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Bancroft Road Cemetery (also known as Maiden Lane Synagogue Cemetery, Globe Fields)

Introduction

Bancroft Road Cemetery is a small Jewish burial ground that opened in 1811, set up by the Amude Yesharim (The Pillars of the Upright), who opened their Maiden Lane Synagogue in 1811. It consists of a small strip of land bordered by railings to Bancroft Road and walled to the back. There are a number of upright headstones, monuments and gravestones laid flat on the ground, and a few trees.

Bancroft Road Cemetery is a small Jewish burial ground that opened in 1811, set up by the Amude Yesharim (The Pillars of the Upright), who opened their Maiden Lane Synagogue in 1811. The cemetery was closed for burials in 1907 and was much neglected during the C20th, suffering bomb damage in WWII. It consists of a small strip of land bordered by railings to Bancroft Road and walled to the back. There are a number of upright headstones, monuments and gravestones laid flat on the ground, and a few trees.

Sources consulted:

Wolfston, Greater London Cemeteries and Crematoria, 3rd ed., London 1994; Bancroft Library, Clippings; The United Synagogue website; Cemetery Scribes website, www.cemeteryscribes.com: 'History - Bancroft (Maiden Lane) Cemetery' and Marcus Roberts History - Maiden Lane Synagogue Burial Ground (www.jtrails.org.uk) (conflicting information); Dr Sharman Kadish, 'Jewish Heritage in England' (English Heritage, 2006)

For more information see http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=THM006

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Directions

Tube: Stepney Green (District/Hammersmith & City). Bus: 25.

Owners

West End Chesed V'Ameth Burial Society

Other Websites

Key Information

Type

Funerary Site

Purpose

Sacred / Ritual / Funerary

Principal Building

Religious Ritual And Funerary

Survival

Extant

References

Contributors

  • London Parks and Gardens Trust