{"id":2185,"date":"2018-08-18T12:44:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T11:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cemeteryscribes.com\/blog\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2021-05-30T12:49:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T11:49:23","slug":"wolverhampton-jewish-cemetery-help-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cemeteryscribes.com\/blog\/wolverhampton-jewish-cemetery-help-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolverhampton Jewish Cemetery – help needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is an extract of a letter to the Jewish Chronicle (17 Aug 2018), detailing the state of Wolverhampton cemetery<\/strong> and the plans<\/p>\n

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Wolverhampton Jewish Cemetery<\/p><\/div>\n

and hopes of The Council of Birmingham and West Midlands Jewry to clean and restore it.<\/p>\n

The cemetery was opened around 1851 when the ground was presented by the Duke of Sutherland to the Jewish community. The dedication plaque reads: This burial Ground was presented to the Wolverhampton Hebrew Congregation by His Grace the Duke of Sutherland in the year 1851. New walls and buildings erected in the year 1884.<\/p>\n

“I am hoping to contact people who have relatives buried in the Wolverhampton Jewish Cemetery<\/strong>, which is no longer in use. The first burial there was in 1866 and the last in 2000.<\/p>\n

The Representative Council of Birmingham and West Midlands Jewry, together with the Board of Deputies, are looking to have the grounds  commercially cleared, as they have become overgrown and a dumping ground for unwanted household goods.<\/p>\n

Once cleared, the grounds will  be maintained by a team of volunteers from the Birmingham community. The ohel, which is a listed building, requires renovation at a cost of approximately \u00a325,000, without which it will eventually fall down.<\/p>\n

I hope families whose relatives are interred there, and others, regardless of whether they have relatives there or not, will consider making a donation no matter how small, to ensure that the cemetery once again becomes a dignified and respectable final resting place.<\/p>\n

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Wolverhampton Jewish Cemetery<\/p><\/div>\n

Cheques can be made payable to Representative Council of Birmingham and Midlands Jewry and posted to Representative Council c\/o BHC Singers Hill, Blucher St Birmingham B1 1HL.  All donations will be gratefully acknowledged.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For details of those buried there and recorded on CemeteryScribes can be found here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Photos taken in 2010 with our thanks to Mr A Isaacs )<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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