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Town of
Falmouth
Falmouth, a
port on the south coast of Cornwall in southwest England, has a population of
about 20,000.
It was a municipal borough until 1974, when it was merged with
neighbouring localities to form the local government (non-metropolitan) district of Carrick.
In April 2009, the district of Carrick and all other local government districts
in Cornwall were abolished, and Cornwall became a unitary authority.
The Falmouth Jewish Community
Jews were
settled in Falmouth from at least 1720. However, the community ceased to exist
by the end of the nineteenth century.
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Congregation Data |
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Name: |
Falmouth Jewish Congregation |
Falmouth Synagogue
© Tim Green
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Address: |
Synagogue built in
1806 in Gyllyng Street / Smithick Hill (or Parram Hill), previously known
as Fish Street Hill,
now a studio
It is a Grade II Listed
Building, listed on 1 October 1975 (number 1270005).
See Historic
England Listing & Description
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Former Address:
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1766
- Hamblyn's Court (later Dunstan's or Jeffery's Court)
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Current Status: |
Closed about 1880
and sold in 1892. |
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Date Founded: |
Community established by Moses Alexander in 1740. |
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Ritual: |
Askenazi Orthodox |
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Ministers:
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Ministers of Falmouth Congregation
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Membership Data: |
1845 - 9 ba'alai batim and 3 seatholders (Chief
Rabbi's Questionnaire)
1852 - 3 seatholders
(Board of Deputies Return)
1860 - 2 seatholders
(Board of Deputies Return)
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On-line Articles
and Other Material
relating to the Falmouth Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
on third parties' websites
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Falmouth Jewish Cemetery Information
Courtesy Len van der Put, 1982
Falmouth had its own Jewish cemetery:
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Falmouth Jews' Burial Ground,
A39 Falmouth Road, Penryn, Ponsharden, Falmouth TR10 8AB.
Established about 1780, the cemetery contains over
50 recorded burials, of which over 30 have in-situ legible gravestones.
The earliest in-situ gravestone is dated 1790 and the
latest 1868, apart from a burial in 1913, long after the
Falmouth Jewish community had dispersed. The cemetery is one of the disused cemeteries
administered by the Board of Deputies of British Jews.
The cemetery is a Scheduled Monument, listed from
17 October 2002 (latest amendment 20 December 2019 (number 1020815).
See Historic England Listing & Description
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Courtesy
Len van der Put, 1982
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Articles and other material on JCR-UK:
Tombstone Inscriptions at Falmouth Jewish Cemetery, transcribed by Rabbi
Dr. Bernard Susser (a section of Rabbi Susser's "Jewish Tombstone Inscriptions in S.
W. England - Studies in Anglo-Jewish History No. 3", which includes an
Introduction that also makes reference to Falmouth).
Part of the
Susser Archive.
Under the heading "Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places",
the
ecclesiastical.com
website lists 10 places
"that have witnessed some of the most important historic events connected to a belief; mythological, supernatural or spiritual",
which list includes
Falmouth Jewish Cemetery, along with the likes of Stonehenge,
Canterbury Cathedral and Holy Island of Lindisfame, along
with Brick Lane Mosque (formerly
Machzike Hadath's Spitalfield Great Synagogue).
(For additional information, see also
IAJGS Cemetery Project
- Falmouth)
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Falmouth Jewish Population Data
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1842 |
14 families |
(Jewish
Chronicle 18 Marh 1842) |
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1847 |
9 heads of family - 50 individuals |
(Jewish
Chronicle 23 July 1847) |
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1874 |
3 familes |
(Jewish Directory,
A. Myers, 1874) |
Jewish Congregations in
Cornwall
Jewish Communities of England home page
Page created: 6 October 2005
Latest revision or update: 2 December 2020
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