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City of Bristol

Bristol, the major city of the West of England with a population of about 400,000, is situated near the eastern end of the Bristol Channel and has a short coast line along the southern coast of the channel, facing Wales.  Bristol is unique in having been a city with county status since medieval times (it was named a county borough when the term was created in 1889), with only a short break, from 1974 to 1996, when it became a local government district of the short-lived county of Avon. It regained its independence and county status in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished and Bristol became a unitary authority.

Bristol Jewish Community

Bristol has had a Jewish presence since at least the 1750's and before that there had been an important Jewish community there in medieval times.
 

The Jewish Congregations

The following Congregations are considered to be part of the Bristol Community:
 

Articles on the Bristol Jewish Community

The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Bristol by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

Jewish Encyclopaedia article on Bristol by Joseph Jacobs and Francis L. Cohen, c-1906.

Jewish Population Data

Other Bristol Jewish Information

Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest

Bibliography and other sources

Bristol Cemetery Information (IAJGS Cemetery Project)

Bristol Medieval Community

Jewish Communities of England home page

Explanations of Terms Used