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Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe is a seaside town on the north coast of Devon in southeast England overlooking the Bristol Channel and has a population of about 11,000. Until 1974, Ilfracombe was an urban district within the county of Devon. In that year it merged with a number of neighbouring localities to form the District of North Devon, a local government district of the county of Devon.
The following was the only Jewish congregation to have existed in Ilfracombe:
Congregation Data
| Name: | Ilfracombe Hebrew Congregation |
| Address: | 1st Floor, Capstone Hotel, St James's Street, Ilfracombe |
| Formation & Membership: | The congregation was founded during World War II, in about 1940. The number of congregants attending Sabbath services swelled to over 100 with the arrival of a large number of US forces in North Devon, many of whom were Jewish. The New Year and Yom Kippur services were attended by over 1,000. |
| Current Status: | Closed 1945 |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
Other Information
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