Hazlerigg Jewish Cemetery

HER Number:
10858

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Hazlerigg Jewish Cemetery

Place:
Hazlerigg

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Inhumation Cemetery

Site Type: Specific:
Jewish Cemetery

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Acquired by the Corporation Street Synagogue in 1906. The earliest tombstones are along the back wall. Earliest readable date is 1912. The red brick ohel (prayer hall at burial ground, especially a small walk-in memorial to a deceased Hasidic rabbi) was built in 1920. The windows are mostly from Jesmond Synagogue (HER 9894). The pulpit was added in 1925. In 1992 the cemetery was extended and a bet taharah (mortuary) added.

Easting:
2407

Northing:
7189

Grid Reference:
NZ24077189

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Sharman Kadish, 2006, Jewish Heritage in England - Architectural Guide, page 188