Brady Street Cemetery

You are standing near the boundary of the Brady Street Cemetery, a site that began its life in seventeen sixty-one as a humble burial ground for the New Synagogue. Long before it gained recognition as a historical landmark, this land was known as Ducking Pond Lane, a name that reflects the rural, marshy character the area held before the sprawl of the East End engulfed it. The cemetery served as a vital sanctuary for London’s Jewish community for nearly a century, closing its gates to new burials in eighteen fifty-eight.