A breakaway from the Palmers Green and Southgate Synagogue. In 1945 Jewish inhabitants of the Oakwood/Cockfosters area began holding services in hired premises becoming a separate congregation in 1948. A site was acquired in Old Farm Avenue in 1949 and the synagogue was ready for consecration in 1954. By 1959 the building was too small for the growing congregation and it was rebuilt in 1965. In 1978 structural defects caused the roof of the hall to collapse. The building has since been restored.