Aldershot Jewish Community and Synagogue

Rushmoor, Hampshire

Created 25 February 2006
Latest update or revision: 19 December 2011

Town of Aldershot

The town of Aldershot, in Hampshire close to the border with Surrey, is famous for its British Army base. The town is now part of the Borough of Rushmoor, formed in 1974 as local government district within the administrative county of Hampshire, when the municipal borough of Aldershot (incorporated in 1922) was merged with Farnborough Urban District.

Congregation Data

Name:	Aldershot Military Synagogue
Name:	of Badajos Barracks, previously Hospital Hill, Aldershot
Which Replaced:	Aldershot Synagogue (in about 1914)
Which Replaced:	of Barrack Road, Aldershot (temporary from about 1898, although lasted many years), previously at 49 High Street, Aldershot (although during 1870's there was a temporary synagogue at 23/24 High Street, Aldershot.)
Date Founded:	1860
Current Status:	Closed (about 1950's)
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Membership Data:	1896 - 6 seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1896/7)

Aldershot Jewish Population Data

1896
1900
1915
1919
1934
1945
1955

- 54 (excluding soldiers) (The Jewish Year Book 1896/7)
- 32 (excluding soldiers) (The Jewish Year Book 1900/01)
- 52 (excluding soldiers) (The Jewish Year Book 1916)
- 40 (excluding soldiers) (The Jewish Year Book 1920)
- 40 (excluding soldiers) (The Jewish Year Book 1935)
- 34 (excluding soldiers) (The Jewish Year Book 1946)
- 12 (excluding soldiers) (The Jewish Year Book 1956)

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