For information on the Jewish community and congregations, see Southampton on JCR-UK.
CEMETERIES:
- Hollybrook Municipal Cemetery, Jewish Section, Tremona Road, Shirley Warren, Southampton SO16. tel. 01703 220129. Opened 1971: Source: David Shulman, Webmaster JCR-UK [September 2016]
In July 2003, seventeen tombstones in the Jewish section of the Hollybrook Cemetery were desecrated, eleven with Nazi slogans and swastikas, and six were toppled. For further details and photograph, see http://hoffman.photoshelter.com/image/I0000fBlw_.4Sw7Y. Source: David Shulman, Webmaster JCR-UK [September 2016]
- Southampton Commons Old Cemetery, Jewish Section ("Southampton Old Jewish Cemetery"), Cemetery Road (off Northlands Road), Southampton, DO15:
The Jewish Section has approximately 140 graves, very closely packed and overgrown. The cemetery is located next to Southampton Common. Burial records are held by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery (FoSOC) - Graves Searches are conducted by FoSOC. The Friends of Southampton Old Cemetery will help locate a grave for a small donation.
A map of the Jewish cemetery that gives grave numbers and surnames is available for a small fee from the Hawthorns Urban Wildlife Centre at Southampton Common. [July 2006].
The first Jewish burial appears to date from 1854. Source: David Shulman, Webmaster JCR-UK [September 2016].
See also Cemetery Scribes - Southampton Old Jewish Cemetery, which includes images of a number of headstones [January 2017].