|
Official Name: |
Brondesbury Park Synagogue |
|
Former Names: |
Brondesbury Synagogue (to about 2007)
Willesden and Brondesbury Synagogue (to early 2000's)
Willesden Synagogue (to 1974)
Willesden District Synagogue (to 1939)
West Willesden Hebrew Congregation (to 1934)
Harlesden Hebrew Congregation (to early 1930's) |
| Address: |
143 Brondesbury Park (adjacent to Heathfield Park), London NW2 5JL
(from about 1939) |
| Previous Addresses: |
College Road, Kensal Rise, London N.W.10 (from 1934)
and prior to then, in Park View College; in a scout hut in the grounds
of a convent in Crown Hill Road, NW10;
and previously a house in Stonebridge Park |
| 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: |
1931 (although it had previously met in private homes
since 1926) |
| Current Status: |
Active |
| Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Affiliation: |
A affiliated synagogue of the United Synagogue from
1931, becoming a district synagogue in 1934 and a constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from
1939. (List of
United Synagogue
congregations) |
| Mergers and Consolidation: |
In
1939, the
Willesden Green Federation Synagogue, which owned the land at Heathfield Park and leased the adjoining property at 143 Brondesbury
Park, was incorporated into the congregation.
In 1974, when the
Brondesbury
Synagogue closed, many of its members transferred to the congregation,
which was renamed the Willesden
and Brondesbury Synagogue.
In 1988, membership increased on closure of the
Ohel Shem (Federation)
Synagogue. |
|
Membership Data: |
Number of male seat holders (United Synagogue
1870-1970)
| 1931 |
1940 |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
| 51 |
281 |
274 |
713 |
543 |
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