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Page created: 23 August 2005
Latest revision or update: 21 September 2016
Town of Pontypridd
Pontypridd,
with a population of about 32,000, is a town situated on the river Taff at the
junction with the river Rhondda in South Wales. It is situated about 21
north-west of Cardiff.
Until 1974,
Pontypridd formed the urban district of Pontypridd in the then county of
Glamorganshire. From 1974 until 1996, it was part of the district of Taff-Ely in
the new county of Mid Glamorgan. Since 1996, it has formed part of the county
borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf - a unitary authority (within the ceremonial, or
preserved, county of Mid Glamorgan).
Pontypridd Jewish Community
The Jewish community dates back to at least the 1840s and the Jewish
congregation continued into the 1970s. The Jewish community was one of very few
in South Wales that had its own cemetery.
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Congregation Data |
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Name: |
Pontypridd Synagogue |
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Address: |
Cliff Terrace, Treforest (Wood Road), Pontypridd,
CF37 |
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Founded: |
Congregation founded 1867 (G. Alderman "Into the Vortex"
p.2)Synagogue consecrated 1895 - (Article from The Jewish Chronicle of 25 October 1895) |
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Current Status: |
Closed 1978. According to The Jewish Chronicle,
27 January 1978, p.8:
"Pontypridd
Hebrew Congregation, founded 1867, has been dissolved and the synagogue
premises sold. Torah scrolls have been sent to Birmingham and Israel.
The few remaining families have joined the Cardiff community or retired
to other areas." The building is now
private apartments. |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Membership Data: |
1873 - 18 seatholders (Board
of Deputies Return) 1880 - 6 seatholders
(Board of Deputies Return) 1895 - 23 seatholders
(The Jewish Year Book 1896/7) 1899 -
20 seatholders (Board of Deputies Return)
1900 - 35 seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1900/01); 13 seatholders (Board of Deputies Return) |
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On-line Articles
and Other Material
relating to the Pontypridd Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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Other Pontypridd Jewish Institutions & Organisations
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Educational & Theological
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* As listed in the Jewish Year
Books 1896 and 1900. |
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Pontypridd Jewish Cemetery Information
Pontypridd had its own Jewish cemetery:
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Glyntaff Cemetery, Jewish Section, Cemetery Road,
Glyntaff, Pontypridd, CF37. The earliest burials
were in 1894. Burials still carried out for former
members of the now closed congregation.
(For additional information, see also
IAJGS International Jewish Cemeteries Project - Pontypridd) |
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Pontypridd Jewish Population Data
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1879 |
3 families |
(Article
by H Pollins) |
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1895 |
150 |
(The Jewish Year Book
1895/6) |
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1900 |
100 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1900/01) |
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1934 |
150 |
(The Jewish Year Book
1935) |
Former
Jewish Communities in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf home page
Jewish Congregations
in the former county of Glamorganshire
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in Wales, listed according to current unitary authorities
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