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Page created: 17 March 2003
Latest revision or update: 4 April 2013

Gates to the Court Yard of the
Bevis Marks Synagogue
© David Shulman 2007 |
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Courtyard of the Bevis Marks Synagogue
following wedding in
September 2007
© David Shulman 2007 |
Congregation Data
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Official Name: |
Bevis Marks Synagogue |
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Alternative Name: |
Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation |
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Address: |
Bevis Marks, London EC3A 5DQ |
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Local Authority: |
City of London |
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Current Status: |
Active |
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Date Founded: |
1701 (although was successor to Synagogue in
Creechurch
Lane founded in 1657) |
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Ritual: |
Sephardi Orthodox |
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Affiliation: |
A constituent of the
Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation
Note: The other synagogues which comprise to the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation are:
the
Lauderdale Road Synagogue;
the
Wembley Sephardi Synagogue; and
the
Montefiore Synagogue,
Ramsgate.
(In addition, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue,
Holland Park, was established under a Deed of Association with the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation.)
The former Sephardi Synagogue in
Bryanston Road, formerly in Wigmore Street, W1, was a branch
congregation of Bevis Marks. |
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Listed Buildings: |
The synagogue building (built 1699-99 - architect
Joseph Avis) is a Grade 1 Listed Building.
The Congregation's
Mile End Velho Cemetery
(no longer in use) at 253 Mile End Road, London E1
(opened 1657.) is Listed Grade II. |
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Website: |
http://www.sandp.org |
Other Information
Street Directory of Synagogues in East End
and City of London
Jewish
Congregation in the City of London
Greater London home page
List of
Sephardi Congregations
Explanation of Terms Used
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