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Willesden Green Federation Synagogue

Willesden, London N.W.2.

Updated 15 October 2006

Congregation Data

Name:	Willesden Green Federation Synagogue
Previous Name:	Willesden Hebrew Congregation (to 1936)
Address:	17 Heathfield Park, London N.W.2 (rebuilding commenced 1938)
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:	1934 (although previously met in house in Park Avenue)
Current Status:	Closed (as a result of financial difficulties) in 1939 and merged with Willesden (United) Synagogue, which relocated to the premises of this congregation
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Affiliation:	The Federation of Synagogues

Other Information

Records
Congregation History
Photographs, Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
Bibliography:
- History of the Willesden & Brondesbury Synagogue 1934-1994. Susser, B. 1994 (published by the congregation) (available on line)
- The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publications, London) pp. 155-156
- other Brent sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
Cemeteries of the Federation of Synagogues

Greater London Congregations

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