Blackburn Jewish Community

Town of Blackburn

The Lancashire town of Blackburn, in North West England, with a population of about 140,000, forms the greater part of the borough of Blackburn with Darwen. It was a county borough until 1974, when it merged with adjoining areas to became a local government district of the county of Lancashire. In 1986, it became a unitary authority, having assumed the name Blackburn with Darwen the previous year. It remains within the ceremonial county of Lancashire.

Jewish Community and Congregations

The following Congregations were considered to be part of the Blackburn Jewish Community:

Articles on Blackburn

Blackburn from "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain" - Papers for a conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish Historical Society of Great Britain, prepared by Aubrey Newman - 6th July 1975. Reproduced here with his kind consent.

Jewish Population Data

1895
1900
1909
1934
1945
1949
1955

120
150
250
200
81
25 families
70

   (The Jewish Year Book 1896)
   (The Jewish Year Book 1901)
   (The Jewish Year Book 1910)
   (The Jewish Year Book 1935)
   (The Jewish Year Book 1946)
   (The Jewish Year Book 1950)
   (The Jewish Year Book 1956)

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