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Falmouth Jewish CongregationFalmouth, Carrick, Cornwall |
Created 6 October 2005
Latest Update 21 May 2008
Town of Falmouth
Falmouth, a port on the south coast of Cornwall in southwest England, has a population of about 20,000. It was a municipal borough until 1974, when it was merged with neighbouring localities to form the local government district of Carrick, within the county of Cornwall.
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The ALL UK Database contains extracts from the 1851 Falmouth Census (34 records) |
Congregation Data
The following was the Jewish congregation to have existed in Falmouth:
| Name: | Falmouth Jewish Congregation |
| Address: | Synagogue built in Gyllyng Street / Smithick Hall in 1806. also referred to as East End Meeting House, Cape Cod |
| Current Status: | Closed about 1880 |
| Date Founded: | Community established by Moses Alexander in 1740. |
| Ritual: | Askenazi Orthodox |
Articles on the Falmouth Community
Falmouth 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.
The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Falmouth by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
Jewish Encyclopedia article on Cornwall by Joseph Jacobs, c 1906.
Other Information
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