Brondesbury Synagogue

Brondesbury, London N.W.6.

Created: 30 September 2006
Latest revision or update: 19 May 2008

Congregation Data

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)

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

Other Information

Congregation History & Records
Photographs:
- 2008 Photograph of Former Synagogue
Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
Bibliography:
- History of the Brondesbury Synagogue. Lazurus, H 1930. (Published by the Brondesbury Synagogue)
- History of the Brondesbury Synagogue. Melinek, A 1955. (Published by the Brondesbury Synagogue)
- The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publications, London) pp. 131-133
- other Brent sources
- other London sources
Cemetery Information:
- Cemeteries of the United Synagogue

Greater London Community

Explanation of Terms Used

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