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Created: 7 June 2006
Latest revision or update: 20 November 2011
Congregation Data
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Name: |
Maiden Lane Synagogue |
| Address: |
21 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London W.C.2., from 1829.
(This is the address where the artist J. W. Turner had been born in
1775.) |
| Developed from: |
Amudae Yesharim Congregation (translation: Pillars of the Upright), which had been formed
in about 1810 as a breakaway from the
Western Synagogue and which closed in 1926.
The congregation was initially at Dean Street, Soho, London W.1. moving
to Brewer Street (Queen Street), Golden Square, Soho, London W.1. in or
before 1819.
In 1926, it closed, having became insolvent, and its assets were
auctioned off. |
| Date Founded: |
1829 |
| Current Status: |
Closed 1907 - congregation re-joined the
Western Synagogue |
| Local Authority: |
Currently, City of
Westminster.
- (Congregations in the
locality) |
| Ritual: |
Orthodox - Ashkenazi |
| Affiliation: |
None |
Other Information
- Synagogue & Other Records:
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Marriage Records (first entry 16 August 1837; last entry 5 August 1906)
held by:
Westminster Register Office
Westminster Council House
Marylebone Road, London NW1 5PT
Tel: (+44) 20 7941 1161/2/3 Fax: (+44) 20 7641 1246
email
registeroffice@westminster.gov.uk website:
www.westminster.gov.uk/registrar
The Board of Deputies also has the last book and states cessation as
"Closed".
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Other Records
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Congregation History
- Photographs, Newspaper Articles & Personal Encounters
- Bibliography:
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The Western Synagogue through Two Centuries (1761-1961) - Chapter 7.
Barnett, A., 1961
(Valentine Mitchell, London)
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The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publishing) pp.
51-52
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Maiden Lane Cemetery. Shemot June 2000 vol. 8/2
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Feuding Congregations, Insolvency and a Ragged Patch of
Hallowed Group - The story of Maiden Lane Synagogue and the Bancroft
Road Cemetery. Walker, Philip, 2007. Issue No. 4 of the Cable - the
magazine of the Jewish East End Celebration Society, pp 15-19.
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other
City of Westminster Sources
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other London Sources
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Cemetery Information:
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Greater London Community
Explanation of Terms Used
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