From an historical perspective, the year of formation of the Jewish community in Southport was 1893. There was no community before that date although a number of Jews lived in the town. The earliest known Jewish family here appears to be the Samuelsons. The Samuelson family would have worshipped in Liverpool  pre-1893 on the High Holy Days although immediately before 1893 they would have worshipped in each others’ homes.

The first Synagogue on the corner of Sussex Road and Windsor Road (previously a chapel for the Plymouth Brethren) was consecrated on May 8, 1893.

This building was reconstructed in 1913, with the facade faced with Accrington brick and an upper level gallery was created to accommodate the ladies of the congregation. The house abutting the Shul was made into a vestry and Cheder. Of the 80 Jewish families in the town at the time, 50 were members of the Shul.

By the early 1920s the Jewish population had increased to at least 500, and by 1926 the new and impressive Synagogue, in Arnside Road, had been established.