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North Shields Synagogue

North Shields, North Tyneside, Tyne & Wear

Created 23 October 2005
Latest Update 22 October 2007

Congregation Data

Name:	North Shields Synagogue
Address:	29 Linskill Street, North Shields (from 22 March 1876)
Previous Address:	57 Church Road, North Shields
Opened:	In about 1840's
Current Status:	Closed 1965
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox
Congregation Numbers:	1856 - 14 seatholders (The Jewish Chronicle, 1 February 1856, page 466) 1900 - 18 seatholders (The Jewish Year Book 1900/01)

Other Information

Congregation and Community History & Records
Photographs & Personal Encounters
Newspaper Articles and Cuttings:
     "North and South Shields" - Press Cutting from the Jewish Chronicle,
            18 September 1874
     "Opening of Jewish Synagogue in North Shields" - Press Cutting from
            Shields Daily News, 23 March 1876
     "An Old Jewish Cemetery" by B. Kyanski, an articled from the Jewish
            Chronicle, 15 August 1924
     References to the Community in the Jewish Chronicle 1856-1907
     References to the Community in the Jewish Chronicle 1907-1988

North Tyneside Community

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