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Page created: 1 December 2015
Latest revision or update: 8 March 2016
Town of Treorchy
Treorchy is a village/town situated in the Rhondda Fawr Valley in South Wales,
lying about 22 miles north-west of Cardiff, some 4 miles to the northwest of Tonypandy.
From 1894 to 1897,
Treorchy was in the urban district of Ystradyfodwg in the county of
Glamorganshire. From 1897 to 1974, it was in the urban district (from 1955
municipal borough) of Rhondda, in the county of Glamorganshire. From 1974 until 1996, it was part of the district of
Rhondda 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).
Treorchy Jewish Community
The
small Jewish community appear to have existed in Treorchy at the end of the nineteenth
century.
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Congregation Data |
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Congregation: |
The town would not appear to have had a
formally constituted congregation.
However the
Jewish Chronicle
of
15 October 1897 reported that:
"TREORCHY.
Through the exertions of Mr. Charles Tanchan, the President, and Mr.
B. Love, the Secretary, the hall of the Public Library was secured
and services held during the New Year and Yom Kippur"
In addition, there is a note in the Jewish
Year Book of 1898 that public services were held in Treorchy on the High
Holidays. However, there
is no reference to the town in later editions of the Jewish Year Book. |
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Ritual: |
Presumably Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Cemetery Information: |
There is no Jewish cemetery in Treorchy,
the closest being in
Pontypridd.
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Bibliography, On-line Articles
and Other Material
relating to the Treorchy Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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Former
Jewish Communities in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf home page
Jewish Congregations
in the former county of Glamorganshire
Jewish Congregations
in Wales, listed according to current unitary authorities
Jewish Communities & Congregations in Wales
home page
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