Golders Green Jewish Cemetery

Golders Green Old Cemetery (Hoop Lane Jewish Cemetery)

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Established	1895 (1895)
Location	Golders Green, London Borough of Barnet
Country	England
Owned by	West London Synagogue

The Golders Green Jewish Cemetery, also known as Hoop Lane Jewish Cemetery, is a Jewish cemetery in London. It is maintained by the West London Synagogue.

Location

The cemetery is located on Hoop Lane, in Golders Green in the London Borough of Barnet, across the street from the Golders Green Crematorium.

History

It was opened in 1895. The cemetery is divided into two parts, the West Side (used by West London Synagogue), where the graves are marked with an upright stone, and the East Side (used by the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation). The East Side is a traditional Sephardi cemetery (one of the few left in London) and the gravestones are laid horizontally. Just inside the gates is a small building, with two halls for burial services, and a drinking fountain.

Notable burials

East Side

• Philip Guedalla, English barrister and biographer

West Side

• Sir Frederic Cowen, British pianist, conductor and composer
• Julia Goodman, British portrait painter
• Basil Henriques, Jewish philanthropist
• Maurice Jacobson, noted Anglo-Jewish pianist and composer
• Leslie Lord Hore-Belisha, British Liberal politician
• Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading, British Conservative politician and barrister
• Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, British Liberal politician and barrister, after cremation
• Arthur Löwenstamm (1882 – 1965), theologian, writer and rabbi in Berlin and in London
• Sir Philip Magnus, educational reformer
• Jacqueline du Pré (1945 – 1987), English cellist, who converted to Judaism in 1967
• Hugo Gryn, rabbi, broadcaster and Auschwitz survivor
• Jack Rosenthal, English playwright
• John Simon, British Liberal politician and barrister
• Werner van der Zyl (1902 – 1984), rabbi in Berlin and in London

Gallery

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  View of the East Side

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  View of the West Side

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  Grave of Jacqueline du Pré

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  Graves of Hugo Gryn and Jack Rosenthal

War graves

The cemetery contains the graves of 24 Commonwealth service personnel that are registered and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 10 from World War I and 14 from World War II.

Further reading

• Meller, Hugh & Brian Parsons, London Cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer, The History Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7509-4622-3.

Transport

The cemetery is easily reached with public transport:

• Bus: 82, 460, 210, all have stops nearby
• Train: There is no station close by, but Hampstead Heath (London Overground's North London Line) or Hendon (Thameslink) are probably the closest
• Underground: Golders Green (five minutes walk)

External links

• Golders Green Cemetery on the IAJGS website
• Official website