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Bolton Hebrew Congregation

Bolton, Greater Manchester

 
 

 

   
 


Page created: 25 August 2005
Latest revision or update: 14 December 2016

Town of Bolton

Bolton was a county borough in Lancashire, to the northwest of Manchester. In 1974, it merged with adjoining areas (all of which had been in Lancashire) to form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton within new Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester.  Bolton became a unitary authority in 1986 when Greater Manchester lost its administrative status, becoming purely a ceremonial county.

Bolton Jewish Community

A Jewish community developed in Bolton at the end of the nineteenth century, although numbers were never large. The congregation was disbanded in the 1960s.

Congregation Data

Name:

Bolton Hebrew Congregation

Address:

The Synagogue was at 12a Wentworth Street, Bolton from approximately 1924 until 1960, after which services were held in the Queen Street Mission, Central Street, Bolton.

Previously, the Synagogue was at 43 Spa Road, Bolton, from late 1906.

See the Article by Hilary Thomas, for Congregation's addresses prior to 1906.

Date Formed:

High Holidays Services were held in Bolton in October 1903 and (according to a report in the Jewish Chronicle of 2 October 1903, page 24) the hope was expresses that a congregation would shortly be established, which occurred in 1904.

Current Status:

Synagogue sold (and later demolished) in 1960. Congregation disbanded in 1969

Ministers:

See Article by Hilary Thomas

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Cemetery Information:

See Cemetery Information on the Greater Manchester Jewish Community home page.

 


Search the All-UK Database

The records in the database associated with Bolton include:

1851 Anglo Jewry Database (updated 2016)

Individuals in the 1851 Anglo Jewry Database who were living in Bolton during the 1830s (2 records) and 1840s (3 records).
 

 

On-line Article and Other Material relating to
the Bolton Jewish Community

on JCR-UK

 

Bolton Jewish Population Data

1938

110 (27 families)

(The Jewish Year Book 1939)

1945

110

(The Jewish Year Book 1946)

1955

80

(The Jewish Year Book 1956)

1965

60

(The Jewish Year Book 1966)

1970

45

(The Jewish Year Book 1971)


Greater Manchester Jewish Community home page


Street Directory of Congregations in Greater Manchester

Jewish Communities of England home page

 


 

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