Falmouth Synagogue

{{Short description|Former Jewish synagogue in Conwall, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}

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| religious_affiliation = Orthodox Judaism {{small|(former)}}

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| rite = Nusach Ashkenaz

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| functional_status = Closed; and sold

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| location = 1 Gyllyng Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, England TR11 3EH

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| established = 1766 {{small|(as a congregation)}}

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| designation1 = Grade II

| designation1_offname = The Old Jewish Synagogue

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| designation1_date = 30 September 1975

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| footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/falmouth/index.htm |title=The former Falmouth Jewish Congregation & Jewish Community |work=Jewish Communities and Records - UK |publisher=JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |date=14 November 2023 |access-date=3 May 2024 }}{{NHLE |num=1270005 |desc=The Old Jewish Synagogue |access-date=3 May 2024}}

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The Falmouth Synagogue was a former Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 1 Gyllyng Street in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. Established in 1766, the congregation worshiped in the Ashkenazi rite.

The synagogue building was completed in 1806 and in use until its closure in 1879 and eventual sale in 1881. The former synagogue building overlooked the harbour and was listed as a Grade II building on 30 September 1975, and its history is commemorated by a plaque. A Jewish cemetery (next to the Congregationalist Cemetery, Ponsharden{{Cite web |url=http://www.cornwalllive.com/forgotten-stories-falmouth-s-dead-abandoned/story-22719974-detail/story.html |title=Forgotten stories of Falmouth's dead from an abandoned graveyard |author=WBCraig |website=CornwallLive |date=15 August 2014 |access-date=21 November 2016 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}) also remains and is a scheduled monument.{{NHLE|num=1020815|desc=|access-date=31 December 2020}}