For information on the Jewish community and congregations of Liverpool, see Liverpool on JCR-UK.
"There is evidence of of an organised community before 1750. It appears to have had a burial ground attached. Little is known of this early community. It declined but in 1770 was reinforced by a new wave of settlers chiefly from Europe, who worshipped in a house in Upper Frederick Street, near the river, with a mikve and cemetery." [Source Jewish Year Book 2005]
Liverpool Jewish Archives are at the Liverpool Record Office, within in the Central Library on William Brown Street. The Jewish archives go back to 1780. In these archives are booklets and listings of almost all of the Jewish cemeteries and who was buried there. They typically detail date of burial, name, address of person at death, age and plot number. The problem is that almost all of it is in written form and in English and/or Yiddish. Although almost entirely in English, it is handwritten in script form. One has to look at the details very carefully to get spellings correctly. One of the problems is that these documents (and there are many), which cover almost all of the Jewish cemeteries from early 18th century to current date are not allowed to be taken from the Library archives. They can only be viewed on location and only with special permission and only via appointment.
UPDATE: The archives of the Liverpool Jewish Community are open to anyone with a reader's ticket for the archives. Anyone wishing to obtain one should contact the Record Office on +151 233 5817 & ask what identification will be required. The previous system requiring a letter of permission from the Jewish community archivist is no longer in place. No items may be removed from the archives, but facilities exist for photocopying and taking digital photos. Some cemeteries were indexed & uploaded online for sale by Berny Goodheart in the late 1990s & early 2000s but his website has since been taken down. Enquiries regarding the history of the Liverpool Jewish community should be addressed to Arnold Lewis (Community Archivist) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Genealogical enquiries regarding the community should be addressed International Jewish Cemetery Project - England BODY to Saul Marks at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. [January 2009]
UPDATE & DATABASE: The Liverpool Jewish Cemeteries Database contains records of some 12,500 burials (dating from 1770s to 2018) at eleven Jewish burial locations in Liverpool, including over 10,000 images of headstones and burial registers. The database, which was the result of the Liverpool Jewish Necrology Project, undertaken between 2015 and 2019 and lead by Philip Sapiro, is hosted by JCR-UK and went live in February 2020. David Shulman, JCR-UK webmaster [February 2020].
CEMETERIES (in chronological order of opening) - additional information see description of cemeteries on JCR-UK
- Cumberland Street Jewish Burial Ground, located at Liverpool's first synagogue in Cumberland Street:
No records or physical remains exist of this burial ground. JCR-UK webmaster [February 2020]
- Upper Frederick Street Jewish Burial Ground, which was situated in back garden of 133 Upper Frederick Street, adjoining Liverpool's then synagogue
In use from 1770s to early years of 1800s. Cemetery of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation. Burials removed to Broad Green Cemetery in 1923.
- Oakes Street Jewish Cemetery, Boundary Place London Road, Liverpool L 3:
In use from 1802 to 1837. Cemetery of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation. All burials reinterred in the Broad Green Cemetery.
- Solomon Mausoleum, Mossley Hill, Liverpool:
Dr Samuel Solomon, in the early nineteenth century, purchased this land for a family mausoleum. The mausoleum no longer exists and the remains (of four family members) were re-interred at the West Derby Road (non-Jewish) cemetery, which is now parkland known as Grant Gardens. JCR-UK webmaster [February 2020]
- Liverpool Old Jews' Burial Ground - Deane Road Cemetery, Dean Road, Fairfields, Liverpool L7 (Contact: +44 151 486 7549; Princes Road Synagogue: Tel: +44 151 709 3431; Web:www.princesroad.org)
Earliest legible headstone 1838 and in use until 1905. Was cemetery of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation.
See also Cemetery Scribes - Dean Road Cemetery [January 2017].
- Green Lane Jewish Cemetery, Green Lane, Tue Brook, Liverpool L13:
In use from 1839 (earliest headstone 1842) to 1921 (replaced by Long Lane Jewish Cemetery). In 2009 was totally overgrown & sealed. Entry physically impossible. Was cemetery of the now defunct Liverpool New Hebrew Congregation.
The Liverpool Records Office (Central Library & Archive, 3rd Floor, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EW) holds deeds relating to this cemetery (ref: ACC 5713) Source; David Shulman, Webmaster JCR-UK [January 2017]
See also Cemetery Scribes - Green Lane Cemetery [January 2017].
- Rice Lane Jewish Cemetery, Hazeldale Road, Walton Liverpool L9 (Contact: +44 151 733 2292):
In use from 1896 to 1983. Cemetery independent, not affiliated to any single congregation.
See also Cemetery Scribes - Rice Lane Cemetery [January 2017].
- Broad Green Jewish Cemetery, Thomas Drive, Liverpool L14 (Contact: Princes Road Synagogue: Tel: +44 151 709 3431; Web: www.princesroad.org, Caretaker +44 151 228 3127):
Opened 1904 and still in use. Cemetery of the Liverpool Old Hebrew Congregation. Includes remains of Oakes Street Jewish Cemetery.
See aso Cemetery Scribes - Broad Green Cemetery [January 2017].
- Long Lane Jewish Cemetery, Long Lane, Fazakerly, Liverpool L9 (Contact: +44 151 733 2292):
In use from from 1921 to 2008. Successor to Green Lane Cemetery, a cemetery of the now defunct Liverpool New Hebrew Congregation.
- West Derby Cemetery, Jewish Section, Lower House Lane, Liverpool L11 (Contact: +44 151 733 2297):
Opened 1927 and now closed except for reserve plots. Cemetery for the Liverpool Federated Jewish Burial Society and not affiliated to any single congregation.
- Reform Jewish Section, Allerton Municipal Cemetery, South Liverpool:
Use of the Reform burial ground commenced in 1930, and it remains in active use.
- Springwood Jewish Cemetery, Springwood Avenue Woolton, Liverpool. (Contact: +44 151 733 5871):
The Orthodox Jewish sections of the Allerton Municipal Cemetery, used by the Childwall & Allerton Hebrew Congregations, since 1951 and 1968, respectively, together with a 'communal' section, administered by Merseyside Jewish Community Care, was first used in 1974; this latter section is the burial ground for non-affiliated members of the community and the non-synagogue burial societies.