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Bury Hebrew CongregationBury, Greater Manchester |
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Bury Hebrew CongregationBury, Greater Manchester |
Created 2 February 2002
Latest Update 25 October 2007
Congregation Data
| Name: | Bury Hebrew Congregation |
| Address: | Sunnybank Road, Bury, BL9 8ET |
| Current Status: | Active |
| Date Formed: | Synagogue site acquired in 1965 (following the congregation's inaugural meeting the previous year). New synagogue completed in 1976. |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Affiliation: | A provincial synagogue under the aegis of the Chief Rabbi. |
| Marriage Certification: | Group for Certification: Board of Deputies Appears in 1998 General Registrar Official List Worship Number: 52691 Registration District: Bury |
| Website: | http://www.buryhc.org.uk/ |
| Local Authority: | The congregation is considered part of the
"North Manchester" Jewish community. Bury was a county borough in Lancashire to the north of Manchester from 1899. In 1974, it merged with adjoining areas (all of which had been in Lancashire) to form the Metropolitan Borough of Bury within the new Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester. (Congregations in the locality) Bury became a unitary authority in 1986 when the Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester lost its administrative status, becoming purely a ceremonial county. |
| Membership Data: | 1999 - 337 (The Board of Deputies) |
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