The New Synagogue

City of London, London EC3

and Stamford Hill, London N16

Created 18 August 2006
Last Updated 23 September 2008

Congregation Data

Official Name:

The New Synagogue

Addresses
(City of London &
Stamford Hill):

1761-1837 - Bricklayers' Hall (Buckler's Hall, later known as Sussex Hall), Leadenhall Street (opposite Creechurch Lane), London EC3
1838- 1911 - Great St. Helens Street, London EC3
Egerton Road, Stamford Hill, London N16 6UB (from March 1915)

In 1987, the synagogue building was sold to the Bobov Chasidic Community (and is used as Chasidey Bobov D'Ohel Naphtali and Yeshiva Bnei Zion Beth Hemedrash).
The much-shrunken congregation continues to meet in Egerton Road, at the Victoria Community Centre.

Current Status:

Active (in Stamford Hill), but now longer meets in the synagogue building, see above

Date Formed:

1762

Local Authority:

London Borough of Hackney - (Congregations in locality)
Previously in the City of London.

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

One of the original five synagogues that formed the United Synagogue in 1870, of which it remains a constituent member.

Branch:

Bayswater Synagogue was a branch (jointly with the Great Synagogue) of the New Synagogue from 1863 to 1870.

Membership Data:

Number of male seat holders (United Synagogue 1870-1970, Aubrey Newman)

1870	1880	1890	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970
283	358	294	318	204	654	702	607	1,022	1,119	729

Other Membership Data:
1984 - 324 (Lost Synagogues of London, Peter Renton)
1977 - 107 (Lost Synagogues of London, Peter Renton)

Other Information

Congregation History & Records
Congregation Rules & Customs
Newspaper Articles and Personal Encounters
Photographs & Other Material appearing on http://www.coseti.org/www.oldsynagogues.org/:
- Introduction (images 1 to12 - exterior and interior)
- Second Set (images 13 to 24 - interior)
- Third Set (images 25 to 32 - interior)
Bibliography:
- The 200-year-old New Synagogue. Levy A.B. 1960
- The Synagogues of London. Lindsay, P., 1993 (Valentine Mitchell, London) pp. 89-90
- The Lost Synagogues of London. Renton, P., 2000 (Tymsder Publishing) pp. 44-47
Cemetery Information:
- Burial Registers
- Brady Street Cemetery (Opened by New Synagogue, later used also by Great Synagogue)
- Other United Synagogue Cemeteries

Street Directory of Synagogues in East End and City of London

City of London & East End Congregations

Other Greater London Congregations

Explanations of Terms Used

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