Market Jew Street

"Penzance was the next congregation formed about that time [18e s.]. Its founders were most likely from among the humbler classes of the synagogue who are accustomed to get their living by travelling from place to place with hardware and jewellery. To the credit of the Penzance Hebrews be it recorded that though the congregation consists but of few families they have reared for themselves a very handsome synagogue in New street and pay a considerable amount of attention to their religious duties."
(Rev. Moses Margoliouth, The history of the Jews in Great Britain, Londres, 1851)