Barrow-in-Furness, a town in North West England, is situated on Morecambe Bay, facing Walney Island. It is the main component of the district and borough of Barrow-in-Furness, in the county of Cumbria. The present district, which has a population of about 70,000, was formed in 1974, when the county borough of Barrow-in-Furness was merged with adjoining areas. Until 1974, Barrow-in-Furness, together with the rest of Furness (a peninsula jutting into the Irish Sea), was a detached part of the county of Lancashire.
The Barrow-in-Furness Community had the following congregation:
In addition, the was a small Jewish community in the coastal town of Whitehaven, Cumbria (formerly in the county of Cumberland), some thirty miles north of Barrow.
Jewish Population Data (extract)
(For full details of
entries from Jewish Year Books, see
Barrow-in Furness Year Book Entries,
provided from the Library of Hannah and David
Jacobs):
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1902 1905 1917 1920 1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1993 |
- 50 (The Jewish Year Book 1902/3) |
Other Barrow-in-Furness Information
References to the Barrow-in-Furness Jewish Community in the Jewish Chronicle 1877-1943
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