Balls Pond Road Cemetery


Balls Pond Road Cemetery, also known as Jewish Cemetery, Kingsbury Road Cemetery, Balls Pond Burial Ground and The Jewish Burial Ground, is a Jewish cemetery on Kingsbury Road, Dalston, London N1. It was founded in 1843 and is owned by West London Synagogue. The last burial was in 1951. Prominent early members of the West London Synagogue, such as the de Stern, Goldsmid and Mocatta families, are buried in this cemetery. Other notable burials include the ashes of Amy Levy, the first Jewish woman at Cambridge University and the first Jewish woman to be cremated in England.

Notable burials

People buried at the cemetery include: