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	Sheerness Synagogue & Jewish Community Sheerness, Swale, Kent
	Page created: 9 November 2005 Latest revision or update: 17 February 2013   Town of Sheerness Sheerness, with a population of about 20,000, is the largest town on the Isle of Sheppey, in the county of Kent in south-east English, situated close to the river Thames estuary. It is part of the local authority district of Swale, formed in 1974 by the amalgamation of the municipal borough of Queensborough-in-Sheppey (which comprised the whole of the Isle of Sheppey) with several local authorities.    Sheerness Jewish Community Search the All-UK Database The records in the database associated with Sheerness include: 1851 Anglo Jewry Database Individuals in the 1851 Anglo Jewry Database who were living in Sheerness during the 1770s (2 records), 1780s (1 record), 1790s (5 records), 1800s (18 records); 1810s (32 records), 1820s (25 records), 1830s (13 records), 1840s (18 records), 1850s (26 records), 1860s (3 records), 1870s (2 records) and 1880s (3 records).   Only one Jewish congregation, Sheerness Synagogue, is known to have existed in Sheerness. Congregation Data Name: Sheerness Synagogue Address: Blue Town, Sheerness (between Sheppey Street and Kent Street) Date Formed: 1790.  A new synagogue was built in 1811 and restored in 1841 Current Status: Closed about 1900, synagogue already dilapidated (but not demolished until 1935). Ritual: Ashkenazi Orthodox Congregation Numbers: 1853 - 15 seatholders (The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Cecil Roth) Articles on the Sheerness Community The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Sheerness by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive. Jewish Population Data 1841 -  5 families (The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Cecil Roth) Other Sheerness Information Bibliography Sheerness Cemetery Information - IAJGS Cemetery Project Jewish Congregations in Kent Jewish Communities of England home page Explanations of Terms Used

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