 Plymouth has the first known reference to Jews in the South West from Sir Francis Drake 's voyages in 1577 to 1580 , as his log mentioned " Moses the Jew " – a man from Plymouth . The Plymouth Synagogue is a Listed Grade II * building , built in 1762 and is the oldest Ashkenazi Synagogue in the English speaking world . There are also places of worship for Islam , Bahá 'í , Buddhism , Unitarianism , Chinese beliefs and Humanism . 
