Upton Park District Synagogue

London E.6.

Updated 22 October 2006

Congregation Data

Official Name:

Upton Park District Synagogue

Former Names:

Upton Park Associate Synagogue
Upton Park Synagogue (until 1923)

Address:

Tudor Road, Green Street, London E6
Previously at 277 Katherine Road, Forest Gate London E7 (1918-1922).
prior to then in a house in Plashet Grove, East Ham and a house in Queens Road.

Local Authority:

London Borough of Newham - (Congregations in the locality)

Date Formed:

1911

Current Status:

Closed 1972 - incorporated by West Ham District Synagogue to form the West Ham & Upton Park Synagogue

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

An associate synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1923, becoming a district synagogue in 1937.

Membership Data:

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

1940	1950	1960	1970
159	177	237	169

Other Information

Records
Congregation History
Photographs, Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
Bibliography:
- The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publications, London) p. 144
- Earlham Grove Shul: One Hundred Years of West Ham Synagogue and Community. Bloch, Howard 1997 (published by the West Ham & Upton Park Synagogue)
- Newham Sources
- Other London Sources
Cemetery Information:
Cemeteries of the United Synagogue

Greater London Community

Explanation of Terms Used

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