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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)


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