Wikipedia's first sentence called it “historic grade ii listed jewish cemetery on land east of lauriston road”. Today it says “historic grade ii listed jewish cemetery on lauriston road in south hackney”.
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Lauriston Road Cemetery is an historic Grade II listed Jewish cemetery on land east of Lauriston Road (formerly Grove Street) to the north of Royal Gate East, Victoria Park , Hackney in the East End of London , E9 .1 The cemetery opened in 1788, having been purchased by the Germans' Hambro Synagogue in 1786. It was closed to further burials from 1886. The cemetery is open to visitors by appointment only. The London Garden Trust notes that there are "notable plane, and other semi-mature trees in the grounds, and numerous headstones and chest tombs set in grass." "Hackney: Judaism" .
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Cemetery in London The Lauriston Road Cemetery is an historic Grade II listed Jewish cemetery on Lauriston Road in South Hackney . The cemetery opened in 1788, having been purchased by the Germans' Hambro Synagogue in 1786. It was closed to further burials from 1886. The cemetery is open to visitors by appointment only. The London Garden Trust notes that there are "notable plane, and other semi-mature trees in the grounds, and numerous headstones and chest tombs set in grass." "Hackney: Judaism" .
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historic grade ii listed jewish cemetery on land east of lauriston road
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historic grade ii listed jewish cemetery on lauriston road in south hackney
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