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Latest revision or update: 13 September 2017 Town of Dudley Dudley, with a population of about 195,000, lying to the south of Wolverhampton, became a metropolitan borough in 1974 within the newly created metropolitan county of West Midlands in Central England. In 1986, Dudley became a unitary authority, when West Midlands lost its administrative status, becoming purely a ceremonial and geographical county. Dudley had been a county borough from 1898 and was an enclave of the county of Worcestershire surrounded by the county of Staffordshire. In 1966 it was transferred to Staffordshire and its boundaries were expanded by the incorporation of adjoining areas of Staffordshire.
There was a small Jewish community in Dudley from the mid-nineteenth century into the early years of the twentieth century. According to one source (Religious Worship Census of 1851, as reported in V. Lipman's "Survey of Anglo Jewry in 1851"), a synagogue was established in 1848, and at the time of the census the average male Sabbath attendance was only 10. By 1871 (according to reports in the Jewish Chronicle), the synagogue had been closed for some time and attempts were then being made to establish a new one and there was an appeal for funds for a synagogue. At the time, the congregation had a President; a Treasurer and an Honorary Secretary. However, there are no reports at the time of the synagogue having been re-established. Subsequently, there were reports from time to time of services being held in Dudley and even references to ministers for the Community. The Jewish Year Book 1906 refers to services being held at the house of the President (a Mr. H. Cohen of 55 Wellington Road)(1) and below is a photograph of the silver plate presented to Mr. H. Harris, who presumably acted as reader (canter) at the high holy day services held later that year. ________________ FOOTNOTES (↵ returns to main text)
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