Dover Synagogue

and Jewish Community

Dover, Kent

Page created: 27 November 2005
Latest revision or update: 20 February 2013

The Town of Dover

The town of Dover is a port on the English Channel coast in southeast England immediately opposite the coast of France, some 21 miles away. It is in the local government district of Dover in the county of Kent, formed in 1974 by the merger of the municipal boroughs of Dover, Deal and Sandwich and adjoining rural districts. The town of Dover has a population of about 30,000, whereas the district, covering a much wider area, has a population of some 100,000.

The Jewish Community

The Jewish community in Dover dates from the mid-eighteenth century. Also, from the early nineteenth century, there were a number of Jews living in the town of Deal, some eight miles to the north-east, although they do not appear to have established a formal congregation.

Congregation Data

Only one Jewish congregation, known as the Dover Synagogue, is known to have existed in Dover.

Name:	Dover Synagogue
Address:	Northampton Street, Dover
Date Founded:	10 September 1862
Current Status:	Closed - during WWII
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Marriage Certification:	Worship Number: 15769 Registration District: Dover
Membership Numbers:	1896 - 14 Seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1898/99) 1900 - 12 Seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1900/01) 1909 - 14 Seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1910)

Articles on the Dover Jewish Community

The Rise of Provincial Jewry - Dover by Cecil Roth, 1950. Available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.

Reference to the Dover Jewish Community in the Press (extracted by Harold Pollins):
            Part 1 - 1842 to 1860
            Part 2 - 1861 to 1865
            Part 3 - 1866 to 1883
            Part 4 - 1884 to 1900
            Part 5 - 1901 to 1922
            Part 6 - 1922 to 1959

Jewish Population Data

1896
1900
1905
1909
1919
1934

104
131
110
116
40
40

(The Jewish Year Book 1896/97)
(The Jewish Year Book 1900/01)
(The Jewish Year Book 1906)
(The Jewish Year Book 1910)
(The Jewish Year Book 1920)
(The Jewish Year Book 1935)

Other Dover Jewish Information

Synagogue Records
Marriage records held by The Board of Deputies: Archives Ref: 25/2a/1
Dover Cemetery Information - IAJGS Cemetery Project
Bibliography

Jewish Congregations in Kent

Jewish Communities of England home page

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