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Previous update 4 December 2007
Latest revision or update: 23 December 2011
Basic Congregation Data
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Name: |
Bristol Hebrew Congregation |
| Address: |
Synagogue at 9 Park Row, Bristol BS1 5LP (from 1871)
For details of this and earlier earlier synagogue buildings see
Synagogue Buildings |
| Current Status: |
Active |
| Date Founded: |
At least by 1756 |
| Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Affiliation: |
A provincial synagogue under the aegis of the Chief Rabbi. |
| Marriage Certification: |
Group: Board of Deputies
Appears in 1998 General Registrar Official List: Yes;
Worship Number: 20447 -
Registration District: Bristol |
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Membership Data: |
1900 - 72 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900/01)
1915 - 100 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1916)
1919 - 120 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1920)
1999 - 70 (Board of Deputies)
See also
Synagogue Membership
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Other Information
The following has been made available by the kind permission of
Bristol Hebrew Congregation and the Bristol Jewish Burial Society and the
ceaseless efforts of Alan TobiasUse the links below to navigate to the various sections
(Please note some documents are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF Format)
and will varying times to open depending upon you Internet Connection)
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Community History
- A summary of the Community's history, as published in the Synagogue's
fund-raising brochures from the 1970s.
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Insurance Policies
- Extracts of insurance policies for the Synagogue Buildings from
early/mid 1800s.
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Synagogue Buildings
- drawings of the Stone Kitchen, the building used as a Synagogue from 1756-1786
(reproduced from the Braikenridge collection by kind permission of the Bristol
Museum and Art Gallery); Photographs of the current Synagogue Exterior and
Interior, including memorial plaques on Eastern Wall and memorial plates on
stained glass windows.
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Synagogue
Constitution - from 1842, 1872, 1898, 1966, 1990.
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Bristol Hebrew
Ladies Benevolent Society - Annual Reports from 1926-1941.
- Synagogue Fund-Raising -
Fund-Raising Brochures from 1905, 1925, 1927, 1934-1938, 1975-1979.
- Synagogue Literary and Drama
Society - Production programmes from 1925, 1934-1936.
- Synagogue Services
- Orders of Service from Special Occasions in 1786, 1842, 1871, 1887, 1897, 1902,
1942, 1945, 1951, 1953, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1981, 1986, 1994.
- Synagogue Membership
- Membership lists from 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1936, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1958.
- Synagogue Officers -
List of Synagogue Officers from 1824 to present.
- Synagogue Ministers -
List of Synagogue Ministers from 1765 to present.
- Synagogue Newsletter -
Copies of the Synagogue monthly newsletter (The Recorder) from 1946 to 1990.
- Synagogue AGM Minutes -
Photographs of all pages from the Synagogue AGM minute Book (1901 - 1971).
- Cemetery Records -
An index to the burials (spreadsheet), plus photographs of all headstones in
the St Philips and Ridgway Jewish Cemeteries in Bristol.
- Birth & Death Records -
An index to all entries (spreadsheet), plus photographs of all relevant pages from
the Bristol Birth and Death Register (1829 - 1893).
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Bristol Community
Explanation of Terms Used
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