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Oxford Jewish Community

Oxfordshire

 

 

 

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City of Oxford

The university city of Oxford, situated in south central England on a section of the river Thames known as the river Isis, has a population of over 135,000.  It was a county borough until 1974, when it became a local government district of the administrative county of  Oxfordshire.

The Oxford Jewish Community

There was a significant medieval Jewish community in Oxford, dating from about 1075 until 1290, when Jews were banished from England. In modern times, individual Jews began settling in Oxford from the mid-eighteenth century, but an organised Jewish congregation was not established until about 1841.

Jewish Congregations

The following are the Jewish congregations that exist or existed in Oxford in modern times:

* An active congregation.

 

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The records in this database associated with Oxford include:

  • Censuses

    • Extracts for Oxford for 1841 / 1851 / 1861 / 1871 / 1881 / 1891 / 1901 /  1911 (395 records)

  • UK Jewish Communal Leaders Database

    • 12 Oxford records (as of 30 September 2021).

  • 1851 Anglo Jewry Database (updated 2016)

    • Individuals in the 1851 Anglo Jewry Database who were living in Oxford during the 1770s (1 record), 1780s (1 record), 1800s (3 records), 1810s (1 record); 1820s (1 record), 1830s (7 records), 1840s (30 records), 1850s (53 records), 1860s (29 records), 1870s (23 records), 1880s (12 records) and 1890s (7 records).

 

On-line Articles and Other Material
relating to the Oxford Jewish Community

on JCR-UK

Additional articles are to be found on the Oxford Jewish Congregation page.


on third parties' websites

  • Oxford Jewish Heritage at http://www.oxfordjewishheritage.co.uk This website contains extensive material on the Oxford Jewish Community, past and present, including the history of the Community (both medieval and modern), maps, boigraphies, articles and much more.

  • Memorial Marks City's Old Jewish Cemetery - an on-line article dated 8 July 2012 in the Oxford Mail on Oxford's Medieval Jewish cemetery.

 

Community Records

  • Registration District (for BMD): Oxfordshire (since 1 October 2001)

    • Previous Registration District:
         Oxford (from 1 July 1837 to 1 October 2001).

    • Any registers would now be held by current register office.

    • Link to Register Office website.

 

Oxford Jewish Cemeteries Information

The following are the known Jewish cemeteries that existed in Oxford:

  • Wolvercote Cemetery, Jewish Section, Banbury Road, Wolvercote, Oxford. First Jewish burial dates from 1894. This is the cemetery currently in use by the Oxford Jewish community and contains some 400 burials.

    The Oxford Jewish Cemetery page of the Oxford Jewish Heritage website, includes a downloadable pdf list of all burials in the Wolvercote Jewish Cemetery.

  • Medieval Jewish Cemeteries:

    • The Jews Garden: acquired in 1177, when Jews were first allowed to purchase land outside London.

    • A Jewish cemetery, now part of Magdalene College and the Botanical Gardens, was in use from 1231 until 1290.

(For additional information, see also IAJGS Cemetery Project - Oxford)

 

Oxford Jewish Population Data

(excluding student population)

1896

*35

(The Jewish Year Book 1896/97)

1955

500

(The Jewish Year Book 1956)

1965

450

(The Jewish Year Book 1966)

1990

542

(The Jewish Year Book 1991)

2004

500

(The Jewish Year Book 2005)

*The source also gives the Jewish student population as 12 in 1896.


Jewish Congregations in Oxfordshire

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Page created: 13 June 2003
Latest revision or update: 11 August 2022


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