Extract from papers on
Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain

Papers prepared by Dr. (later Prof.) Aubrey Newman for a conference at University College, London, convened on 6 July 1975 by the Jewish Historical Society of England
(Reproduced here with Prof. Newman's kind consent)

Paper first published on JCR-UK: 26 November 2015
Latest revision: 11 December 2016

BEDFORD

(For the Community's history, see "Bedford" in Cecil Roth's "The Rise of Provincial Jewry", 1950)

Published Data

A  -  Synagogue dismantled in 1827, community re-established in 1837. 5 members, one of whom was non-resident. In 1837 the synagogue was situated on High Street, St. Peters. There were 5 members.

[A - Primarily from The Rise of Provincial Jewry (1950), by Cecil Roth]

Board of Deputies returns
	interment	seatholders
1852		5
1860	1	4

1870		5
1874		3