Swansea and District Jewish Heritage Trail
We have created a digital Swansea and District Jewish heritage trail in three parts, stretching from Llanelli to Port Talbot. You can follow the trail virtually at home on your computer or visit the sites using your mobile phone.
The trail tells the history of Swansea and district Jewish communities through over forty different locations.
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In addition to descriptions and pictures, the trail includes links to collections and audio excerpts from oral histories on People’s Collection Wales.
Clompus brothers' picture framing shop in Swansea High Street taken in 1914.
Image: John Minkes.
Swansea and District Trail acknowledgements
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The creation of this trail was a team effort.
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Items were researched and written by Krista Benedikz, Gary Cartwright, Janette Cooper, Ben Davies, John Farnhill, Ffion Griffiths, Rhian Hall, Laura Henley Harrison, Mike Hawkins, Heledd Holloway, Ann Konsbruck, Siân Moran, Clare Rowe, Sharon Orton, Lukasz Sacharczuk and Maeve Silver.
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We are grateful for help from John Ashley (Walking Development Officer, Swansea Council), David Morris (West Glamorgan Archive Service) and many members and former members of the Swansea Jewish community, including David Factor, Maurice Hyman, Norma Glass and Leonard Mars. Contributors to individual items are acknowledged in the Sources.
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Original photography by Rob Jones, Klavdija Erzen, Christine Hawkins and Mike Hawkins.
​Images were prepared by Rob Jones and Mike Hawkins.
Captions and Sources lists prepared by Klavdija Erzen and Rob Jones.
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The original Cardiff website was designed by Steven Baldwin, Neeraj Sharma and Evaldas Vilkinas, with amendments by Owain Lansdowne and Yang Yang. We are indebted to Simon Gottschalk who adapted it for Swansea.
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Website content entered by Mike Hawkins and Rob Jones.
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The trail was coordinated by Mike Hawkins and edited by Laura Harrison, Mike Hawkins and Klavdija Erzen.
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The project was led by Klavdija Erzen and funded by JHASW/CHIDC.
We did not receive any grants to create this trail and it was funded from JHASW/CHIDC reserves. For example, the hosting website alone currently costs £6 per month.
We would like to make more trails - on Merthyr and Newport.
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If you enjoyed this trail, would you like to make a donation to help us do this?
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