JEWISH COMMUNITY SW LANCASHIRE

[Boris1]

Abraham - Does anyone know anything about a Jewish community sw lancs 1700 ish? History? Has there been a jewish community in SW lancs for centuries? Are they still present? Where is the place of worship. Where did they originate from? North africa Low Countries? Why would a jewish girl marry out at this time? whoops first time mistakes. i traced my mothers fathers grandmothers line back liverpool - ormskirk - halsall +roundabout (sefton,scarisbrick etc) nice and easy courtesy of LPC. Family names the usual Blundell Rimmer Park SegarSitting watching who do u think you are it was suddenly made clear to me that Abraham is a jewish name. So james blundell who married Alice A in 1700 married a dau of the tribe of Abraham. Fascinated Halsall/Ormskirk are small settlements - I didnt think either had much if any jewish settlement?? aa is my 9th grt granny

[Katie]

This may help.

http://www.liverpooljewish.com/

http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/liverpool.htm

[MaryA]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Again, another subject that I don't know anything about so I will look forward to reading suggestions and appreciate any links that are offered.

[Blue70]

One of the sites already mentioned. More direct link to the history:-

http://www.liverpooljewish.com/communit ... -jewry.php


Blue

[Hilary]

S W Lancashire covers a large area so it might help if you could be more specific as to which place you want information about. Where did the girl you mention marry and what do you know about her family?

The Liverpool community apparently dates from the mid 18th century. There is a Jewish community in Southport which dates from the 19th century. Manchester also has a large Jewish community again having it's roots in the early 19th century.

Each community has or had many different synagogues depending on where the families originated from.