David Lewis & Deane Rd Jewish Cemetery
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Originally Posted by
DaisyChains
i would love a guided tour.
I think we are extremely lucky in Liverpool with the historic, park-like cemeteries of Victorian times.
St James', Toxteth, Anfield, etc to name a few
I understand from the Rabbi at Prince's Rd Synagogue Toxteth that the founder of Lewis's Department store, one David Lewis, is buried at this cemetery. As well as owning the nationwide chain of Lewis's Department stores, he was a well known 19th C Liverpool philanthropist.
Poor condtion of cemeteries
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Originally Posted by
DaisyChains
They might. They also might be willing to put forward some capital to restore the place, if they have any, is more in line with what I was thinking.
Possibly. Really it's up to the old Hewbrew Congregation at Prince's rd Synagogue who own the cemetry to maintain it. Though I suppose the poor state of the Deane Rd Cemetery is no diffferent from the poor state of St Nicholas's Liverpool Parish Cemetry at Walton which is much much larger . This parish doesn't have the money to look aftre the cemetery either.