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Page created: 14 March 2006
Latest update or revision: 25 February 2013
Dacorum Community
(comprising Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead)
Borough of Decorum
Dacorum is a local government district
(with borough status since 1984) within the county of Hertfordshire, to the
northeast of London. It was formed in 1974 by the merger of all or part of seven
local authorities, including the municipal borough of Hemel Hempstead and the
urban district of Berkhampsted.
Hemel Hempstead, designated a “New Town” in 1946, is in the county of Hertfordshire in southeast
England, with a population of about 80,000. The town of Berkhamsted
is a historic town of about 19,000, situated on the Grand Union Canal and the
river Bulborne.
The Jewish Community
Although there was
a medieval Jewish community in Berkhamsted, the following are the only
congregations known to have existed in what is now the borough of Dacorum
in modern times:
Jewish Population Data
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1990
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- 270 (The Jewish Year Book 1991) |
Other Dacorum Jewish Information
Berkhamsted
Medieval Jewish Community
Jewish Congregations in
Hertfordshire
Jewish Communities of England home page
Explanations of Terms Used
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