We reported back in 2011 that the burial ground was in dire need of a clean up. The weeds and brambles were taller than the tombstones. We are delighted to announce that there has been a massive clean up and…
We have no personal connection either to the book or to its author, but Subscribers to this blog might like to read this comprehensive review by Michael Jolles, member of the Council of the Jewish Historical Society of England and…
We hesitate to call this “A good News Story” To use the the word “good” in such a context would be to insult the memory of all those who perished or suffered in those, the darkest of days.. But we can, at…
The Jewish Cemetery in Funchal, Madeiria faces the sea and has been damaged by erosion. From the plaque above the entrance it dates back to 1851. Sadly some graves may have fallen into the sea. All photos are copyright Lynn…
Here are some photos taken recently of Bancroft Road Cemetery. We have written a number of articles on the state of this cemetery and these show that some tidying up has been done. Previous articles: BANCROFT ROAD Updated records Bancroft…
We were recently contacted by a sharp-eyed researcher who suspected we had a duplicate entry for Benjamin Woolf. Normally, such duplications are relatively easy to look into, albeit administratively very much harder to rectify! But not so in the case…
The serendipity of the random Google Search occasionally drops an unexpected sugar plum in your lap.. One such dropped into ours recently: a book entitled “An historical and topographical description of Chelsea, and its environs, Volume 2” By Thomas Faulkner.…
We set up The CemeteryScribes project in 2008. Our aim was to photograph and record the information inscribed over the centuries on headstones across the country before its irrevocable loss to the ravages of acid rain, urbanization, neglect and vandalism.…
