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Ladywoodite

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1851 census shows ancestors at Betholom Row. It appears to have been in the St Thomas Parish, so I presume it was somewhere near Bath Row. Does anyone know for sure just where it was?
 
i have edited the title of the thread as it it bartholomew row...part of it still exists...here is todays view...if you use the search box we may have one or two old photos on the forum

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Lyn, I don't want to interfere but I think Betholem Row was the one in Edgbaston by the Jewish cemetery. There is a picture on the Birmingham Libraries website and the description is as follows:

Date:1830 - 1890 (c.)

Description:Betholom Row translates as "City of the dead". It was a passageway which bordered the Jewish burial ground on Islington Row. The Jewish community was centred on this area during the nineteenth century. Expansion of the Midland railway threatened Beth Olom but the railway line was diverted and the road and part of the cemetery survived. Today Bath Court stands on the site of Betholom Row and the cemetery is no longer in use though the site remains there. The bodies were removed to Witton Cemetery in Aston some years ago.

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Thanks for the reply Astoness but I don't think it is Bartholomew Row. I am attaching the census form and it is spelled quite distinctly Betholom Row. Did the parish of St Thomas reach as far as where Bartholomew Row is?
 

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Ladywoodite said:
Thanks for the reply Astoness but I don't think it is Bartholomew Row. I am attaching the census form and it is spelled quite distinctly Betholom Row. Did the parish of St Thomas reach as far as where Bartholomew Row is?
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thanks for putting that right and also thanks to lady pen....i have now edited the thread title again...must say i have not heard of betholom row...must investigate it...hopefully someone can provide us with a map showing it

lyn
 
Lyn, I only came across it by accident some years ago but I'd like to know more about it too. I think that's why I love this forum, there's always something new to find out every day. Keeps 'the little grey cells' working!
 
Presumably the land still belongs to the synagogue and they are responsible for it.
I guess someone would have to get permission to see inside and it would have to be for a specific reason.
 
this man managed to get in before it was closed up....maybe we could do some research on simon king marks died 1868 aged 68... if anyone fancies a go let me know and i will set up a thread for him to save going off topic... how sad that his headstone remains but he is not there...what i cant understand is why the bodies were moved to witton yet the burial ground has not been built on why not just let them rest in peace or are there more bodies there that we do not know about...youtube link below


 
Marks, Simon King

He was cabinet maker and upholsterer and timber dealer at 57 Edgebaston St. His home (in 1862 directory) was 8 Wellington St, Edgbaston.

He retired from his business around april 1857, handing it over to his son Maurice Joseph Marks.

In later years he was a councillor, later an alderman
 
Beth Olem in Hebrew means a cemetery, literally house of the world. In Hebrew vowels are not really written so 'a' or 'e' is the same thing, sometimes you will see it written Beth Olam. Beth means house, Olem means the world. Likewise in Bethlehem, which means house of bread.
Many of the world's cities have Jewish cemeteries hidden away. Pity they have to be hidden like this, but it does keep them safe from desicration, which is something that happens a lot to Jewish and other minority cemeteries.
 
There are a couple of old Jewish cemeteries I know of near my area of London, both are kept locked up as they are no longer used. At least they are still there and I'm sure they provide a good habitat for wildlife.
 
just reading this thread again and i assume that as the railway compulsory purchased the burial ground they are responsible for its up keep or not as the case maybe...very sad

lyn
 
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