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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: 21 February 2004
Latest revision: 11 December 2016
PLYMOUTH
(Devon)
(For the Community's history, see
"Plymouth" in Cecil Roth's "The Rise of Provincial
Jewry", 1950)
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Published Data |
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A - This was one of the oldest communities in England. In 1845
there were 19 Ba'ale Batim and 33 seatholders. In 1851 there were 150
appropriated seats, 205 individual members and 45 at service. |
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1874[a] |
Synagogue, Catherine Street. The
present synagogue was erected in 1762, prior to which the congregation met for
Divine Worship in a room in Hoor or Woolsten Street. Has seat
accommodation for 179 persons, 99 gentlemen's and 80 ladies' seats. Income
about £300 per annum.
'Jacob Nathan'
School, 69 Well Street. Founded 1865. Attendance 11 boys, 13 girls
Ladies Hebrew
Benevolent Society (a private society).
'Hand-in-Hand'
Charitable Society. Founded in 1861. Supported by members'
subscriptions and donations |
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1901[b] |
Jewish population 260. 1900 1
marriage, 6 burials.
Synagogue,
Catherine Street, founded 1767. Income and expenditure, £400. Seatholders 66.
Ladies Society
(founded about 70 years ago). For charitable purposes.
Also branches
of the Chovevi Zion Association and Anglo-Jewish Association.
Jacob Nathan
Day School. The average attendance of scholars is 15.
Sick Visiting
Society.
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[A - Primarily from
The Rise of Provincial Jewry (1950), by Cecil Roth]
[a -
The Jewish Directory for 1874, by Asher I. Myers]
[b - Jewish Year Book] |
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Board of Deputies returns |
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births |
marriages |
burials |
seatholders |
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1852 |
11 (7M) |
1 |
5 |
52 |
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1860 |
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4 |
8 |
52 |
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1870 |
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4 |
3 |
40 |
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1880 |
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0 |
3 |
44 |
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1890 |
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3 |
13 |
50 |
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1900 |
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1 |
6 |
72 |
Provincial Jewry in Victorian
Britain - List of Contents
Plymouth
Jewish Community and Hebrew Congregation
Reformatted by David Shulman
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