Alderney Road Cemetery
The Alderney Road Cemetery is a historic Jewish cemetery in London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. It is the oldest surviving cemetery in the UK established primarily for the Ashkenazi Jewish community. It is also adjacent to Velho Cemetery.- Type: Cemetery
- Description: Jewish cemetery in Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
- Also known as: “Jewish Cemetery” and “Mile End Jewish Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stepney Green tube station and Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives.
Stepney Green tube station
Metro station
Photo: East london line, Public domain.
Stepney Green is a London Underground station located on Mile End Road in Stepney. It is on the District and Hammersmith & City lines between Whitechapel and Mile End stations, and is in London fare zone 2. Stepney Green tube station is situated 590 feet southwest of Alderney Road Cemetery.
Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives
Library
Photo: Paul the Archivist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives is a facility provided by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to enable members of the public to consult books and records in their collection. Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives is situated 710 feet northeast of Alderney Road Cemetery.
Velho Cemetery
Cemetery
The Velho Cemetery is a disused Jewish burial ground in Mile End, London. It is the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in the United Kingdom, founded in 1657 by members of the Creechurch Lane synagogue, which was itself the first synagogue to be established in the country since the 1290 expulsion of the Jews.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East End and East London.
East End
Photo: Mark Towning, CC BY 2.0.
The East End is a district of inner London. The boundaries of the East End are not well defined, but for the purposes of this page it covers from the edge of The City to the River Lea or the old boundaries of the former borough of Poplar.
East London
Photo: Roel Hemkes, CC BY 2.0.
East London is the part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen. East London developed as London's docklands and the primary industrial centre.
Stepney
Suburb
Photo: Tarquin Binary, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Stepney is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. Stepney is no longer officially defined, and is usually used to refer to a relatively small area.
Alderney Road Cemetery
- Categories: Jewish cemetery and burial
- Location: Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.52297° or 51° 31′ 23″ northLongitude
-0.04511° or 0° 2′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C3XGXF3+5XOpenStreetMap ID
way 29060289OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q26410583
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In Other Languages
“Alderney Road Cemetery” goes by many names.
- German: “Alderney Road Jewish Cemetery”
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