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Forest Road East, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 4HJ

North Sherwood Street joins Forest Road East at this point. “Brown Esq. Barbers” has ceased to function. On the left is the boundary fence of Church (a.k.a. The Rock”) Cemetery and directly ahead, at the junction of Forest Road East and Mansfield Road (A60),‘St Andrew’s on the Rock’, an Anglican parish church is glaringly obvious.

The Forest Road East end of North Sherwood Street is seen here. Above the padlocked door in the sandstone wall on the left is a marble tablet bearing a scriptural text that also reads : “This burial ground was given to the Nottingham Jewish community by the Corporation of Nottingham in 1882. It was closed in 1889”. The Lord Mayor, Mr Oldknow, laid the first stone of the inclosure wall during a ceremony on 26 February 1823. By 1839 it seems that there was a community of seven Jewish families living in Nottingham who worshipped in a private home, whereas by 1895 the community had swollen to 500 families. During a later part of the 19th century there had been an influx of German Jews into Nottingham, as was the case in many other industrial cities. One notable personality was Lewis Heymann (1803-66) from Hamburg who became head of Heymann & Alexander in Stoney Street. He has been described as one of the pioneers of the Nottingham lace curtain industry. He also served as Mayor for a time. He died in 1869, aged 66, and was buried in the General Cemetery, as opposed to here in this small plot of 144 sq.yds.

The junction of N. Sherwood St with Forest Road East is seen here, with the boundary fence of Church (“The Rock”) Cemetery in the distance. Above the padlocked door on the right there is a marble tablet set into the sandstone wall bearing a scriptural text that also reads : “This burial ground was given to the Nottingham Jewish community by the Corporation of Nottingham in 1882. It was closed in 1889”. By 1839 there was a community of seven Jewish families living in Nottingham who worshipped in a private home, whereas by 1895 the community had swollen to 500 families. Later on in the 19th century there had been an influx of German Jews into Nottingham, as was the case in many other industrial cities. One notable personality was Lewis Heymann (1803-66) from Hamburg who became head of Heymann & Alexander in Stoney Street. He has been described as one of the pioneers of the Nottingham lace curtain industry. He also served as Mayor for a time. He died in 1869, aged 66, and was buried in the General Cemetery, as opposed to here in this small plot of 144 sq.yds.

This was the camera's view but not mine as I held it at arm's length and pointed it over the high Bulwell stone wall shown in David Hallam-Jones's Image The cemetery was in use from 1882-9.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm42708

From this direction you are only allowe to go straight on, although the main road across is two way. Also notable is the tall building at the back with the continuous row of windows on the top floor. This is typical of building involved in the finishing part of the lace trade, enabling inticate work to be carried out in good light.

A view across Mansfield Road from the corner of Mapperley Road.

For a further views of Mansfield Road in this area, please see Alan Murray-Rust's set of photos, starting at Image

The Forest Road East/Mansfield Road junction and the entrance to Church Cemetery (a.k.a."The Rock Cemetery"), taken from the grounds of St Andrew's Anglican Church.