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Latest revision or update: 7 May 2017

The Synagogue entrance ©David Shulman 2016	The interior, viewed from the Ladies Gallery ©David Shulman 2016
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Congregation Data
Name:	Plymouth Hebrew Congregation
Address:	Catherine Street (adjoining Guild Hall), Plymouth PL1 2AD The Plymouth Synagogue is the oldest extant Ashkenazi synagogue still in use in the English speaking world, built 1762. The synagogue is a Grade II* Listed Building, listed on 25 January 1954 (number 1130015). See Historic England Listing & Description.
Current Status:	Active
Date Founded:	1761
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Branch Congregations:	There were two offshoot congregations that functioned as branches of Synagogue: The Dock Minyan, from 1805 to 1844 The Davonport Synagogue, from about 1890 to 1941
Ministers:	See List of Religious Officials of Plymouth Synagogue
Marriage Certification:	Worship Number: 21598 Registration District: Plymouth, since 1 July 1837.
Membership Data:	1845 - 19 ba'alai batim and 33 seatholders (Chief Rabbi's Questionnaire) 1851 - 150 appropriated seats, 205 individual members (C. Roth, The Rise of Provincial Jewry) 1852 - 52 seatholders (Board of Deputies return) 1860 - 52 seatholders (Board of Deputies return) 1870 - 40 seatholders (Board of Deputies return) 1880 - 41 seatholders (Board of Deputies return) 1890 - 50 seatholders (Board of Deputies return) 1898 - 70 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1898/9) 1899 - 66 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1900/1) 1900-  72 seatholders (Board of Deputies return) 1905 - 70 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1906) 1919 - 80 seatholders (Jewish Year Book 1920) 1946 - 115 members (Jewish Year Book 1947) 1999 - 72 members (Board of Deputies)
Cemeteries:	There are two Jewish cemeteries in Plymouth - the Plymouth Hoe Old Jews' Burial Ground Jewish and Gifford Place Jewish Cemetery - (see Plymouth Jewish Cemetery Information)