that its aims should be: 'for the bringing up of children in virtue and good and laudable arts so tha...
Born Dublin, Ireland as Abraham Gottheimer. The King of Italy conferred the title of Baron Grant - for improvement schemes in Milan. He was also MP for Kidderminster. His financial dealings were...
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