Two Headstones: to Isaac Ben Benjamin and to Alexander Moses, in South of the Jewish Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2002. Headstone.
Two Headstones: to Isaac Ben Benjamin and to Alexander Moses, in South of the Jewish Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- sacred-cornice-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 2002
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Two Headstones: to Isaac Ben Benjamin and to Alexander Moses, in South of the Jewish Cemetery, Falmouth Road
- OS grid reference
- SW 794 338
- Coordinates
- 50.16357, -5.08934
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two headstones located in the southern part of the Jewish Cemetery in Falmouth commemorate Isaac ben Benjamin, who died in 1790, and Alexander Moses, who died in 1791. Both headstones are made of slate and feature nowy heads with moulded arrises, displaying dates and inscriptions in Hebrew on their fronts. The Jewish community in Falmouth was established around 1740 by Alexander Moses, also known as 'Zender Falmouth'. The Jewish Cemetery, along with the nearby Congregational cemetery, is situated on land granted by Lord de Dunstanville in the late 18th century.
Local climate
Two Headstones: to Isaac Ben Benjamin and to Alexander Moses, in South of the Jewish Cemetery receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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