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Jewish and Congregationalist cemeteries at Ponsharden is a pair of burial grounds located in Cornwall, England. The site comprises two distinct cemetery areas reflecting the religious communities that established them, with the Jewish cemetery representing an important record of Jewish settlement and practice in Cornwall during the nineteenth century. The Congregationalist cemetery similarly documents the presence and activities of the Congregational faith community in the region during the same period. Both cemeteries survive as physical monuments to the religious diversity and social history of the local area during the industrial and Victorian era.
Jewish and Congregationalist cemeteries at Ponsharden is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020815. View the official record →
Jewish and Congregationalist cemeteries at Ponsharden is a pair of burial grounds located in Cornwall, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020815.
Jewish and Congregationalist cemeteries at Ponsharden is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020815.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round 240m south east of Norways Farm (4.7 km), Three wayside crosses 235m south east of Bosvathick (5.5 km), Cliff castle on Rosemullion Head (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Jewish and Congregationalist cemeteries at Ponsharden's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Jewish and Congregationalist cemeteries at Ponsharden stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.