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Page created: 22 August 2005
Latest update or revision: 26 September 2016
Town of Harrogate
Harrogate is a town in Northern England with a population of
about 70,000, well known as a spa, some 15 miles from Leeds.
It is part of the District of Harrogate (which also includes the historic town
of Knaresborough) within the county of North Yorkshire. Prior
to 1974, Harrogate, covering a much smaller area, was a municipal borough within
the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Entrance to Harrogate Synagogue, May 2013
© David Shulman 2013
Harrogate Jewish Community
Only one Jewish congregation, the Harrogate Hebrew Congregation,
is known to have existed in Harrogate in modern times, although there was a
medieval Jewish community in Knaresborough.
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Congregation Data |
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Name: |
Harrogate Hebrew Congregation |
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Address: |
St. Mary's Walk, Harrogate HG2 0LW, from 1925.
Services were originally held in the Barozinsky boarding house. |
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Current Status: |
Active |
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Date Formed: |
1918 |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Affiliation: |
Synagogue functions under the under the auspices of the Chief Rabbi
but as an independent body.
The Congregation was affiliated to
Leeds United Hebrew
Congregation for the purposes of burial rights, until the opening of
the Harrogate Stonefall
Jewish Cemetery in May 1964. |
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Marriage Certification: |
Group for Certification: Board of Deputies
Appears in 1998 General Registrar Official List
Worship Number: 49980
Registration District: Claro |
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Website: |
https://harrogateshul.co.uk/ |
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HARROGATE JEWISH CEMETERY
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JCR-UK
HOSTED DATABASE
Search the
Harrogate Jewish Cemetery Database,
including burial records and photographs of headstones,
as well as a
description of the cemetery
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Basic Cemetery Information
The cemetery is at Stonefall Jewish Cemetery, Wetherby Rd,
Harrogate HG3 1DE. Opened 1964. The Database
includes approximately 180
interments or re-interments from 1964 to 2014, as well
as 6 Jewish servicemen buried in the Stonefall Military
Cemetery.
Prior to 1964, Harrogate Hebrew Congregation had an arragement with
Leeds United Hebrew Congregation granting burial facilities in the
UHC Cemetery at Gildersome.
(For
some additional information, also see
IAJGS Cemetery Project - Harrogate
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On-line Articles
and Other Material
relating to the
Harrogate Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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Harrogate Jewish Population Data
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1946 |
250 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1947) |
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1955 |
300 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1956 |
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1965 |
300 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1966) |
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1990 |
240 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1991) |
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1999 |
140 |
(The Jewish Year Book 2000) |
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2004 |
327 |
(The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
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Records |
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Synagogue Records: |
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Plaque commemorating the medieval synagogue in
Knaresborough
© Murray Freedman 2009
Jewish Congregations in North Yorkshire
Jewish Communities of England home page
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