Hackney & East London Synagogue

Hackney, London E.9.

Created 6 September 2006
Latest Update 17 December 2007

Congregation Data

Official Name:

Hackney & East London Synagogue

Previous Names:

Hackney Synagogue (until 1993)
South Hackney Synagogue (until about 1935)

Address:

Brenthouse Road (previously Devonshire Road), Mare Street, Hackney, London E9 6QG (built 1896, consecrated 1897, enlarged and reconstructed 1936)
Prior to 1896, congregation worshipped in a house in Darnley Street

Local Authority:

London Borough of Hackney - (Congregations in locality)

Current Status:

Active

Date Formed:

1879

Incorporated Congregations:

Stoke Newington Synagogue 1976
East London Synagogue 1993

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

A constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1897. (List of United Synagogue congregations)

Membership Data:

Number of male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)

1897	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970
155	252	352	404	314	565	767	770	582

Other Information

Congregation History & Records
Photographs, Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
Bibliography:
- The Synagogues of London. Lindsay, P., 1993 (Vallentine Mitchell, London) p. 61
- Hackney sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the United Synagogue

Street Directory of Congregations in Stamford Hill, Hackney and Neighbourhood

Greater London Community

Explanation of Terms Used

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