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United Hebrew Congregation (UHC) Cemetery, Leeds, England. 6876 burials total.
These burial grounds were purchased from the Earl of Cardigan in 1837 and the cemetery was opened in 1840, six years prior to the opening of the first proper Synagogue in Leeds. In the early 1880s, a substantial plot of land adjoining the existing cemetery was purchased and remains in use to the present day.
This information was provided to JOWBR with the permission of the Leeds UHC Synagogue.
- Photographs by Lee White, Malcolm Sender and Alan Tobias.
- Database assembled by Alan Tobias.
- Data Transcription by the late Murray Freedman, Malcolm Sender and Alan Tobias.
- Provision of communal records by the UHC Synagogue Office, Alan Benstock, the late Murray Freedman and the late Eddie Mack.
Cemetery layout
First set cemetery sections
Second set of cemetery sections
Third set of cemetery sections
See also the Leeds Jewish Community home page on Jewish Community & Records - United Kingdom (JCR-UK).
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