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Rouel Road Synagogue

(formerly Bermondsey & Rotherhithe Synagogue)

London S.W.16.

Created: 23 October 2006
Latest revision or update: 8 September 2009

Congregation Data

Official Name:	Rouel Road Synagogue
Former Name:	Bermondsey and Rotherhithe Synagogue (until about 1935)
Addresses:	Rouel Road, Bermondsey, London SE16 (from about 1936) - a former congregational church. Previously at 4 Union Road (now Jamaica Road), Bermondsey, London SE16 (apart from about 1915 to 1916, when congregation moved to 31 Old Kent Road, London SW1)
Local Authority:	London Borough of Southwark - (Congregations in the locality)
Date Formed:	1911
Current Status:	Closed about 1970
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Affiliation:	Independent until about 1935, when it became affiliated with the Federation of Synagogues. (List of Federation of Synagogues congregations)

Other Information

Congregation History & Records
Photographs, Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
Bibliography:
- The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publications, London) p. 138
- Southwark sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the Federation of Synagogues

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