Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Conservative Leeds Masorti

Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Community Centre, 311 Stonegate Road, Leeds LS17 6AZ

http://leedsmasorti.weebly.com/

Historical description

Leeds

There are less than 10000 Jews living in the Yorkshire town of Leeds. They began arriving around 1840 and, in increasing numbers, between 1881 and 1905 as a result of persecution in Russia. The town had a flourishing wool industry and, in 1885, was the scene of the ... Read more