This is a list of Jewish communities in the United Kingdom , including synagogues , yeshivot [ nb 1] Hebrew schools . For a list of buildings which were previously used as synagogues see List of former synagogues in the United Kingdom .
England Jews in the UK now number around 270,000,[ 1] Jewish population in Europe (behind France) and the fifth largest Jewish community worldwide . The majority of the Jews in England live in and around London, with almost 160,000 Jews in London itself and a further 20,800 in nearby Hertfordshire , primarily in Bushey (4,500), Borehamwood (3,900), and Radlett (2,300). The next most significant population is in Greater Manchester with a community of slightly more than 25,000, primarily in Bury (10,360),[ 2] Salford (7,920),[ 3] Manchester itself (2,725)[ 4] Trafford (2,490).[ 5] Leeds (6,760),[ 6] Gateshead (3,000),[ 7] Brighton (2,730),[ 8] Liverpool (2,330),[ 9] Birmingham (2,150)[ 10] Southend (2,080).[ 11]
East of England
Cambridge and East Anglia
East Midlands
Essex
Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire
Greater London and Surrey
Central London
City of London and the East End
East and North East London
North and North West London
South and South East London
South West London and Surrey
West London
North East England
North West England
Blackpool and Lytham St Annes
Liverpool
Greater Manchester
Southport
South East England
Kent
Sussex
South West England
West Midlands
Yorkshire
Scotland There have been Jews in Scotland since the 17th century, if not earlier.[ 315] Ashkenazi background who mainly settled in Edinburgh , then in Glasgow in the mid-19th century. According to the 2011 census, 5,887 Jews lived in Scotland; a decline of 8.7% from the 2001 census.[ 316]
Edinburgh
Greater Glasgow
Elsewhere
Wales There are records of Jews in Abergavenny , Caerleon and Chepstow in the 13th century, all of them in the Marcher Lordships of South Wales.[ 326] conquest of Wales (1287–1283), Edward I issued the 1290 Edict of Expulsion expelling the Jews from England . It is likely that most, if not all, Jews left Wales after Edward I's edict of 1290.
A Jewish community was recorded in Swansea in around 1730. Further Jewish communities were formed in the 19th century in Cardiff , Merthyr Tydfil , Pontypridd and Tredegar ."[ 327]
Jewish communities in Wales were augmented by refugees from Nazi -dominated Europe in the late 1930s.
The modern community in South Wales is centred on the Cardiff Reform Synagogue and the Cardiff United Synagogue . There is also a synagogue in Swansea. The synagogue of Merthyr Tydfil , the major one north of Cardiff, ceased to hold regular services in the 1970s and the building was later sold.
Northern Ireland The Jews of Northern Ireland have lived primarily in Belfast , where the Belfast Hebrew Congregation , an Ashkenazi Orthodox community, was established in 1870.[ 334] Derry and Lurgan .[ 335] [ 336] [ 337] [ 338]
See also Lists
History
Organisations and movements
Notes
References
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