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Page created: 6 March 2004
Latest revision or update: 17 February 2013
Town of South Shields
The port of South Shields
(population approximately 80,000) is in the metropolitan borough of
South Tyneside (which, until 1986, was a district) in the metropolitan county of
Tyne and Wear, in the North East of England. Until 1974, South Shields was
a county borough in County Durham. It lies on the south side of the
Tyne estuary, opposite North Shields.
South Shields Jewish Community
Only one Jewish congregation, the South Shields Hebrew Congregation,
is known to have existed in South Shields.
Congregation Data
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Name: |
South Shields Hebrew Congregation |
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Address: |
25 Beach Road, South Shields |
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Previous Address |
Ogle Terrace, South Shields, and previously, 38 Charlotte Street
South Shields |
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Date Formed: |
1875 |
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Current Status: |
Closed - before 2000, but services continued for a while in members
homes. |
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Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
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Congregation Numbers: |
1895 - 25 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1896)
1900 - 39 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900/1) |
Articles on the South Shields
Jewish Community
Press Reports relating to South Shields Jewish Community - 1891-1910
Jewish Population Data
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1846 |
- First Jewish settlement |
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1895 |
- 120 (The Jewish Year Book 1896) |
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1900 |
- 140 (The Jewish Year Book 1900-01) |
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1946 |
- 125 (The Jewish Year Book 1947) |
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1955 |
- 115 (The Jewish Year Book 1956) |
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1990 |
- 25 (The Jewish Year Book 1991) |
Records:
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Numerous records of the Jewish Communities in Northeast
England (only a sample of which are listed below) are deposited with the
Tyne and Wear Archives Service (http://www.legacyarchives.org.uk).
CLICK HERE to view a full
list of these records (correct to December 2005). |
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Other South Shields Jewish Information
Bibliography
South Shields Cemetery Information
- IAJGS Cemetery Project
Jewish Congregations in Tyne
and Wear
Jewish
Communities of England Home Page
Explanations of Terms Used
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