Princelet Street Synagogue

Front view of the former Princelet Street Synagogue, taken October 2007
© Leslie Bailey 2007 and reproduced with kind permission
 

Name:

Princelet Street Synagogue (until 1916 Princes Street Synagogue)

Address:

19 Princelet Street (building originally known as 18 or 19 Princes Street), Spitalfields, London E1
(It was previously a Huguenot master silk weaver's home.)

Successor to:

United Friends Synagogue of Fashion Street, Stepney, London E.1

Local Authority:

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Date Founded:

1862 (other sources give 1870)

Current Status:

Closed 1983 (It is now a Museum of Immigration, although in a very bad state of repair. There are still many signs of the old Jewish presence, although it is only infrequently opened to visitors.)

Ritual:

Orthodox - Ashkenazi

Affiliation:

One of the congregations that attended the meeting of 16 October 1887 to form the Federation of Synagogues, and became one of the original federated synagogues on 6 November 1887. 

Membership Data:

1870 -  120 members  (Social  History of Jews in England, V. D. Lipman, p74)
1896  -   80 members  (Jewish Year Book 1896-1891)
1905  - 105 members  (Jewish Year Book 1906)
1915  - 100 members  (Jewish Year Book 1916)