Bushey and District Synagogue

Bushey, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire

Latest revision or update: 24 December 2011

Congregation Data

Official Name:	Bushey and District Synagogue
Former Names:	Bushey Synagogue Bushey District Synagogue Bushey Affiliated Synagogue
Address:	177/189 Sparrows Herne, Bushey, Herts WD23 1AJ (from about 1984)
Former Address:	Police Station Lane, Bushey, Herts. (from about 1970, although formal consecration by the Chief Rabbi did not take place until December 1979)
Current Status:	Active
Date Founded:	About 1968
Ritual:	Orthodox - Ashkenazi
Affiliation:	A affiliated synagogue on joining the United Synagogue in 1970, subsequently becoming a district synagogue and later a member (constituent) synagogue.
Website	http://www.busheyus.org.uk
Membership Data:	1970 - 48 male seatholders (United Synagogue 1870-1970) 1976 - 200 male members (Congregation's records) 1979 - 250 male members (Congregation's newsletter) Currently more than 600 members.
Local Authority:	Bushey is in the borough of Hertsmere, a local government district of the county of Hertfordshire, formed in 1974 and granted borough status in 1977. Prior to 1974, Bushey was an urban district in the county of Hertfordshire. It lies immediately to the north of the administrative boundary of Greater London, and close to Watford.

Other Information

Photographs, Newspaper Articles & Personal Encounters
- Consecration of Synagogue 9 December 1979
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the United Synagogue

Greater London Community

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