Created: 8 July 2005
Latest revision or update: 22 December 2011

Barrow-in-Furness Jewish Community

Town of Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness, a town in North West England, is situated on Morecambe Bay, facing Walney Island. It is the main component of the district and borough of Barrow-in-Furness, in the county of Cumbria.  The present district, which has a population of about 70,000, was formed in 1974, when the county borough of Barrow-in-Furness was merged with adjoining areas.  Until 1974, Barrow-in-Furness, together with the rest of Furness (a peninsula jutting into the Irish Sea), was a detached part of the county of Lancashire.

Jewish Community and Congregations

The Barrow-in-Furness Jewish Community had the following congregation:

• Barrow-in-Furness Synagogue

In addition, there was a small Jewish community in the coastal town of Whitehaven, Cumbria (formerly in the county of Cumberland), some thirty miles north of Barrow.

Jewish Population Data (extract)

(For full details of entries from Jewish Year Books, see Barrow-in Furness Year Book Entries,
provided from the Library of Hannah and David Jacobs):