Cardiff United Synagogue Ely Cemetery, 2018.
Image credit JHASW.
As Highfield Road cemetery was filling up, the orthodox community needed a new cemetery. An AGM of the Cardiff United Synagogue on Sunday 6 May 1962 agreed to negotiate the purchase of land at the Western Cemetery, Ely, “available to the community for purchase, freehold, at a figure of £5,250, subject to the erection of suitable type of fencing and of a Prayer House and Preparation Room, toilets and a small storeroom, all of which buildings must be adjacent and conform in design with corporation requirements”.