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Cricklewood Synagogue

Cricklewood, London N.W.2.

 

              

         
 

 

Created: 11 October 2006
Latest revision or update: 12 December 2011

© Leslie Bailey 2008 


A photograph of the former Cricklewood Synagogue, Warm Lane (July 2008),
now converted into an apartment block.
Reproduced with the kind permission of Leslie Bailey

Congregation Data

Official Name: Cricklewood Synagogue
Former Name: Willesden Green & Cricklewood Hebrew Congregation (until 1931)
Address: 131 Warm Lane, Cricklewood, London NW2 3AU  (Foundation laid 1931)
In 1989, the congregation moved from the main synagogue building, which was sold, into an adjoining hall.
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: A meeting was held in 1923 to form the congregation.
Current Status: Closed in about 2005
Ritual: Ashkenazi Orthodox
Affiliation: A constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from 1931. (List of United Synagogue congregations)
Membership Data: 1931 -   50 male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)
1940 - 663 male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)
1950 - 742 male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)
1960 - 700 male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)
1970 - 519 male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970)
1989 - 153 male members (Lost Synagogues of London, P. Renton, 2000)
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2000 -  98 male and 128 female members (Lost Synagogues of London, P. Renton, 2000)

Other Information

  • Bibliography:
    • History of the Cricklewood Synagogue. Lieberman B.B. 1956. Published by the congregation

    • The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publications, London) 
       pp. 151-154

    • other Brent sources

    • other London sources


Greater London Congregations

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