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City of Plymouth

The city of Plymouth, an historic port on the south coast of Devon in South West England, has a population of about 240,000.  The county borough of Plymouth, created 1889, had been enlarged a number of times by incorporation of adjoining localities, including the incorporation of the municipal borough of Devonport in 1914.  In 1974, Plymouth lost its county borough status becoming a local government district within the county of Devon.  However, in 1974, it once again became a unitary authority, remaining within Devon for ceremonial purposes.

Plymouth Jewish Community

The Jewish community in Plymouth dates from about 1646, and the Plymouth Synagogue (of the Plymouth Hebrew Congregation) is the oldest Ashkenazi  synagogue still standing in the English-speaking world.

The Jewish Congregations

The following are, or were, the Jewish congregations in Plymouth:

Online Articles on the Plymouth Jewish Community

Plymouth from "Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain"  - Papers for a conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish Historical Society of Great Britain, prepared by Aubrey Newman - 6th July 1975.  Reproduced here with his kind consent.