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Old Jewish Cemetery, Highfield Road, Cardiff, WALES, 1586 burials total.
The 2nd Marquess of Bute donated land for Highfield Cemetery to the Jews of Cardiff in about 1841, although the first burial appears to be that of Abraham Lyons on 9 July 1852. Before that time, the Jewish deceased of Cardiff were taken to Merthyr Tydfil or Bristol for burial, and the new cemetery marked the beginning of an independent Jewish community in Cardiff.
Acknowledgements: These cemetery records are provided through a Project coordinated by Anthony Blasebalk, chairman of the Cardiff Chevrah Kaddishah. Grants were provided by the C.U.S. Council and also by Pencare, a charity formed after the Penylan Nursing and Retirement Home was sold. Many thanks are due to Lisa Gerson and Judy Cotsen, respective Chairpersons of these organisations for their help and co-operation, to photographer Philip Stewart, Joel Levy and Gina Marks, to Avril Blasebalk, for her invaluable support, correlating and typing, and to the many volunteers who transcribed the cemetery records and digitised them.
Please include te following link to the corresponding JCR-UK database:
https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Cemeteries/Cardiff/Highfield_Road_Cemetery/Cemetery_Menu.htm
Cemetery overview
Another cemetery overview
Third cemetery overview
Cemetery plan
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