The synagogue building was completed in 1806 and in use until its closure in 1879 and eventual sale in 1881.

[5] For so small a community, it is perhaps surprising that it was able to employ a rabbi, and the earliest recorded minister of the community, known as Rabbi Saavil (died 1814), is buried at the town's Jewish cemetery.

[6] The synagogue, built in a German style, was closed in 1879 due to the dwindling numbers of the community and in 1892 the Chief Rabbi ordered its sale.

The last representative of the community, Samuel Jacob, had left in 1881 and after his death, his widow deposited the Torah scrolls in the Royal Institution of Cornwall in Truro.

[7][8][9] Other remnants from this community include two yadim and a set of rimmonim, now in the Jewish Museum London.