Monument MPM963 - Jewish Cemetery

Jewish burial ground consecrated in 1749. The site originally formed part of a field belonging to Wish Farm, and was purchased by the Jewish community in 1749 on a 1000 year lease. A red brick Ohel (Prayer Hall) is located in the south-east corner of the burial ground. The memorial tablets marking the graves contain Hebrew inscriptions on the front and English on the reverse. The burial ground is no longer in use. [1] Fawcett Road is the oldest surviving fully documented Jewish Burial Ground outside London. [2]

A new burial ground in Kingston Cemetery was allotted to the Jewish community in 1893 [2].

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Jewish Burial ground with small red brick chapel to south side. In use 1749 and later [3].

<1> Offord, J, 1989, Churches, Chapels and Places of Worship on Portsea Island (Bibliographic reference). SPM39.

<2> Smith, Nicky, 2017, Houses of Eternal Life: England's Jewish Burial Grounds (Bibliographic reference). SPM496.

<3> Portsmouth City Council, 2011, City of Portsmouth Local List of Buildings (Bibliographic reference). SPM37.