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Page created: 2 March 2004
Latest revision or update: 26 December 2016
City of Newport
Newport (in Welsh:
Casnewydd) is the third largest city in Wales, with
population of nearly 140,000, and was only granted city status in 2001.
It lies on the northern shore of the Bristol Channel at the mouth of the river Usk in South
East Wales, about 23 miles north-east of Cardiff.
Until 1974,
Newport formed the county borough of Newport in the county of Monmouthshire
(which in many instances was considered part of England and not Wales). From 1974 until 1996, it was part of the
district of Newport in the new county of Gwent. In 1996, Gwent was abolished as an administrative
county, and the whole district became the county borough of Newport - a unitary
authority (within the ceremonial, or
preserved, county of Gwent).
Newport Jewish Community
The Newport Jewish community dates back to at least the 1850s, when a Jewish
congregation (not necessarily the first) was established and a burial plot
acquired. The Jewish community reached its zenith between the two World Wars,
after which numbers began to decline, until the closure of the synagogue in
about 2006.
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Congregation Data |
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Name: |
Newport Synagogue |
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Address: |
45 St. Marks Crescent, Risca Road, Newport NP20 4HY,
which was the ohel at the Jewish cemetery, in use from about 1999 until
2006 |
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Former Addresses: |
3 Queens Hill Crescent, Newport NP9 5HH
until about 1999.
Francis Street, Newport, (with minister's
house), from 22 March 1871. Llanarth Street, 1
January 1865 to 1871. |
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Current Status: |
Closed about 2006 |
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Date Founded: |
A united congregation was formed in January
1865, following the ending of a split in the community. The first
purpose-built synagogue (Francis Street) opened in 1871. |
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Predecessor Congregation(s): |
A predecessor congregations had been formed
in 1859 and referred to itself as the New Synagogue. It also
acquired land for the purposes of a Jewish burial ground. It is
uncertain whether the split in the community (healed in 1865) actually
resulted in rival congregations. |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Marriage Certification: |
Worship Number: 55345;
Registration District: Newport. |
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Membership: |
1869 - 15 seatholders
(Board of Deputies Returns) 1880
- 33 seatholders (Board of Deputies Returns)
1890 - 29 seatholders (Board of Deputies Returns)
1900 - 15 seatholders (Board of Deputies Returns) |
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On-line Articles
relating to the Newport Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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Other Newport Jewish Institutions & Organisations
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Educational & Theological
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Other Institutions & Organisations
Formed by 1900*
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Jewish Board of Guardians.
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Branch of Orphan Aid Society
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Jewish Literary and Social
Institute
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* As listed in the Jewish Year
Book 1900. |
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Newport Jewish Cemetery Information
Newport had its own Jewish cemetery, which is still in use:
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Newport Jewish Burial Ground, Risca Road,
Sowe Hill, Newport, NP20. Acquire 1859, first
burial 1861, cemetery extended 1946.
(For additional information, see also
IAJGS Cemeteries Project - Newport) |
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Newport
Jewish Population Data
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1934 |
250 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1935) |
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1945 |
180 |
(The Jewish
Year Book 1946) |
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1990 |
110 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1991) |
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2003 |
39 |
(The Jewish Year Book 2004) |
Jewish Congregations
in the former county of Monmouthshire
Jewish Congregations
in Wales, listed according to current unitary authorities
Jewish Communities & Congregations in Wales
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