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Page created: 21 August 2005
Latest revision or update: 7 May 2017
Nottingham Jewish Community
City of Nottingham
The city of Nottingham, in the English East Midlands, lies on
the river Trent. The city has a population of about 270,000, although there are
over 600,000 people living in the Greater Nottingham area. It was a county
borough until 1974, when it became a district of the administrative county of
Nottinghamshire. In 1996, the city of Nottingham became a unitary authority.
Nottingham Jewish Community
The modern
Jewish community was founded in the early 1800's, although there had been a
Jewish community in medieval times.
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Jewish Congregations
The following are the Jewish congregations that exist or existed in Nottingham:
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On-line Articles
and Other Material
relating to the Nottingham Jewish Community
on JCR-UK
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Other Nottingham Jewish Institutions & Organisations
(that had been formed by
1900*)
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Educational & Theological
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Other Institutions & Organisations
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* As listed in the Jewish Year
Books 1896 & 1900 (none mentioned in Jewish Directory of 1874). |
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Nottingham Jewish Cemeteries Information
Below are the Jewish cemeteries in
Nottingham, used successively by the Nottingham (Orthodox) Hebrew
Congregtion
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North Sherwood Street Jews
Burial Ground, in use from 1823 to 1869.
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Hardy Street Jewish Cemetery, opened
1869 and closed 1947, except for reserved plots.
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Wilford Hill Jewish Cemetery,
Loughborough Road, opened 1937 (first burial 1940) and
currently in use.
(For
some additional information, see also
IAJGS
Cemeteries Project - Nottingham) |
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Nottingham
Jewish Population Data |
| 1890 |
100
families |
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| 1895 |
500 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1895/6) |
| 1934 |
650 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1935) |
| 1945 |
550 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1946) |
| 1965 |
1,500 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1966) |
| 1990 |
1,050 |
(The Jewish Year Book 1991) |
| 2004 |
627 |
(The Jewish Year Book 2005) |
Jewish Congregations in
Nottinghamshire
Jewish Communities of England home page
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