the former

Carmarthen Jewish Community

Carmarthenshire, Wales

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Town of Carmarthen

Carmarthen (in Welsh: Caerfyrddin), a town on the river Towy in south Wales, about eight miles north of the Bay of Carmarthen, has a population of about 14,000. It lies about 23 miles northwest of Swansea.

Until 1974, it formed the municipal borough of Carmarthen in the county of Carmarthenshire, of which it was (and is) the county town. From 1974 until 1996, it was part of the district of Carmarthen (covering an area larger than the municipal borough) in the newly-formed county of Dyfed. In 1996, Carmarthen was merged with neighbouring authorities to form the reconstituted county of Carmarthenshire, a unitary authority (within the ceremonial, or preserved, county of Dyfed).

The Jewish Community

Jews are known to have been living in Carmarthen in the mid-nineteenth century, although there is no knowledge of an organised Jewish congregation being established, nor a Jewish cemetery.

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The records in the database associated with Carmarthen include:

1851 Anglo Jewry Database (as of the 2016 update)
- Individuals in the "1851" database who were living in Carmarthen during the 1810s (2 records), 1820s (1 record), 1830s (1 record), 1840s (10 records) and 1850s (10 records).

Records:
Registration District (BMD):	Carmarthenshire, since 1 April 2007 - Link to Register Office website Previous Registration District: Carmarthen - from 1 July 1837 until 1 April 2007. All records would now be held by the current office.

Former Jewish Communities in the county of Carmarthenshire

Jewish Congregations in Wales, listed according to former counties

Jewish Congregations in Wales, listed according to current unitary authorities

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Page created: 26 December 2016
Page most recently amended: 7 November 2024

Research and formatting by David Shulman

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