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Newcastle upon Tyne Community

 

Newcastle upon Tyne, with a population of about 260,000 is the principal city of North East of England, lying on north bank of the river Tyne a few miles inland from the North Sea coast.  The present boundaries date from 1974, when the metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne was formed, within the then new metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear.  Newcastle became a unitary authority in 1986 when Tyne and Wear lost its administrative status, becoming purely a ceremonial county.  Until 1974, Newcastle was a county borough and part of the county of Northumberland.

There was a small medieval Jewish community in Newcastle. The modern community is believed to date from 1775, the first synagogue being founded in about 1837.


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All UK Database Newcastle entries:
Elswick Cemetery,  Newcastle, 1859-1963 (683 records)
Hazelrigg Cemetery,  Newcastle, 1924-1990 (1199 records)
Heaton Cemetery,  Newcastle, 1905 -1990 (364 records)
Ravensworth Cemetery,  Newcastle, 1905 -1990 (408 records)

Congregations

The following Congregations are, or were, considered to be part of the Newcastle Community
 

Charlotte Square Synagogue
Corporation Street Synagogue
Gosforth & Kenton Hebrew Congregation
Jesmond Hebrew Congregation
Newcastle Beth Hamedrash
Newcastle Old Hebrew Congregation
Newcastle Reform Synagogue
Newcastle United Hebrew Congregation
Ravensworth Terrace Synagogue
Temple Street Synagogue

The following are former or alternative names of the above congregations:

Derby Street Synagogue - see Newcastle Reform Synagogue
Eskdale Terrace Synagogue - see Jesmond Hebrew Congregation
Graham Park Road Synagogue - see Newcastle United Hebrew Congregation
Leazes Park Road Synagogue - see Newcastle Old Hebrew Congregation
Newcastle United Hebrew Congregation & Beth Hamedresh - see Ravensworth Terrace Synagogue
Newcastle United Synagogue - see Ravensworth Terrace Synagogue
Polish Synagogue - see Charlotte Square Synagogue
Villa Place Synagogue - see Newcastle Beth Hamedrash


Articles on the Newcastle Community

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


Jewish Population Data

1775
1832
1880
1895
1900
1934
1946
1955
1965
1990
1999
2004  


750
400 families
400 families
4,000
2,500
2,300
3,000
1,500
1,110
960

First Jewish residents
Community established (8 October)
(Wikipedia)
(The Jewish Year Book 1896)
(The Jewish Year Book 1900-01)
(The Jewish Year Book 1935)
(The Jewish Year Book 1947)
(The Jewish Year Book 1956)
(The Jewish Year Book 1966)

(The Jewish Year Book 1991)
(The Jewish Year Book 2000)
(The Jewish Year Book 2005)

Other Newcastle Information

Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest

Local Research Libraries, Bibliography and other sources

 Newcastle Cemetery Information

 

 


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