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Page created: 1 June 2005
Latest revision or update: 15 December 2016
City of Durham
The historic
city of Durham is the county town of County
Durham, in the North East of England, located on a bend in the river Wear. Until
1974, the city of Durham was a municipal borough in County Durham. In 1974, it
was merged with adjoining areas to form the local government district (with
borough status) of the City of Durham, with a population of about 85,000. In
April 2009, the City of Durham District was merged with six other districts of
County Durham to form the unitary authority of County Durham.
Durham
Jewish Community
It appears that
first Jews first settled in Durham in about 1888. A small Jewish community
developed and existed until the mid-twentieth century, the last Jewish families
leaving in the 1970s. Only one Jewish congregation, the Durham Synagogue,
is known to have existed in the city.
© Jill Whitehead 2006 |
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© Peter Gatoff 2016 |
Photograph of the former Durham Synagogue in
Laburnham Street, now a Presbyterian chapel.
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Congregation Data |
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Name:
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Durham Synagogue |
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Address: |
Laburnum Avenue, Durham (from about 1910) |
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Former Address: |
11, John Street, Durham |
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Date Formed: |
1906 |
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Current Status: |
Closed 1955 |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Two stones commemorating two of the Trustees of the
former Durham Synagogue
are still visable hehind the
hedge. (Courtesy Peter Gatoff © 2016) |
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On-line Articles
and Other Material
relating to the Durham Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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Durham Jewish Cemetery Information
There was no Jewish cemetery in
Durham, the Jewish community
would have used the cemeteries in Sunderland or Newcastle.
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Durham Jewish Population Data
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1905 |
68 |
(The Jewish Year Book
1906) |
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1909 |
107 |
(The Jewish Year Book
1910) |
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1919 |
86 |
(The Jewish Year Book
1920) |
Jewish Congregations in
County Durham
Jewish Communities of England home page
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