The town of Merthyr Tydfil (also spelled Merthyr Tudful), with a population of about 55,000, is in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, which, from 1974 until 1996, was a district of the county of Mid Glamorgan. Prior to 1974, it was a county borough in the old county of Glamorganshire. It is located on the river Taff in the centre of the valleys of south Wales.
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Merthyr Tydfil (Contains 1 cemetery, 624 burials) |
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Merthyr Tydfil community had the following congregation:
Articles of the Merthyr Tydfil Community
Merthyr Jewish Cemetery - a poem written and read by Grahame Davies (published in his anthology, "The Chosen People - Wales and the Jews"), with pictures contributed by Wendy Bellany.
How 'Greeners' Came to the Valleys. Wallach, M., Jewish Chronicle Colour Magazine, 1975 (posted on JCR-UK).
The Jews of Merthyr Tydfil.
Bellany, W., Shemot, September 2001.(JGSGB) (posted on JCR-UK).
Jewish Population Data
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1848 1934 1946 |
- First Jewish settlement. - 400 (The Jewish Year Book 1935) - 175 (The Jewish Year Book 1947) |
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Merthy Tydfil Information
Jewish
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Local Research Libraries, Biblography and other sources
Merthyr Tydfil Cemetery Information
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