Hill Top Jewish Cemetery
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Hill Top Jewish Cemetery

Leeds, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

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    Leeds, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire England
    Coordinates: 53.77295, -1.59649
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The Hill Top Jewish Cemetery opened in 1873 and contains the burial grounds for a number of synagogues established in Leeds over the years. These include Beth Hamadrash Hagodal, New Briggate (aka Grinner), New and Old Mariampolar (aka Central) and other smaller synagogues before they combined to from the United Hebrew Congregation. The cemetery contains over 3000 burials and is divided into various sections that partly reflect the history of Jewish synagogues in Leeds. The cemetery was permanently closed to public access in October 2008 because some parts of the cemetery had collapsed on more than one occasion into large underground caverns. The collapses were likely due to the presence of abandoned coal mine tunnels and shafts piercing the hill on which the cemetery is built. The annual remembrance service during the month of Elul for those buried in Hill Top Jewish Cemetery is now held at the nearby Beth Hamadrash Hagodal New Cemetery. The four Jewish cemetery locations in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds are Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Jewish New Cemetery, Hilltop Jewish Cemetery, New Farnley Jewish Cemetery, and United Hebrew Congregation Cemetery. A portion of the Harehills Cemetery operated by the Leeds City Council had also been set aside as a Jewish burial ground for use by the Sinai Synagogue.
The Hill Top Jewish Cemetery opened in 1873 and contains the burial grounds for a number of synagogues established in Leeds over the years. These include Beth Hamadrash Hagodal, New Briggate (aka Grinner), New and Old Mariampolar (aka Central) and other smaller synagogues before they combined to from the United Hebrew Congregation. The cemetery contains over 3000 burials and is divided into various sections that partly reflect the history of Jewish synagogues in Leeds. The cemetery was permanently closed to public access in October 2008 because some parts of the cemetery had collapsed on more than one occasion into large underground caverns. The collapses were likely due to the presence of abandoned coal mine tunnels and shafts piercing the hill on which the cemetery is built. The annual remembrance service during the month of Elul for those buried in Hill Top Jewish Cemetery is now held at the nearby Beth Hamadrash Hagodal New Cemetery. The four Jewish cemetery locations in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds are Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Jewish New Cemetery, Hilltop Jewish Cemetery, New Farnley Jewish Cemetery, and United Hebrew Congregation Cemetery. A portion of the Harehills Cemetery operated by the Leeds City Council had also been set aside as a Jewish burial ground for use by the Sinai Synagogue.

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