The Jews of Canterbury, 1760 - 1931

Author(s): Cohn-Sherbok, Dan

Illustrator(s): Pragnell, Hubert

Binding:	Softcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Edition:	1st Edition
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Yorick Books
Publication Year:	1984
Publication Place:	Canterbury, UK
Book ID:	008756
Catalogue(s):	Religion, Theology, Churches and Church History ◇ Local Interest and History - South East

60pp, lightly illustrated in black and white. In stiff card covers (minor flecking on text block edges). In its original dust jacket (a little warped and marked, slightly rubbed on corners). In King Street, Canterbury, there is a remarkable building in an Egyptian style. Now in the care of King's School, it was formerly the city's Jewish Synagogue, opened in 1848. This volume, which traces the fortunes of the Canterbury Jewish congregation, is based on documents discovered t the Mocatta Library in London, and contains a series of genealogical tables concerning prominent Jewish families in East Kent in the period. Slim 8vo.

Keywords:

Canterbury Kent Judaism Synagogue East Kent