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Latest revision or update: 20 February 2013
 

City of Leicester

The historic city of Leicester, in the English East Midlands, lies on the river Soar. The city has a population of about 280,000, although there are over 330,000 people living in the greater Leicester urban area.  It was a county borough until 1974, when it became a district of the administrative county of  Leicestershire. In 1996, the city of Leicester became a unitary authority.

Leicester Jewish Community

The first records of the modern Jewish community date from 1861, although there had been a community in medieval times.
 

The Jewish Congregations

The following Congregations are considered to be part of the Leicester Community

Articles on the Leicester Jewish Community

The Medieval Jews of Leicester - by Oliver D. Harris.

To the Jewish Public - from The Jewish Chronicle and The Hebrew Observer, Friday June 22, 1860.

Jewish Encyclopaedia article on Leicester by Joseph Jacobs, c-1906.
 

Jewish Population Data
 

Other Leicester Jewish Information

Leicester Medieval Community

Bibliography and other sources

Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest

Leicester Cemetery Information (IAJGS Cemetery Project)

Jewish Congregations in Leicestershire

Jewish Communities of England home page

Explanations of Terms Used