For information on the Jewish community and congregations of Grimsby, see Grimsby on JCR-UK.
CEMETERIES:
- Grimsby Old Jewish Cemetery, Doughty Road, Grimsby:
The cemetery opened in 1854 and closed following World War I. It then became a garden of rest. In 1959, it became a recreational park, the headstones being lifted and buried under turf. Accordingly there are no headstones remaining.
See also Cemetery Scribes - Doughty Road Jewish Cemetery [January 2017].
- Grimsby Jewish Cemetery, First Avenue, Nunsthorpe, Grimsby. tel. 01472 351404
Consecrated - March 1896 - Currently still in use. Used by the Grimsby Hebrew Community. It can only be visited by prior appointment and the current contact is Bernard Greenberg, 21 Abbey Park Road, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. DN32 OHJ source: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..[2003]
The site was bombed by the Germans in 1943 and most of the memorials (though not the headstones) were removed. The cemetery has also suffered from vandalism in recent years. Amongst those interred are five Jewish stowaways found dead in the hold of SS Ashton on route to Grimsby from Antwerp in 1908. Source: David Shulman, Webmaster JCR-UK [September 2016]
See also Cemetery Scribes - Nunsthorpe Jewish Cemetery [January 2017]
NEW: Grimsby Jewish Cemetery Database - JCR-UK now includes a new database of the burial records, plus photographs of the headstones, in the Grimsby Hebrew Congregation's Cemetery at Nunsthorpe, Grimsby (approximately 580 interments from 1896 to 31 July 2021). Features includes GPS coordinates and Google satellite image showing the location of the grave. Source: David Shulman, Webmaster JCR-UK [October 2021]