The towns of Chatham and Rochester are part of a single conurbation known as the Medway Towns.
CEMETERIES:
- The Chatham Old Jews' Burial Ground (actually situated in Rochester) is behind the synagogue - the Chatham Memorial Synagogue, 366 High Street, Rochester. Inquiries: David Herling, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [Source: Jewish Year Book 2013]
Many details about the Chatham cemetery and neighbouring communities have been documented in ' Samuel Isaac, Saul Isaac and Nathaniel Isaacs ' by Michael Jolles, published in 1998. Source: Michael Jolles, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. [23 March 2002]
There is a JCR-UK searchable database of the cemetery on JewishGen. See also on JCR-UK Introductory to the Chatham Cemetery by Martyn Webster [August 2006].
The plot was acquired from the adjoining St Bartholomew's Hospital in the early 1780s and pre-dates the synagogue (which is situated on a lower level than the cemetery, down a steep bank). It is the only Jewish cemetery in the UK to be attached to a synagogue. Source: David Shulman, Webmaster JCR-UK [December 2016]
See also Cemetery Scribes - Chatham. [January 2017]
- The Chatham Municipal Cemetery, Jewish Section, Maidstone Road, ME4
"For those wishing to be buried locally, there is a specifically Jewish area in Chatham municipal cemetery." Source: Kent Liberal Jewish Community website. [December 2016]