Preston Cemetery, Jewish sections

HER Number:
10851

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Preston Cemetery, Jewish sections

Place:
Preston

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Inhumation Cemetery

Site Type: Specific:
Jewish Cemetery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Preston Cemetery opened in 1856 as Tynemouth Cemetery. The earliest Jewish gravestone is in the north-west section in the first row closest to the wall. The Hebrew text says 'Sarah Isaacs, aged 26, buried 6 July 1856'. The associated synagogue was at 20 Linskill Street, North Shields from 1870. There is a separate modern (1977) Reform cemetery at the other end of Preston Cemetery with an ohel (prayer hall at burial ground, especially a small walk-in memorial to a deceased Hasidic rabbi).

Easting:
3483

Northing:
6924

Grid Reference:
NZ34836924

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Sharman Kadish, 2006, Jewish Heritage in England - Architectural Guide, page 190; Jewish Chronicle, 23 September 1988, p 11