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Dollis Hill Synagogue

Dollis Hill, London N.W.2.

Updated 1 November 2006

Congregation Data

Official Name: Dollis Hill Synagogue
Former Name: Dollis Hill and Gladstone Park Synagogue
Address: Parkside, Dollis Hill Lane, London NW2 6RT  (built 1937, consecrated 1938).  The congregation has now moved (in about 1996) into a small adjacent hall, and the former synagogue building is used a school
Former Address: Until 1933, the Neasden Mission Hall. (Between 1933 and 1937, the congregations used a small synagogue on the Parkside site, which subsequently served as a community centre.)
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: 1929 (first meeting in private homes)
Current Status: Active
Ritual: Ashkenazi Orthodox
Affiliation: An affiliated synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1932, becoming a district synagogue in 1937 and a constituent synagogue in 1949.
Membership Data: 1950   -  617 male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)
1960   -  640 male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)
1970   -  492 male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)
1989   -  153 male members (Lost Synagogues of London, P. Renton, 2000)

Other Information

  • Records No Data Can You Help 
  • Congregation History No Data Can You Help 
  • Photographs, Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters No Data Can You Help
  • Bibliography:

    • The Synagogues of Europe. Krinsky, C. H. 1985 (The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge MA) pp. 424-426

    • The Synagogues of London. Lindsay, P. 1993 (Vallentine Mitchell) pp. 111-112

    • The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publications, London)  pp. 162-163

    • other Brent sources

    • other London sources

  • Cemetery Information:

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