South Shields Hebrew Congregation

South Shields, South Tyneside, Tyne & Wear

Created 6 March 2004
Latest Update 27 November 2006

South Shields

The port of South Shields is in the metropolitan borough of South Tyneside (which, until 1986, was a district) in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, in the North East of England. Until 1974, South Shields was a county borough in County Durham. It lies on the south side of the Tyne estuary, opposite North Shields.

Only one Jewish congregation, the South Shields Hebrew Congregation, is known to have existed in South Shields.

Congregation Data

Name:	South Shields Hebrew Congregation
Address:	25 Beach Road, South Shields
Previous Address	Ogle Terrace, South Shields, and previously, 38 Charlotte Street South Shields
Date Formed:	1875
Current Status:	Closed - before 2000, but services continued for a while in members homes.
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Congregation Numbers:	1895 - 25 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1896) 1900 - 39 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900/1)

Newspaper Articles and News Cuttings on the South Shields Community

A Piece of Intolerance - The Jewish Chronicle, 14th February 1868

Conscientious Scruples - The Jewish Chronicle, 1st November 1872

North and South Shields - The Jewish Chronicle, 18th September 1878

Jewish Population Data

1846
1895
1900
1946
1955
1990

- First Jewish settlement.
- 120 (The Jewish Year Book 1896)
- 140 (The Jewish Year Book 1900-01)
- 125 (The Jewish Year Book 1947)
- 115 (The Jewish Year Book 1956)
- 25 (The Jewish Year Book 1991)

Records:

General:	Numerous records of the Jewish Communities in Northeast England (only a sample of which are listed below) are deposited with the Tyne and Wear Archives Service (http://www.legacyarchives.org.uk). CLICK HERE to view a full list of these records (correct to December 2005).
Synagogue Records:	Synagogue Records 1890-1933 - Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see above) Plans 1922 - Tyne and Wear Archives Service (see above)
Other Records:

Other South Shields Information

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