Newcastle upon Tyne, with a population of about 260,000 is the principal city of North East of England, lying on north bank of the river Tyne a few miles inland from the North Sea coast. The present boundaries date from 1974, when the metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne was formed, within the then new metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. Newcastle became a unitary authority in 1986 when Tyne and Wear lost its administrative status, becoming purely a ceremonial county. Until 1974, Newcastle was a county borough and part of the county of Northumberland.
There was a small medieval Jewish community in Newcastle. The modern community is believed to date from 1775, the first synagogue being founded in about 1837.
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Congregations
The following Congregations are, or were, considered to be part of the
Newcastle Community
The following are former or alternative names of the above congregations:
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Articles on the Newcastle Community
The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Newcastle by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
Jewish Population Data
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1775 1832 1880 1895 1900 1934 1946 1955 1965 1990 1999 2004 |
- First Jewish residents - Community established (8 October) - 750 (Wikipedia) - 400 families (The Jewish Year Book 1896) - 400 families (The Jewish Year Book 1900-01) - 4,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1935) - 2,500 (The Jewish Year Book 1947) - 2,300 (The Jewish Year Book 1956) - 3,000 (The Jewish Year Book 1966) - 1,500 (The Jewish Year Book 1991) - 1,110 (The Jewish Year Book 2000) - 960 (The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
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