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Created: 30 September 2006
Latest revision or update: 22 December 2011
Congregation Data
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Official Name: |
Brondesbury Synagogue |
| Address: |
Chevening Road (south side, at junction with Carlisle Road), Brondesbury,
London N.W.6.
(The building, built in 1904-5, was destroyed by arson in 1965, but then rebuilt.
It was sold in 1974 to Iman Al-Khoei Foundation and
is now the "premier Shia mosque" in London.) |
| 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: |
1900 |
| Current Status: |
Closed in 1974, with most of its members joining either the Willesden Synagogue
or the Cricklewood Synagogue. The Willesden Synagogue assumed the name
Willesden & Brondesbury Synagogue
and has now changed its
name to the Brondesbury Synagogue. |
| Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Affiliation: |
A constituent synagogue of the United Synagogue from
1905 until its closure.
(List of
United Synagogue
congregations) |
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Membership Data: |
Number of male seat holders (United Synagogue
1870-1970)
| 1905 |
1910 |
1930 |
1930 |
1940 |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
| 170 |
316 |
522 |
540 |
515 |
518 |
401 |
250 |
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List of Seatholders: |
For the year:
1910 |
Other Information
- Photographs:
- Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
- Bibliography:
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History of the Brondesbury Synagogue. Lazurus, H 1930.
(Published by the
Brondesbury Synagogue)
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History of the Brondesbury Synagogue. Melinek, A 1955.
(Published by the
Brondesbury Synagogue)
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The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder
Publications, London) pp. 131-133
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other
Brent sources
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other London sources
- Cemetery Information:
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Greater London Congregations
Explanation of Terms Used
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