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Damesek Eliezer Synagogue(Prestwich Beth Hamedrash)Prestwich, Greater Manchester |
Congregation Data
| Name: | Damesek Eliezer Synagogue |
| Alternative Name: | Prestwich Beth Hamedrash |
| Address: | 74 Kings Road, Sedgley Park, Prestwich, M25 8HU |
| Previous Address: | 64 Kings Road, Sedgley Park, Prestwich, M25 8HU |
| Current Status: | Active |
| Date Formed: | By 1959 (based upon appearance in Jewish Year Book) |
| Ritual: | Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Affiliation: | The congregation was a constituent synagogue of the Machzikei Hadass Communities until at least 1991 |
| Local Authority: | The congregation is considered part of the
"North Manchester" Jewish community. Prestwich is situated in the extreme south of the metropolitan borough of Bury (within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, which no longer has any administrative powers), adjacent to the boundary with Salford. Sedgley Park is in the south of Prestwich (Congregations in the locality) From 1939 until its incorporation into Bury in 1974, Prestwich was a Municipal Borough in the county of Lancashire, and prior thereto (from 1894) it was as Urban District. |
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