Barry Jewish Community and Hebrew Congregation

Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales

Created 21 August 2005
Latest update or revision: 19th December 2011

Congregation Data

Name:	Barry Dock Hebrew Congregation
Town Location:	Barry, a coastal town in South Wales, lies on the Bristol Channel, approximately 15 miles south east of Cardiff.
Local Government:	From 1996 - the county borough of Vale of Glamorgan - a unitary authority 1974 to 1996 - the district of Barry in the county of South Glamorgan Until 1974 - the municipal borough of Barry in the county of Glamorganshire
Date Founded:	1909, but shortly thereafter ceased to have sufficient members to hold services. Services recommenced on Rosh Hashana 1939.
Current Status:	Closed - (in the Jewish Year Book 1940 still referred to services as being "held regularly")
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox

Jewish Population Data

1934	- 36 (The Jewish Year Book 1935)

Other Information

References to the Barry community in the Jewish Chronicle 1909 to 1943

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