JCR-UK: Statistical Accounts of Jewish Congregations in British Empire 1846 - First Section, page 6 (King's Lynn, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham) - from Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain

Provincial Jewry
in Victorian Britain

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)

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STATISTICAL ACCOUNTS OF ALL THE
CONGREGATIONS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
5606 / 1845

Transcribed by the late Rabbi Bernard Susser, B.A. M.Phil.

First Part
Results of General Questionnaire

Page 6

	(KING'S) LYNN	MANCHESTER		NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ^iii.	NORWICH	NOTTINGHAM
	(KING'S) LYNN	OLD SYNAGOGUE ^i.	NEW SYNAGOGUE ^ii.	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ^iii.	NORWICH	NOTTINGHAM
NO. OF BAALAI BATIM:	3	38	32	9	7	3
NO. OF SEATHOLDERS:	-	33	19	-	3	1
NO OF INDIVIDUALS:	5	-	57	m&f -33 children 33	-	6
NO. OF PAID OFFICERS:	Shochet 12/- weekly.	M Jacob Kantrovitz, Chazan Rishon; Mr Simonson, Chazan Sheni, Sofer S.T.M., Secretary Ne'eman, Shochet; S Phillips, Shomer HaPetach; Mr Lazarus, Shomer Beth HaKevorot.	Mr. Abrahams, Shochet	Rev. J. Caro, Shochet; I. Cohen, Shammas.	Mr Caro, Shochet	W. Friedman, Shochet and Chazan, 8/- p.w.
NO. OF SYNAGOGUES	A hired room at £10 p.a. Only minyan on Yom Tovim.^iv.	1. Halliwell Street^v.	1^vi.	1^vii.	1 hired annually	Room hired annually
ARE MITZVOT SOLD?	Yes	No	During the holidays only	Yes	Yes	No
IS THERE A MIKVEH?	No	Yes	Yes, that of the old congregation.	Public bath the depth of 4½ ft spring water.	Yes	A kosher bathing establishment
BURIAL GROUND	Yes^viii.	2^ix.	Yes, at Collyhurst^x.	Yes^xi.	Yes^xii.	Yes^xiii.
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS	-	Chevrat Moshivat Nefesh Philanthropic Society. Chevrat Dorshei Tov Hebrew Association.	None.	None	None	None

Webmaster's Notes (↵ returns to main text)

This congregation subsequently became known as the Manchester Great Synagogue. ↵
This was a short-lived breakaway congregation from the main Manchester congregation and existed from 1843 until reunfication in 1851. ↵
The congregation in Newcastle upon Tyne was known as the Temple Street Synagogue. ↵
The hired hall was probably at 9 High Street, King's Lynn. ↵
This was where the synagogue was situated from 1825 to 1857, when the congregation moved to Cheetham Hill Road. ↵
The congregation's synagogue was variously shown as being being situated at Miller's Lane or Ainsworth Court, the latter being a former address of the main Manchester congregation. ↵
The synagogue in Temple Street was in use from 1838 to 1878. ↵
King's Lynn's Millfleet Jews' Burial Ground, Stonegate Street, dates from as early as 1811. ↵
The reference to two cemeteries is probably to: (i) Pendleton Jews' Burial Ground, Brindle Heath Road,- "Manchester's first Jewish cemetery" in use from 1794, although its use ceased in about 1840; and (ii) Prestwich Village Jews' Burial Ground, Bury New Road , generally in use from 1841 to 1884. ↵
The Collyhurst Cemetery, Miles Platting, was used by breakaway Manchester New Synagogue from 1844. ↵
This refers to Newcastle's Thornton Street Cemetery, off Westgate Street, in use from about 1831 (or 1835) to 1851. ↵
This refers to the Quakers Lane Jews' Burial Ground, St Crispin's Road, Norwish, opened in 1813 and in use until 1854. There was also an earlier Jewish cemetery. ↵
This refers to Nottingham' North Sherwood Street Jews Burial Ground, in use from 1823 to 1869. ↵

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