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Brondesbury Synagogue

Brondesbury, London N.W.6.

Created 30 September 2006
Latest Update 16 December 2007

Congregation Data

Official Name: Brondesbury Synagogue
Address: Chevening Road (south side, at junction with Carlisle Road), Brondesbury, London N.W.6.
(The building, built in 1904-5, was destroyed by arson in 1965, but then rebuilt. It was sold in 1974 to Iman Al-Khoei Foundation and is now the "premier Shia mosque" in London.)
Local Authority: London Borough of Brent - (Congregations in the locality)
(Until 1965, the municipal borough of Willesden in the former county of Middlesex)
Date Formed: 1900
Current Status: Closed in 1974, with most of its members joining either the Willesden Synagogue or the Cricklewood Synagogue.  The Willesden Synagogue assumed the name Willesden & Brondesbury Synagogue and has now changed its name to the Brondesbury Synagogue.
Ritual: Ashkenazi Orthodox
Affiliation: A constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1905 until its closure.
Membership Data: Number of male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)
1905 1910 1930 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970
170 316 522 540 515 518 401 250

Other Information

  • Congregation History & Records No Data Can You Help 
  • Photographs, Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters No Data Can You Help
  • Bibliography:
    • History of the Brondesbury Synagogue. Lazurus, H 1930. (Published by the Brondesbury Synagogue)

    • History of the Brondesbury Synagogue. Melinek, A 1955. (Published by the Brondesbury Synagogue)

    • The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publications, London)  pp. 131-133

    • other Brent sources

    • other London sources

  • Cemetery Information:

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