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Southend-on-Sea Community

Updated 6 November 2006

Borough of Southend-on-Sea

The seaside resort of Southend-on-Sea (which also includes the towns of Westcliff-on-Sea and Leigh-on-Sea) is in southeast England, lying on the northern shore of the Thames estuary, and has a population of nearly 160,000. It was a county borough from 1914, until 1974, when it became a local government district (later borough) of the county of Essex. In 1998, it became a unitary authority taking over those responsibilities previously exercised by the county council.

Jewish Community

The Southend Jewish community developed at the end of the nineteenth century, primarily from London's East End, many of the Jewish residents settling in Westcliff-on-Sea and Leigh-on-Sea. The following are the congregations that make up the Southend-on-Sea Community:

Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation (which incorporated synagogues at different locations)
Southend and District Reform Synagogue (former names: Southend Progressive Synagogue; and Leigh-on-Sea Liberal Jewish Synagogue)

Jewish Population Data

1934
1946
1965
1999
2004

- 600 (The Jewish Year Book 1935)
- 1,500 (The Jewish Year Book 1966)
- 3,500 (The Jewish Year Book 1966)
- 4,500 (The Jewish Year Book 2000)
- 2,721 (The Jewish Year Book 2004)

Other Southend Information

Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest

Local Research Libraries, Bibliography and other sources

Southend Cemetery Information

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