2011

TG2209 : Hebrew Cemetery in Talbot Square, Norwich

taken 13 years ago, near to Norwich, Norfolk, England

Hebrew Cemetery in Talbot Square, Norwich
Hebrew Cemetery in Talbot Square, Norwich
The Hebrew Congregation Cemetery in Talbot Square is the earliest surviving Jewish cemetery in Norwich. In 1813 (perhaps influenced by the example of the Quakers who had successfully established their own burial ground > Link in the nearby Gildencroft in 1670) Norwich's small Hebrew Congregation leased a small plot of land in the Gildencroft for use as a cemetery. In the absence of a track to the plot that would have been wide enough for a cart or hearse, coffins had to be carried on the shoulders of pall-bearers. The path, known as Quakers Lane > Link because it leads to the Friends Meeting House and burial ground, was later widened. Internments in the plot ceased in 1854 when the new Burial Act forbade burials in churchyards and cemeteries located within the City's walls. It is believed that there are about thirty graves in this cemetery which over time has become very much overgrown, so much so that only the tops of a couple of gravestones can be seen in the bramble and nettle thicket.

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Geographical Context: Burial ground, Crematorium
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · House [322] · Norwich [293] · Survived [80] · Meeting House [71] Title Clusters: · Hebrew Cemetery in Talbot Square, Norwich [4] ·
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TG2209, 1170 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 28 April, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 28 April, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 227 093 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:38.1529N 1:17.4287E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TG 227 093
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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