City of Bristol
Bristol, the major city of the West of England with a population of about 400,000, is situated near the eastern end of the Bristol Channel and has a short coast line along the southern coast of the channel, facing Wales. Bristol is unique in having been a city with county status since medieval times (it was named a county borough when the term was created in 1889), with only a short break, from 1974 to 1996, when it became a local government district of the short-lived county of Avon. It regained its independence and county status in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished and Bristol became a unitary authority.
Jewish Community
Bristol has had a Jewish presence since at least the 1750's and
before that that had been an important Jewish community there in medieval times.
The following Congregations are considered to be part of the
Bristol Community
Articles on the Bristol Community
The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Bristol by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
Jewish Encyclopedia article on Bristol by Joseph Jacobs and Francis L. Cohen, c-1906.
Jewish Population Data
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1905 1915 1919 1945 1955 1990 2004 |
- 850 (Jewish Year Book 1906) - 200 families (Jewish Year Book 1916) - 150 families (Jewish Year Book 1920) - 500 (Jewish Year Book 1920) - 410 (Jewish Year Book 1956) - 375 (Jewish Year Book 1991) - 823 (Jewish Year Book 2005) |
Other Bristol Information
Jewish
Property and Heritage &
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