The town of Merthyr Tydfil (also spelled Merthyr Tudful), with a population of about 55,000, is in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, which, from 1974 until 1996, was a district of the county of Mid Glamorgan. Prior to 1974, it was a county borough in the old county of Glamorganshire. It is located on the river Taff in the centre of the valleys of south Wales.
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Merthyr Tydfil (Contains 1 cemetery, 624 burials) |
Jewish Community
Merthyr once had a large and prosperous Jewish community dating from at least 1850. The descendants of the 19th and 20th century community now are scattered. The last Jew of Merthyr, George Black, died in Manchester around 1998.
The
Merthyr Tydfil community had the following congregation:
Articles of the Merthyr Tydfil Community
How 'Greeners' Came to the Valleys. Wallach, M., Jewish Chronicle Colour Magazine, 1975 (posted on JCR-UK).
The Jews of Merthyr Tydfil. Bellany, W., Shemot, September 2001.(JGSGB) (posted on JCR-UK).
Merthy Tydfil Cemetery Information
Merthyr Jewish Cemetery - a poem written and read by Grahame Davies (published in his anthology, "The Chosen People - Wales and the Jews"), with pictures contributed by Wendy Bellany.
IAJGS Cemetery Project - Merthyr Tydfil Cemetery
Jewish Population Data
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1848 1934 1946 |
- First Jewish settlement. - 400 (The Jewish Year Book 1935) - 175 (The Jewish Year Book 1947) |
Other Merthy Tydfil Information
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