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Golders Green Cemetery (also known as West London Synagogue Cemetery, Golders Green Cemetery for Sephardi Jews, Hoop Lane Cemetery West and Hoop Lane Cemetery East)

Introduction

Golders Green Cemetery is divided into two distinct areas, the north-eastern section for Sephardic Jews, which has distinctive prostrate slabs, their simplicity in contrast to the upright, more ostentatious monuments and tombs in the south-western section for members of the West London Synagogue. The cemetery buildings consist of two brick Prayer Halls connected by an archway, and a half-timbered lodge.

When it was built in 1895, Golders Green Cemetery was the only major development in the area, which at that time was predominantly country villas set in the rural landscape. The cemetery is divided into two distinct areas, the north-eastern section for Sephardic Jews, which has distinctive prostrate slabs, their simplicity in contrast to the upright, more ostentatious monuments and tombs in the south-western section for members of the West London Synagogue. The cemetery buildings consist of two brick Prayer Halls connected by an archway, and a half-timbered lodge.

Sources consulted:

Hugh Meller & Brian Parsons, 'London Cemeteries, An Illustrated Guide and Gazetteer', 4th edition (The History Press, 2008); Bridget Cherry & Nikolaus Pevsner, 'The Buildings of England: London 4: North' (Penguin, 1998)

For more information see http://www.londongardensonline.org.uk/gardens-online-record.asp?ID=BAR025#

Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts

Access contact details

Winter: Sunday to Thursday 8am-4pm, Friday to 2 hours before Shabbat; Summer: Sunday to Friday 8am-5pm.

Directions

Tube: Golders Green (Northern). Bus 82, 102, 260, H2.

Owners

West London Synagogue (West) / Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation (East)

Other Websites

Key Information

Type

Funerary Site

Purpose

Sacred / Ritual / Funerary

Principal Building

Religious Ritual And Funerary

Survival

Extant

Hectares

6.68

Open to the public

Yes

References

Contributors

  • London Parks and Gardens Trust