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JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND CONGREGATIONS IN ENGLAND

Listed by county and local authority

(The counties listed are the present administrative counties, or in the case of
unitary authorities, the ceremonial counties or metropolitan counties in which they are included.)
 

BEDFORDSHIRE
       Bedford (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Bedford's first Jewish congregations
              Bedford United Hebrew Congregation
       Central Bedfordshire (unitary authority)
              Biggleswade (and Shefford) - Jewish Community^(3,4)
                      Biggleswade Hebrew Congregation⁽³⁾
              Dunstable - Jewish Community
                     Dunstable Synagogue
                     Dunstable United Synagogue Membership Group
       Luton (unitary borough) - Jewish Community
              Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue
              Luton United Synagogue
 

BERKSHIRE
       Reading (unitary district) - Jewish Community^(1,3,5)
              Jewish Community of Berkshire
              Reading Hebrew Congregation
              Reading Liberal Jewish Community
              Tilehurst United Synagogue Membership Group
       Slough (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Slough & Windsor Affiliated Synagogue
              Slough United Synagogue Membership Group⁽⁵⁾
       West Berkshire (unitary district)
              Newbury and District Hebrew Congregation^(1,3)
       Windsor & Maidenhead (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,3,5)
              Maidenhead Hebrew Congregation
              Maidenhead Synagogue
              Windsor United Synagogue Membership Group
              Windsor & Slough United Synagogue Membership Group
 

BRISTOL
       Bristol, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Bristol & West Progressive Jewish Congregation
              Bridge Street Hebrew Congregation⁽⁷⁾
              Bristol Hebrew Congregation^{(1,2,4,5,6,7)}
              Bristol Jewish Congregation⁽⁴⁾

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
       Chiltern (district) - Jewish Community
              Amersham United Synagogue Membership Group⁽⁷⁾
              Amersham, Chesham & District Hebrew Congregation⁽⁷⁾
              Chesham Hebrew Congregation⁽⁷⁾
              South Bucks Jewish Community⁽⁷⁾ (Liberal)
       Milton Keynes (unitary borough) - Jewish Community
              Bletchley Hebrew Congregation
              Haversham Jewish Community & Synagogue
              Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue⁽⁷⁾
       South Bucks (district) - Jewish Community
              Beaconsfield United Synagogue Membership Group
              Gerrards Cross United Synagogue Membership Group
       Wycombe (district)
              High Wycombe Affiliated Synagogue
              High Wycombe United Synagogue Membership Group
 

CAMBRIDGESHIRE
       Cambridge, City of (borough) - Jewish Community^(1,3,5)
              Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
              Cambridge Traditional Jewish Congregation - Cambridge Synagogue
              Cambridge & Suffolk Jewish Community
              "Lyon's" Synagogue⁽³⁾
       Peterborough, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              Peterborough Hebrew Congregation
              Peterborough Liberal Jewish Community
              Peterborough United Synagogue Membership Group
 

CHESHIRE
       Cheshire East (unitary borough)
              Macclesfield Hebrew Congregation^(4,5)
              (Macclesfield United Synagogue Membership Group)
              Wilmslow and District Jewish Community
       Cheshire West and Chester (unitary borough)
              Chester Hebrew Congregation^(1,3)
       Halton (unitary borough)
              Widnes Synagogue⁽³⁾
 

CORNWALL (unitary authority)
               Falmouth Jewish Congregation^(1,4,5,6)
               Kehillat Kernow (Cornwall Community), Truro⁽¹⁾
               Penzance Jewish Congregation^(1,4,5,6)
 

CUMBRIA
              Lancashire and Cumbria Liberal Jewish Community
       Barrow-in-Furness (borough)
               Barrow-in-Furness Synagogue^(3,6)
       Copeland (district)
               Whitehaven Jewish Community^(1,3)
       Eden (district)
               Penrith Hebrew Congregation
 

DERBYSHIRE
       Derby, City of (unitary borough)
               Derby Hebrew Congregation^(1,5)
       High Peak (borough)
               Buxton Hebrew Congregation^(1,4)
 

DEVON
       Exeter, City of (city & district)
              Exeter Hebrew Congregation^(1,3,4,5,6)
       North Devon (district)
              Barnstaple Synagogue^(1,3)
              Ilfracombe Hebrew Congregation
       Plymouth, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,4,5,6)
              Devonport Synagogue
              Dock Minyan
              Plymouth Hebrew Congregation^(4,5,6)
       South Hams (district)
              Totnes Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
       Torbay (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,4,6)
              Paignton Hebrew Congregation
              Torquay United Hebrew Congregation

DORSET
       Bournemouth (unitary borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation^(1,4)
              Bournemouth Masorti Community
              Bournemouth Reform Synagogue
              Lubavitch Centre
              Wessex Liberal Jewish Community
       Poole (unitary borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              Bournemouth Sephardi Association
       Weymouth & Portland - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾

DURHAM
       County Durham (unitary authority)
              Bishop Auckland Synagogue^(1,3,4,5,7)
              Durham Synagogue^(1,3,4,5)
       Darlington (unitary borough)
              Darlington Hebrew Congregation^{(1,3,4,5,6,7)}
       Hartlepool (unitary borough)
              West Hartlepool Hebrew Congregation^(1,3,4,5)
       Stockton-on-Tees (unitary borough)
              Stockton-on-Tees Synagogue^(1,5)
 

ESSEX
       Basildon (district)
              Basildon Hebrew Congregation
       Brentwood (borough)
              Shenfield & Brentwood Synagogue (Tikvah Chadasha)
       Castle Point (borough)
              Canvey Island Chasidic Congregation
              Canvey Island Hebrew Congregation
       Chelmsford (borough)
              Chelmsford Jewish Community^(1,3)
              Chelmsford Reform Synagogue Group
       Colchester (borough)
              Colchester and District Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
       Epping Forest (district) - Jewish Community
              Chabad Lubavitch of Buckhurst Hill
              Chigwell & Hainault Synagogue
              Loughton Synagogue
       Harlow (district)
              Harlow Jewish Community
       Southend-on-Sea (unitary borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              Southend and District Reform Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
              Southend and Westcliff Hebrew Congregation⁽¹⁾
       Tendring (district)
              Walton-on-the-Naze Hebrew Congregation^(3,5)
 

GLOUCESTERSHIRE
              Gloucestershire Liberal Jewish Community
       Cheltenham (borough)
              Cheltenham Hebrew Congregation^(1,5)
       Gloucester, City of (city & district)
              Gloucester Old Synagogue^(1,5)
       Stroud (district)
              Stroud Jewish Congregation^(1,3,5)
 

GREATER LONDON
       For all London Boroughs, see Greater London^(1,3,4,5,6) section
 

GREATER MANCHESTER
       For all its Metropolitan Boroughs, see Greater Manchester^(1,3,4,5) section
 

HAMPSHIRE
       Rushmoor (borough)
              Aldershot Synagogue^(1,5)
              Aldershot Military Synagogue
       Basingstoke and Deane (borough)
              Basingstoke Hebrew Congregation⁽³⁾
       Portsmouth, City of (unitary authority)
              Portsmouth and Southsea Hebrew Congregation^(1,4,5)
       Southampton, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community ^(1,5)
              Southampton Hebrew Congregation
              South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community
       Winchester (city & district)
              Winchester Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
 

HEREFORDSHIRE (unitary authority)
              Herefordshire Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
 

HERTFORDSHIRE
       Dacorum (borough) - Jewish Community
              Berkhamsted United Synagogue Membership Group
              Hemel Hempstead Hebrew Congregation
              Hemel Hempstead United Synagogue Membership Group
       East Hertfordshire (district)
              Hertford Jewish Community
       Hertsmere (borough) - Jewish Community
              Borehamwood & Elstree
                     Beis Yisrael - Ner Yisrael Borehamwood⁽⁷⁾
                     Borehamwood & Elstree Synagogue⁽⁷⁾
                     Chabad of Borehamwood & Elstree⁽⁷⁾
                     Elstree & Borehamwood Masorti Community⁽⁷⁾
                     The Elstree Shteibel⁽⁴⁾
                     Kehillat Nashira, Borehamwood Partnership Minyan
                     The Liberal Synagogue Elstree^(4,7)
                     Ohr Yisrael (Federation) Synagogue, Borehamwood⁽⁷⁾
                     Rambam Sephardi Synagogue, Elstree & Borehamwood⁽⁷⁾
              Bushey United Synagogue^(1,3,4,7)
              Potters Bar and Brookmans Park United Synagogue⁽⁷⁾

              Radlett
                     Radlett Reform Synagogue
                     Radlett United Synagogue
              Shenley United Jewish Community⁽⁷⁾
       North Hertfordshire (district) - Jewish Community
              Hitchin
                     Hitchin Hebrew Congregation
                     Yeshivas Ohr Torah, Great Offley
              Letchworth
                     Hall Mead Synagogue, Letchworth
                     Letchworth Hebrew Congregation^(4,5)
                     Letchworth Talmud Torah
                     Scouts Hill Synagogue, Letchworth
                     Simmons' Hall Synagogue, Letchworth
                     Synagogue at Girls' School, Letchworth
       St Albans (city & district) - Jewish Community
              St Albans Masorti Synagogue⁽⁷⁾
              St Albans United Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
       Stevenage (borough)
              Stevenage Liberal Synagogue
       Three Rivers (district)
              Rickmansworth & Croxley Green Utd. Synagogue Membership Group
       Watford (borough) - Jewish Community^(1,3,4)
              Garston & North Watford Hebrew Congregation
              Watford & Bushey Hebrew Congregation^(3,7)
              Watford & District Synagogue ^(3,4,7)
       Welwyn Hatfield (district)
              Welwyn Garden City Synagogue^(4,5)
              Welwyn Garden City United Synagogue Membership Group
 

ISLE OF WIGHT (unitary authority)
              Isle of Wight Jewish Society
 

KENT
       Canterbury, City of (city & district)
              Canterbury and District Jewish Community^(1,3,5)
       Dover (district)
              Dover Synagogue^(1,3,5,6)
       Maidstone (borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              Kent Liberal Jewish Community
       Medway (unitary borough)
              Chatham Memorial Synagogue^(1,4,5)
       Swale (borough)
              Sheerness Synagogue^(1,5)
       Thanet (district) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              Margate
                     Margate Hebrew Congregation^(1,3,5)
              Ramsgate - Jewish Community^(1,5)
                     Lubavitch Foundation, Ramsgate
                     Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, Ramsgate^(4,5)
                     Thanet & District Reform Synagogue
 

LANCASHIRE
       Blackburn with Darwen (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Blackburn Hebrew Congregation^(1,5)
              Freckleton Street Hebrew Congregation
              New Hebrew Congregation
       Blackpool (unitary borough) - Jewish Community⁽³⁾
              Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation⁽⁴⁾
              Blackpool United Hebrew Congregation^(3,4)
       Burnley (borough)
              Burnley Synagogue^(3,5)
       Fylde (borough) - Jewish Community
              St. Anne's Hebrew Congregation
       Lancaster (city & district)
              Lancashire and Cumbria Liberal Jewish Community
              Lancaster and Lakes Jewish Community
       Preston (city & district)
              Lancashire and Cumbria Liberal Jewish Community
              Preston Synagogue^(1,5)
       Wyre (borough)
              Thornton-Cleveleys Synagogue
 

LEICESTERSHIRE
       Hinckley and Bosworth (borough)
              Hinckley Hebrew Congregation⁽³⁾
       Leicester, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,2,3,5)
              Leicester Beit Hamedrash
              Leicester Hebrew Congregation⁽²⁾
              Leicester Progressive Jewish Congregation⁽⁴⁾
              Leicester Reform Group
 

LINCOLNSHIRE
       Boston (borough)
              Boston Hebrew Congregation^(1,3,5)
       Lincoln (city) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              Lincoln Hebrew Congregation⁽⁷⁾
              Lincoln Independent Jewish Minyan
              Lincolnshire Jewish Community (Progressive)
       North East Lincolnshire (unitary borough) - Grimsby Jewish Community^(1,3,4,5,6)
              Grimsby Hebrew Congregation^(1,3,4,5,6)
              Grimsby Beth Hamedrash
 

MERSEYSIDE
       Knowsley (metropolitan borough)
              Huyton-cum-Roby Hebrew Congregation
       Liverpool, City of (metropolitan borough)
              For all Liverpool congregations, see separate Liverpool^(1,3,5) section
       Sefton (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
               Bootle Synagogue
               Crosby and Waterloo Synagogue
               Southport - Jewish Community^(1,5)
                      Southport & District Reform Synagogue
                      Southport Hebrew Congregation⁽⁵⁾
       Wirral (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
               Birkenhead Synagogue⁽¹⁾
               Hoylake Hebrew Congregation⁽³⁾
               Wallasey - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
                      Seacombe Synagogue
                      Wallasey Hebrew Congregation
 

NORFOLK
       Great Yarmouth (borough)
              Great Yarmouth Jewish Congregation^(1,3,4,5)
       King's Lynn and West Norfolk (district) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              King's Lynn Old Jewish Congregation
              King's Lynn Hebrew Congregation
       Norwich, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Norwich Hebrew Congregation Synagogue
              Norwich Liberal Jewish Community
 

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
       Kettering (borough)
               Kettering United Synagogue Membership Group
       Northampton (borough)
               Northampton Hebrew Congregation
 

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
       Bassetlaw (district)
              Worksop Hebrew Congregation^(1,3,5)
       Nottingham, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Nottingham Hebrew Congregation
              Nottingham Liberal Synagogue
 

OXFORDSHIRE
       Oxford (city & district) - Jewish Community^(1,3,5)
              Oxford Jewish Congregation⁽⁵⁾
              Oxford Jewish Congregation - Masorti Group
              Oxford Jewish Congregation - Progressive Jewish Group
       South Oxford (district)
              Carmel College and Synagogue, Wallingford^(4,5)
 

SOMERSET
       Bath and North East Somerset (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Bath Hebrew Congregation
              Bath Old Synagogue
       North Somerset (unitary district)
              Weston-super-Mare Hebrew Congregation
       West Somerset (district)
              Minehead Jewish Community
 

STAFFORDSHIRE
       East Staffordshire (borough)
              Burton-upon-Trent Jewish Community^(1,5)
       Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough)
              Stoke-on-Trent & North Staffordshire Hebrew Congregation^(1,2,3,5,6)
       Stoke-on-Trent, City of (unitary authority)
              Stoke-on-Trent Hebrew Congregation^(1,2,3,5,6)
 

SUFFOLK
       Ipswich (borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Suffolk Liberal Jewish Community
              Ipswich Old Jewish Congregation
 

SURREY
       Elmbridge (borough)
              Kingston Liberal Synagogue,⁽⁷⁾ Long Ditto, Thames Ditton
              North West Surrey Synagogue,⁽⁷⁾ Weybridge
       Epsom and Ewell (borough)
              Epsom Synagogue⁽³⁾
       Guildford (borough) - Jewish Community
              Guildford United Synagogue Membership Group
              Guildford Synagogue⁽⁵⁾
       Mole Valley (district)⁽¹⁾
              Dorking Jewish Community Centre
       Runnymede (borough)
              Addlestone & District Jewish Congregation^(3,5)
       Spelthorne (borough)
              Staines, Egham and District United Synagogue Membership Group
              Staines and District Affiliated Synagogue
       Woking (borough)
              Woking United Synagogue Membership Group
 

SUSSEX, EAST
       Brighton and Hove (unitary borough) - Jewish Community^(1,4,5)
              Brighton Hebrew Congregation (to 1874)
              Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation⁽⁴⁾
              Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue
              Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue
              Hove Hebrew Congregation^(4,7)
       Eastbourne (borough) - Jewish Community
              Eastbourne Hebrew Congregation
              Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community
       Hastings (borough)
              Hastings and St. Leonards Hebrew Congregation⁽¹⁾
              Hastings and District Jewish Society
 

SUSSEX, WEST
       Arun (district)
              Bognor Regis and District Hebrew Congregation
              Felpham & Middleton Hebrew Congregation⁽⁷⁾
       Crawley (borough)
              Crawley Progressive Jewish Community
       Mid Sussex (district)
              East Grinstead & District Jewish Community

       Worthing (borough)
              Worthing & District Hebrew Congregation
 

TYNE AND WEAR
       Gateshead (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community^(1,3,5)
              Gateshead Hebrew Congregation
              Kolel Synagogue
              Redheugh Bridge Road Synagogue
       Newcastle upon Tyne, City of (metropolitan county) - Jewish Community^(1,4,5)
              Charlotte Square Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
              Corporation Street Synagogue
              Corporation Street Synagogue
              Gosforth & Kenton Hebrew Congregation
              Jesmond Hebrew Congregation⁽⁴⁾
              Newcastle Beth Hamedrash
              Newcastle Old Hebrew Congregation⁽⁴⁾
              Newcastle Reform Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
              Newcastle United Hebrew Congregation⁽⁴⁾
              Ravensworth Terrace Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
              Temple Street Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
       North Tyneside (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community⁽¹⁾
              North Shields Synagogue^(1,3,4)
              Whitley Bay Hebrew Congregation^(1,4,7)
       South Tyneside (metropolitan borough)
              South Shields Hebrew Congregation^(1,3,4,5,7)
       Sunderland, City of (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Polish Synagogue
              Sunderland Beth Hamedrash^(4,5)
              Sunderland Hebrew Congregation⁽⁴⁾
              Sunderland Yeshiva Synagogue
 

WARWICKSHIRE
       Warwick (district)
              Leamington & District Progressive Jewish Group⁽¹⁾
 

WEST MIDLANDS
       Birmingham, City of (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Birmingham Hebrew Congregation (Singers Hill Synagogue)^(4,5,6,7)
              Birmingham Central Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
              Birmingham Lubavitch Centre
              Birmingham Home for Aged Jews Synagogue
              Birmingham New Synagogue
              Birmingham Progressive Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
              Birmingham's first Jewish congregations
              Midland Reform Synagogue Movement
       Coventry, City of (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Coventry Hebrew Congregation
              Coventry Reform Jewish Community
       Dudley (metropolitan borough)
              Dudley Jewish Community & Hebrew Congregation^(1,3,4)
       Solihull (metropolitan borough)
              Solihull & District Hebrew Congregation
       Walsall (metropolitan borough)
              Walsall Hebrew Congregation^(1,3,5)
       Wolverhampton, City of (metropolitan borough)
              Wolverhampton Synagogue^(1,3,4,5)
 

WILTSHIRE
       Swindon (unitary borough) - Jewish Community
              Swindon Hebrew Congregation
              Swindon (Reform) Jewish Community
 

WORCESTERSHIRE
       Worcester (city & district)
              Worcester United Synagogue Membership Group
              Worcester Hebrew Congregation
 

YORKSHIRE, EAST RIDING OF
       Hull, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,4,5)
              Adelaide Street Synagogue
              Central Synagogue, Hull
              Dagger Lane Synagogue
              Great Passage Street Synagogue
              Great Thornton Street Synagogue
              Hull Hebrew Congregation⁽⁴⁾
              Hull Old Hebrew Congregation⁽⁵⁾
              Ne've Shalom - Hull Reform Synagogue⁽⁴⁾
              New Hebrew Congregation⁽⁵⁾
              Nile Street Synagogue
              Parade Row Synagogue
              Posterngate Synagogue
              Prince Street Synagogue
              Western Synagogue, Hull⁽⁵⁾
 

YORKSHIRE, NORTH
       Harrogate (district)
              Harrogate Hebrew Congregation^(2,3,4)
       Middlesbrough (unitary borough)
              Middlesbrough Hebrew Congregation^(1,5)
       York, City of (unitary authority) - Jewish Community^(1,3)
              York Hebrew Congregation
              York Liberal Synagogue
 

YORKSHIRE, SOUTH
       Barnsley (metropolitan borough)
              Barnsley Synagogue⁽³⁾
       Doncaster (metropolitan borough)
              Doncaster Synagogue^(1,2,3,4)
       Sheffield, City of (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community^(1,5)
              Sheffield & District Reform Jewish Congregation
              Sheffield Central Hebrew Congregation⁽¹⁾
              Sheffield Hebrew Congregation⁽¹⁾
               Sheffield New Hebrew Congregation
              United Synagogue - Sheffield
              Yanashker Synagogue
 

YORKSHIRE, WEST
       Bradford, City of (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community^(1,2,4,5)
              Bradford Hebrew Congregation
              Bradford New Hebrew Orthodox Congregation
              Bradford Synagogue for British and Foreign Jews
              Ilkley Hebrew Congregation
       Calderdale (metropolitan borough)
              Calderdale Jewish Community Centre
              Halifax Community⁽³⁾
       Kirklees (metropolitan borough) - Jewish Community
              Dewsbury Synagogue^(3,5)
              Huddersfield Synagogue^(3,5)
       Leeds, City of (metropolitan borough)
              For all Leeds congregations, see separate Leeds^(1,2,5) section
 

⁽¹⁾ Community records (as listed) in All-UK Database.

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