Wirral Jewish Community

Metropolitan Borough of Wirral

Wirral is a metropolitan borough in the county of Merseyside in the North West of England, comprising the northern part of the Wirral peninsula, across the Mersey estuary from Liverpool. It was created in 1974 upon the merger of several authorities (all then in the county of Cheshire), including the county boroughs of Birkenhead and Wallasey (which includes Seacombe) and the urban district of Hoylake. In 1986, Wirral became a unitary authority, when the metropolitan county of Merseyside lost its administrative status, becoming purely a ceremonial county.

The Wirral Jewish Community

Although there was a small number of Jews in the town of the Wirral (particularlly Birkenhead) from the middle of the nineteenth century, it was not until the end of that century that an organised Jewish congregation was established.

Jewish Congregations

The following are the Jewish congregations that exist or existed in what is now the metropolitan borough of Wirral:

Wirral Jewish Cemetery Information

We are unaware of any Jewish cemeteries in Wirral.

Wirral Jewish Population Data

Birkenhead

Wallasey

Hoylake

1934
100

(The Jewish Year Book 1935)

1939
75

(The Jewish Year Book 1940)

1945
50

(The Jewish Year Book 1945)

1955
50

280

(The Jewish Year Book 1956)

1965
50

255
58
(The Jewish Year Book 1966)

1990

50

(The Jewish Year Book 1991)

2004

50

(The Jewish Year Book 2005)

Jewish Congregations in Merseyside

Jewish Communities of England home page

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