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Pontypool Synagogue

Pontypool, Torfaen, Gwent
Created 4 December 2006
Latest Update 5 December 2006

Congregation Data

Name: Pontypool Synagogue
Address: Wain House, Pontypool
Town Location: Pontypool, a town on the edge of the South Wales coalfields, is situated on the river Afon Llwyd, approximately 15 miles inland from Newport.
Local Government: From 1996 - the county borough of Torfaen - a unitary authority, in the ceremonial county of Gwent.
1974 to 1996 - the district of Torfaen in the county of Gwent
Until 1974 - the urban district of Pontypool in the county of Monmouthshire
Date Founded: 1867
Current Status: Closed
Ritual: Ashkenazi Orthodox

Other  Information

  • Community & Congregation History:
          Two Unknown Welsh Synagogues, and an Oxford Connection, an article by Harold Pollins. Originally published in Oxford Menorah issue no. 182, Chanukah 2006/5767
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