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Gloucester Old SynagogueGloucester, Gloucestershire |
Updated 9 August 2009
City of Gloucester
The city of Gloucester, with a population of approximately 110,000, is situated on the right bank of the river Severn in the West of England. It is the county town and a local government district of the county of Gloucestershire, and was a county borough until 1974.
Jewish Community
There had been a Jewish community in Gloucester in the medieval period. A new community, sometimes referred to as the Gloucester Old Synagogue, was founded in the eighteenth century, but had disappeared by the1870's.
Congregation Data
| Description: | Gloucester Old Synagogue |
| Address: | Mercy Place, Gloucester, opposite the Infirmary |
| Founded: | Eighteenth century |
| Disbanded | By 1870 |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Articles on the Gloucester Community
The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Gloucester by Cecil Roth, 1950, including inscriptions on gravestones at Gloucester Jewish Cemetery. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
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