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Pontypridd Synagogue

Pontypridd, Rhondda-Cynon-Taf, South Wales

Created 23 August 2005
Latest Update 8 December 2007

Congregation Data

Name: Pontypridd Synagogue
Address: Wood Road, Pontypridd
Town Location: Pontypridd is a town situated on the river Taff at the junction with the river Rhondda in South Wales.
Local Government: From 1996 - the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf - a unitary authority
1974 to 1996 - the district of Taff-Ely in the county of Mid Glamorgan
Until 1974 - the urban district of Pontypridd in the county of Glamorganshire
Founded: 1867 (Synagogue consecrated 1895)
Current Status: Closed
Ritual: Ashkenazi Orthodox
Membership Data: 1895 - 23 seatholders  (The Jewish Year Book 1896/7)

Jewish Population Data

1895 - 150 (The Jewish Year Book 1896)
1934 - 150  (The Jewish Year Book 1935)

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