[3][9] A letter dated 31 May 1848 from the Colonial Secretary indicated that: "The Governor has given conclusive orders that no more interments shall take place at the former Burial Ground above Wind Mill Hill but that all future Hebrew dead shall be deposited in the allotted portion of the New Cemetery.

One theory is that the more visible and accessible cemetery utilised by Christians, near the border with Spain, was more subject to the laws regarding expulsion of Jews,[3] which had been mandated by the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.

During half of the year, the winter and spring, plants are allowed to grow freely in the cemetery to support the abundant nature of the area.

Within the centre of the cemetery is a stone wall 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) in height which encloses the burial sites of ten to twelve of Gibraltar's Judges of Religious Law.

Abudarham inaugurated the Flemish Synagogue on Line Wall Road at the turn of the 19th century, laying the stone which still bears his name.

[11][12] The inscription on his gravestone reads:[3] Tomb of the crown of our head, the sage versed in every area of the Torah, famed Dayan (judge), Light of the West, the eminent rabbi from distinguished family, honourable teacher and rabbi Shelomo Abudarham of blessed memory, called to the Heavenly court 4th Heshvan 5565 (December 1804).The second oldest tombstone is the third from the left.

[3] In the southern portion of the cemetery is a smaller enclosure with just a single grave, that of Rabbi Yisrael ben Yeshaya who died in 1841.

By then, there was little remaining space in the graveyard, which would make sense of the south-north orientation of his tomb, compared to the east-west alignment of other graves.