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
Country: England
Date first listed: 24 July 2002
Type: Headstone
Source: Historic England listing

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FALMOUTH

843-1/0/10009 FALMOUTH ROAD 24-JUL-02 Ponsharden Two headstones: to Isaac ben Benjamin and to Alexander Moses, in south of the Jewish Cemetery

Headstones in Jewish cemetery. 1790: to Isaac ben Benjamin. 1791: to Alexander Moses. Both are slate headstones with nowy heads, moulded arrises and with dates and inscriptions on fronts in Hebrew. The Jewish community was established in Falmouth in about 1740 by Alexander Moses, known as 'Zender Falmouth'. The Jewish Cemetery and the adjacent Congregational cemetery are on land granted by Lord de Dunstanville later in the C18. SOURCE: Fry, H. and Pearce, K., Lost Jews of Cornwall, pp.101-129.

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