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Extract from papers on
Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain
Papers prepared by Dr. (later Prof.) Aubrey Newman
for a conference at University College, London,
convened on 6 July 1975 by the
Jewish Historical Society of England
(Reproduced here with Prof. Newman's kind consent)
Paper first published on JCR-UK: 10 December 2015
Latest revision: 11 December 2016
PORTSMOUTH
(Hampshire)
(For the Community's early history, see
"Portsmouth" in Cecil Roth's "The Rise of Provincial
Jewry", 1950)
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Published Data |
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The Portsmouth community, established in the eighteenth century,
continues to be flourishing at the beginning of the nineteenth. In 1845,
it had 22 Ba'ale Batim and 20 seatholders, and in 1851 there were 160
appropriated seats. On census Shabbat [1851] there were 35 attenders at the
service. In 1850 there was founded a Literary Society which met weekly
in the Synagogue Hall, on Saturday afternoons. There was a weekly
lecture which once a month dealt with subjects of Jewish history or
literature. There was a Library and a reading room open on Friday
evenings, and the subscription was 6d. a month. |
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1874[a] |
Synagogue, Queen Street, Portsea. Founded 1747. Has seat
accommodation for 200 persons.
Aria College, St. George's Square. Opened January 1874. 'The
training and maintenance of young men as Jewish divines on orthodox
Judaical principles.' Founded in accordance with the will of he late
Lewis Aria. There are at presents 4 students resident in the
institution.
Portsea Hebrew Educational classes, established 1862.
Portsmouth and Portsea Hebrew
Benevolent Institution. Founded 1804. Object, the weekly relief of the poor,
resident in the Borough for at least five years. Number of
subscribers about 50, Income for the year 1872 £142. 6s. 2d.
Expenditure for the year 1872 £100. 1s. 3d.
Ladies Benevolent Society, established about 1770. For granting
medical attention and allowances during week of mourning. etc.
Jewish Almshouses. For providing an asylum for the resident
Jewish poor of Portsmouth. Built by the Congregation, 1857. |
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1901[b] |
500 Jewish
residents. 1900 3
marriages, 6 deaths.
Synagogue,
Queen Street, founded 5507. Seatholders 117. Income £972. 5s. 1d.
expenditure £834. 3s. 6d.
Hebrew
Benevolent Institution. Founded 1804. Relief of resident poor. Number of
subscribers about 50, Income £100, expenditure £80. Administrative expenses
£3. There were nine persons relieved during the past year, the conditions of
relief being twelve months residence. Election takes place at the meeting of
subscribers.
Hebrew
Educational Classes (founded 1856). THe cholars number 92 (54 boys and
38 girls).
There are
three Kosher restaurants.
Choverei
Zion (established 1898). The members number 35.
Chevra
Bikur Cholim (established 1897). To visit the sick and relieve the poor.
The members number 64.
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[A - Primarily from
The Rise of Provincial Jewry (1950), by Cecil Roth]
[a -
The Jewish Directory for 1874, by Asher I. Myers]
[b - Jewish Year Book] |
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Board of Deputies returns |
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births |
marriages |
burials |
seatholders |
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1852 |
5 (3M) |
1 |
5 |
62 |
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1860 |
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1 |
4 |
58 |
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1870 |
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1 |
9 |
50 |
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1880 |
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2 |
8 |
77 |
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1890 |
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2 |
9 |
88 |
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1900 |
10 |
3 |
6 |
114 |
Provincial Jewry in Victorian
Britain - List of Contents
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