Dover Synagogue

and Jewish Community

Dover, Kent

Created 27 November 2005
Latest revision or update: 24 December 2011

The Town of Dover

The town of Dover is a port on the English Channel coast in southeast England immediately opposite the coast of France, some 21 miles away. It is in the local government district of Dover in the county of Kent, formed in 1974 by the merger of the municipal borough of Dover with adjoining areas. The town of Dover has a population of about 30,000, whereas the district, covering a much wider area, has a population of some 100,000.

Only one Jewish congregation, known as the Dover Synagogue, is known to have existed in Dover.

Congregation Data

Name:	Dover Synagogue
Address:	Northampton Street, Dover
Date Founded:	10 September 1862
Current Status:	Closed - during WWII
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Marriage Certification:	Worship Number: 15769 Registration District: Dover
Membership Numbers:	1896 - 14 Seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1898/99) 1900 - 12 Seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1900/01) 1909 - 14 Seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1910)

Articles on the Dover Community

The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Dover by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

Jewish Population Data

1896
1900
1905
1909
1919
1934

104
131
110
116
40
40

(The Jewish Year Book 1896/97)
(The Jewish Year Book 1900/01)
(The Jewish Year Book 1906)
(The Jewish Year Book 1910)
(The Jewish Year Book 1920)
(The Jewish Year Book 1935)

Records

Synagogue Records
Marriage records held by The Board of Deputies: Archives Ref: 25/2a/1

Other Information

Newspaper Articles:
     Reference to the Dover Community in the Jewish Chronicle
     and other periodicals (extracted by Harold Pollins):
            Part 1 - 1842 to 1860
            Part 2 - 1861 to 1865
            Part 3 - 1866 to 1883
            Part 4 - 1884 to 1900
            Part 5 - 1901 to 1922
            Part 6 - 1922 to 1959
Dover Cemetery Information
Bibliography, Local Research Libraries and other sources

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