the former

Warrington Synagogue

& Jewish Community

Warrington, Cheshire

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Town of Warrington

Warrington (population about 165,000) is the largest town in Cheshire, situated on the banks of the River Mersey about 19 miles east of Liverpool and a similar distance west of Manchester.

Warrington was a county borough (formed 1900), geographically in the county of Lancashire, until 1974 when it, together a number neighbouring areas (in both Lancashire and Cheshire) were merged into the newly-formed Borough of Warrington in the county of Cheshire. In 1998 Warrington became a unitary authority, remaining within a ceremonial county of Cheshire.

Warrington Jewish Community

There was a Jewish community in Warrington in the early years of the twentieth century.

Congregation Data
Name:	Warrington Synagogue
Address:	Not known
Formation:	Founded about 1902.^(iv)
Date Closed:	Closed by about 1905.^(v)
Ritual:	Ashkenazi - Orthodox
Affiliation:	None known.
Minister:	None known.
Lay Officer:	President - Z. Zarenski from about 1902 until about 1905^(vi)
Registration District (BMDs):	Warrington since 1 July 1837 - Register Office website
Cemetery Details	There is no Jewish cemetery in Warrington.

Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above)

(i) to (iii) Reserved.

(iv) First listed in the Jewish Year Book 1902/3. ↵

(v) Last listing was in the Jewish Year Book 1904/5. ↵

(vi) Listed as president of the congregation in the Jewish Year Books 1902/3 through 1904/5. ↵

Notable Jewish Connections with Warrington
(compiled with the assistance of Steven Jaffe)

Gabriella Leon, an actress who is deaf and has played the deaf character Jade in the BBC drama series, Casualty, was born and educated in Warrington.
Charlotte Nichols, Labour MP for Warrington North since 2019 to the present (July 2024), is a convert to Judaism and an active member of Manchester Reform synagogue.

Jewish Congregations in Cheshire

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Page created: 11 January 2023
Page most recently amended: 12 July 2024

Research and formatting by David Shulman

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