Updated 9 August 2009
Latest revision or update: 21 December 2011

The historic city of Leicester, in the English East Midlands, lies on the river Soar. The city has a population of about 280,000, although there are over 330,000 people living in the greater Leicester urban area.  It was a county borough until 1974, when it became a district of the administrative county of  Leicestershire. In 1996, the city of Leicester became a unitary authority.

The first records of the modern Jewish community date from 1861, although there had been a community in medieval times. The following Congregations are considered to be part of the Leicester Community

Leicester Beit Hamedrash
Leicester Hebrew Congregation
Leicester Progressive Jewish Synagogue
Leicester Reform Group

Articles on the Leicester Community

The Medieval Jews of Leicester - by Oliver D. Harris.

To the Jewish Public - from The Jewish Chronicle and The Hebrew Observer, Friday June 22, 1860.

Jewish Encyclopaedia article on Leicester by Joseph Jacobs, c-1906.

Other Leicester Information

Leicester Medieval Community

Local Research Libraries, Bibliography and other sources

Jewish Property and Heritage & Places of Local Interest\

Leicester Cemetery Information