Novo Cemetery

The Novo Cemetery is a Sephardic Jewish cemetery located within the grounds of Queen Mary University of London in Mile End in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Opened in 1733, it is one of only two exclusively Sephardic cemeteries left in England.

Novo Cemetery
The Novo Cemetery in 2017
Details
Established1733
Location
Mile End, London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates51.524°N 0.038°W / 51.524; -0.038
TypeSephardic Jewish

History

England's first Jewish cemetery, called the Velho Cemetery, was built was built on a small plot of land in Mile End in 1657. As the nearby Jewish community grew in size, and the Velho began to fill up. By 1726, it was nearly full, so land for a second, larger Sephardi cemetery, the Novo Cemetery, was leased, with the first burials taking place in 1733.[1][2]

By 1895 the cemetery was almost full, and it was closed for burials for adults in 1905 and for children in 1918. Historic England added it to the register of listed buildings in 2014, as a Grade II.[3]

Notable internments

See also

References
  1. Christiansen, Siri. "The Novo Cemetery: a landmark of Jewish history hidden in plain sight". Roman Road London. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. "The Novo Cemetery". Historic England. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. "Novo Cemetery: East London's Secret Jewish Burial Ground". Look Up London. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

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