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Created: 11 January 2004
Latest revision or update: 7 February 2012
Congregation Data
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Official Name: |
Central Synagogue |
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Alternative Name: |
Great Portland Street Synagogue |
| Address: |
(133-141 Great Portland Street) 38-40 Hallam Street, London WIW
6NW. (The foundation stone was laid by Baron Lionel de Rothschild
M.P. on 18 March 1869, and the building consecrated by Chief Rabbi Rev.
Dr. N. M. Adler on 7 April 1870.) The synagogue building was destroyed in a German air raid in 10 May
1941, and a temporary synagogue was built and used until 1956 when
the present building was constructed and formally opened in 1958.
From March 1855 to 1870, at 120 Great Portland Street (a former
warehouse).
Prior to 1855, the congregation met in Wigmore
Street, London W1. |
| Local Authority: |
London Borough of the City of Westminster
- (Congregations in the
locality) |
| Current Status: |
Active |
| Date Formed: |
About 1850. Synagogue formed as a branch of the
Great Synagogue, and remained a
branch until the
founding of the United Synagogue in 1870. |
| Ritual: |
Ashkenazi Orthodox |
| Affiliation: |
One of the original five synagogues that formed the
United Synagogue in 1870, of which it remains a constituent member. (List of
United Synagogue
congregations) |
| Website: |
http://www.centralsynagogue.org.uk/ |
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Membership Data: |
Number of male seat holders (United Synagogue
1870-1970)
| 1870 |
1880 |
1890 |
1900 |
1910 |
1920 |
1930 |
1940 |
1950 |
1960 |
1970 |
| 260 |
380 |
334 |
355 |
380 |
353 |
374 |
351 |
467 |
685 |
657 |
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Lists of Seatholders: |
For the years:
1885 ;
1899 ;
1910 |
Other Information
List of Synagogues
destroyed or severely damaged by German air raids during World War II
Greater London Congregations
Explanation of Terms Used
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