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For information on the Jewish community of Canterbury, see Canterbury on JCR-UK.


CEMETERIES:
  • Canterbury Jews Burial Ground,  Entrance at the end of passageway between 26 and 28 Whitstable Road, Canterbury CT2

It is one of the disused cemeteries administered by the Board of Deputies of British Jews - general enquiries to the Board's Community Issues Division. [Jewish Year Book 2005]  
Canterbury Jewry was restored in 1998 with the assistance of monies from the Canterbury City Council and the National Lottery Fund. Source: David Shulman, Webmaster JCR-UK [October 2016]

See also Cemetery Scribes - Canterbury. [January 2017]

 

  • Medieval Jewish Cemetery

There was a old Jewish Cemetery in Canterbury in use from some time after 1177 until 1290. Jewry Lane and the old cemetery near St. Dunstan's Street are reminders of the past when Jews resided here. [January 2001].